Top financial advisors working with clients approaching retirement in Bangor, ME

Craig Grover is a financial advisor with Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. in Bangor, ME, holding the ChFC® and Series 66 designations and bringing 23 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Mid Atlantic Financial Management, Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation, and Penobscot Financial Advisors. Northeast Planning Associates provides financial planning, investment advisory, and retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, and retirement plans. The firm offers modular planning engagements with access to investment management, managing approximately $327.7 million in client assets.

Jean Deighan is a CFP® with 23 years of industry experience and has been leading Deighan Associates, Inc. since 1994. She is based in Bangor, ME, and is affiliated with Birchbrook, a team of six advisors. Birchbrook is a fee-only registered investment adviser serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates, corporations, charitable organizations, and self-directed retirement plans. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis and manager due diligence in its investment process and offers fiduciary services including trustee and estate administration, often without separate fees.

Jason Roy is a financial advisor with Cetera, holding a Series 66 credential and 18 years of industry experience. He is also a partner at Roy & Associates, CPA’s, a firm providing financial services since 1995, and owner of R&A Wealth Management, LLC, which he has operated since 2008. His work history includes roles at Avantax and 1st Global firms. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC serves a broad client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporate and charitable clients, and institutional accounts. The firm offers various portfolio management and financial planning services through a multi-manager platform, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers across discretionary and non-discretionary program structures.

Daniel Michaud is a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Bangor, ME, holding a Series 66 designation and four years of industry experience. Prior to joining Edward Jones in 2022, he worked for six years at Mattress Firm. Michaud serves on the membership board of Climate Work Maine, supporting the development of donor and participant acquisition strategies. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving individual and institutional clients with a broad range of investment advisory programs, offering both discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, as well as affiliated mutual funds and other services.

David Krech is a financial advisor with LPL Financial based in Bangor, ME, holding the Series 66 designation and bringing 17 years of industry experience. He has worked with Alterity Financial Group, LLC (formerly Maine Asset Management) since 2010, and joined LPL Financial in 2024. LPL Financial is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving a diverse client base including individuals, retirement plans, banks, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of financial planning and advisory programs, employing both discretionary and non-discretionary management supported by proprietary and third-party research.

Willie Myles is a financial advisor with Equitable Advisors in Cary, NC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at Equitable Advisors since 2016 and previously at AXA Advisors, LLC. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as co-chairman of a fundraising campaign for the nonprofit Alpha Light Fund Inc., focused on renovating the House of Alpha. Equitable Advisors serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, retirement plan, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients, offering financial planning, broker-dealer services, insurance distribution, and access to third-party asset management programs. The firm operates as both an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer, leveraging LPL-sponsored programs and endorsed TAMPs to deliver advisory and brokerage solutions.

Stavroula Koutsfetsoulis is a financial advisor at Ameriprise with 25 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Ameriprise and its affiliated entities since 2011. In addition to her advisory role, she is involved in fiduciary activities as an attorney-in-fact (power of attorney). Ameriprise is a large institutional firm that provides retirement-income planning services primarily to individuals with substantial investable assets. The firm combines research, modeling, and tax-efficiency analysis to deliver written recommendation reports through a centralized consulting team, focusing on tailored retirement income strategies.

Barbara Brewer is a financial advisor at RBC Capital Markets with 20 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has been with RBC Capital Markets Corporation since 2008. RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets, serves individual investors, institutional clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers various advisory programs with discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, custody, and brokerage services, tailoring strategies to clients’ Advisory Risk Profiles through a mix of in-house and third-party providers.

Richard Martin is a financial advisor at Cetera with 29 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has a background that includes nearly three decades at Avantax Advisory Services and eight years at Avantax Insurance Agency. Outside of his advisory work, he is the owner and sole proprietor of Martin & Pellegrin, CPAs, a tax preparation and accounting firm. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm that serves a broad client base including individuals, retirement plans, corporate and charitable clients, and institutional accounts. The firm provides a multi-manager platform offering discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and access to various program structures and third-party money managers.

Lee Chen is a financial advisor with UBS Financial Services in Pasadena, California, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 28 years of industry experience. He has been with UBS since 2009. Outside of his advisory role, Chen serves on the board of directors for the San Gabriel Country Club. UBS Financial Services serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients through brokerage and investment advisory offerings, combining proprietary capital market research with a broad range of financial planning and portfolio management solutions.