Derek Shaffer is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding a Series 66 designation and 12 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade Investment Management. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm’s advisory model distinguishes between one-time planning services and ongoing discretionary management, offering both model and customized portfolio options.

Courtney Miller Findley is a financial advisor with TIAA-CREF, holding a Series 66 designation and bringing 13 years of industry experience. She has been with TIAA-CREF since 2015. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning, discretionary managed account programs, and broker-dealer services to individuals, trusts, estates, and small retirement plans, often serving clients connected to TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm combines point-in-time planning with ongoing portfolio management through model and customized strategies, operating within a vertically integrated structure that includes affiliated funds and donor-advised fund advisory services.

Heidi Duckworth is a financial advisor at TIAA-CREF with 25 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with TIAA-CREF since 2014. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC’s Advice & Planning Services division provides financial planning and discretionary managed account programs to individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, corporate entities, and small retirement plans, often serving clients with existing relationships through TIAA-administered employer retirement plans. The firm separates one-time planning services from ongoing discretionary management and acts as adviser to a donor-advised fund while operating within a vertically integrated group that utilizes affiliated funds.