Top financial advisors working with women business owners in Maryland

The right financial advisor for you depends on how you weigh location, expertise, experience, the clients they typically serve, and how they work with you.

If you run a business as a woman owner, you face unique challenges like balancing growth with personal financial goals and navigating business succession. The biggest mistake is working with an advisor who treats your business finances separately from your personal wealth, missing opportunities to align both.

  • Integrated financial planning. Look for advisors who connect your business cash flow with your personal investment and retirement plans.
  • Business risk management. Ask how they help protect your business assets and income through insurance and contingency strategies.
  • Exit strategy insight. Confirm they can guide you through selling or transitioning your business in a way that supports your long-term financial security.
  • Understanding of women entrepreneurs. Seek advisors who recognize the specific hurdles women business owners face, such as access to capital and work-life balance.

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Hassan A

Series 63, Series 65

Rockville, MD

LPL Financial

Hassan Al Kadhimi is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and two years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. He is also involved with NIHFCU Wealth Advisors, a related business entity. LPL Financial is a national broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser serving individuals, retirement plan participants, banks, trust companies, and institutions. The firm offers a range of advisory and brokerage services, including financial planning, model portfolio programs, and institutional platforms, supported by a large network of investment adviser representatives.

Wealth management Retirement income strategy College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Tax-loss harvesting Annuities Retired Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Patrick F

Series 66

New Market, MD

Intentional

Patrick Ferguson is a financial advisor at Intentional with 17 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Commonwealth Financial Network, and LPL Financial. In addition to his advisory role, he is a licensed agent involved in the sales of fixed and traditional insurance products. Intentional provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, businesses, and institutions. The firm offers pension consulting, estate planning support, business exit planning, and due diligence on alternative investments, utilizing a combination of fundamental, technical, and economic analysis within a fiduciary framework.

Business exit / sale strategy Multi-generational wealth transfer Private / alternative investments Founder/Business Owner
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Christina C

Series 65

Bethesda, MD

Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC

Christina Cunningham is a financial advisor with Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC and holds a Series 65 designation. She has been in the industry since 2020, previously working at Cardinal Wealth Management and First Financial Group. Concurrent Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm serving individuals, high-net-worth clients, families, trusts, estates, businesses, and retirement plans. The firm offers customized, primarily long-term portfolio management using ETFs, mutual funds, and other investments, supported by a network of approximately 286 advisors serving over 13,000 clients.

Wealth management Founder/Business Owner
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David C

Series 63, Series 65

Annapolis, MD

Westbourne Investment Advisors Inc.

David Cunningham is a financial advisor at Westbourne Investment Advisors Inc. in Annapolis, MD, with 28 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Foxhall Capital Management, Inc. and Cunningham Capital Management, LLC. Westbourne Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial advisory services to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as IRAs, trusts, corporate accounts, pension plans, and nonprofit organizations. The firm emphasizes fundamental analysis with multi-year holding periods, maintains low portfolio turnover, and integrates operational control measures, managing approximately $449 million across several hundred accounts.

Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management

Charles P

Series 63, Series 65

Easton, MD

Merrill

Charles Pritchett is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He focuses on developing personalized financial plans that address clients' unique ambitions, including education funding, retirement lifestyle planning, and long-term family goals. His approach emphasizes simplicity and transparency in investment management to help clients navigate the complexities of wealth planning. Mr. Pritchett holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from Salisbury University. He holds the designation of Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). Outside of his professional work, he enjoys baseball, gardening, and spending time with his family.

College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) General retirement planning Medicare planning Wealth management

Amanda C

Series 66

Plano, TX

Vanguard Advisers

Amanda Colon is a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where she has served for nearly five years. She specializes in guiding women executives, business owners, and families through retirement planning, business transitions, and various life changes. Amanda provides tailored financial strategies focused on areas such as college education planning, family wealth management, legacy planning, and philanthropic planning, among others. Amanda holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designations. She earned her Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Texas. Fluent in English and Spanish, Amanda combines her diverse cultural background and extensive experience across multiple industries to support clients in financial clarity and life fulfillment. Outside of her professional role, Amanda enjoys performing music as a singer-songwriter, traveling, and spending time with her family. She lives in North Texas with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.

General retirement planning Wealth management Business exit / sale strategy Family Business Charitable giving & philanthropy Founder/Business Owner Women Professionals Women Business Owners Parents
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Kelly L

CFP®, Series 65

Fort Lee, NJ

Palisade Capital Management, LP

Kelly Lynch Moloney is a CFP® and Series 65 registered financial advisor at Palisade Capital Management, LP with five years of industry experience. She has worked at Palisade since 2025 and previously spent time with Orange Investment Advisors, Inc. and Hudson Valley Investment Advisors, Inc. Palisade Capital Management provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including corporations, public pension plans, family offices, and individual investors. The firm employs a research-intensive, bottom-up fundamental investment approach across multiple strategies and serves as a sub-adviser to mutual funds and collective investment trusts.

Passive / index investing Active portfolio management Tax-loss harvesting Women Professionals Established Professionals Mid-Career Professionals
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Emilio E

Series 65

Towson, MD

HB Wealth

Emilio Egea is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with two years of industry experience. He has worked at HB Wealth (formerly WMS Partners, LLC) for four years and spent one year at Circle Wealth Management, LLC. Prior to his advisory career, he was affiliated with Loyola University for five years. HB Wealth Management provides wealth management, investment management, and financial planning services to individuals, families, trusts, retirement plans, corporate entities, foundations, family offices, institutional clients, and investment companies. The firm combines quantitative and qualitative due diligence across a range of public and private investment strategies and offers both discretionary portfolio management and institutional advisory services.

Private / alternative investments Real estate investing Retirement income strategy

Tracy B

CFP®

Lake Oswego, OR

TBG Investing

Women often take career breaks for caregiving, have lower lifetime earnings, and live longer, all of which can affect long-term financial stability. We get it. You’re not thinking about just getting by in retirement - you want to thrive. You want more freedom and peace of mind and want to truly enjoy life both now and in the future. I've taken a unique path in traveling the world for 6-months, have traveled to over 30 countries and went from banking in Chicago for 15 years to doing financial planning at wineries in Napa Valley. I'm here to support you wherever your life and unique journey - take you! Whether you're planning/preparing for retirement, want to travel more, retire early, start your own business, are managing a career change, or balancing caregiving responsibilities - I use my passion and 25+ years of finance experience working with trust clients, 401(k) investments and financial planning to build a customized financial plan and investment portfolio that’s based on your unique situation, goals and aspirations. We believe everyone deserves access to financial advice and help a range of clients. Please don't be shy in reaching out and setting up a complimentary consultation. We promise to talk about money in an easy-to-understand and 100% judgement-free zone. It’s possible - we can make talking about money fun! I love working with clients virtually across the nation and am active on LinkedIn - you can also check me out and get to know me more there! Education: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - Bachelor of Science, Finance Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management - MBA, Finance & Strategy

Business sale tax planning Tax strategies for small businesses Retirement income strategy Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Women Professionals Women Business Owners Female Executives Gen X (Born 1965-1980)

Willa L

Series 63, Series 65

Hamilton, MT

Edward Jones

Willa Lande is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Hamilton, MT, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 33 years of industry experience. She has been with Edward Jones since 2009. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs including discretionary and non-discretionary strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets through a nationwide network of more than 23,700 advisors.

Charitable giving & philanthropy College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Retirement income strategy Retirement withdrawal strategies Founder/Business Owner Women Professionals Women Business Owners

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