Top financial advisors working with clients approaching retirement in Nebraska

Patricia Lammli is a CFP®-certified financial advisor with 14 years of industry experience. She is currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and CalmWater Financial Group, having previously worked at Boden Daniel Bierman and Northwestern Mutual Investment Management. Her career spans roles at multiple firms since 2011. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, providing a range of advisory programs and services including wealth management and retirement plan consulting. The firm offers extensive operational and investment resources, alongside discretionary model portfolios managed by its Investment Management and Research team.

Michael Borns is a financial advisor with LPL Financial, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Investment Centers of America, Inc. for 23 years before joining LPL Financial in 2017. Outside of his advisory role, Borns serves as a volunteer firefighter and scholarship committee member for the Nebraska City Volunteer Fire Department. 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 portfolios, and institutional platforms, supported by research and technology tools.

Michael Forker is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience. He has worked at Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC and Orion Advisor Solutions since 2022 and previously spent ten years at CLS Investments, LLC. Based in Omaha, NE, he is currently associated with an enterprise firm supporting a broad advisor network. Orion Portfolio Solutions primarily serves independent investment advisory firms, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and institutional sponsors. The firm focuses on model-driven and managed-account solutions, offering technology-enabled services and sub-advisory support, with about $64.8 billion in assets under administration across roughly 198 advisors and more than 185,000 client relationships.

Mark Saferstein is a financial advisor with Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 license. He has 42 years of industry experience and has been affiliated with Ameritas firms and Central Financial Services since 2002. Saferstein is also licensed as an independent insurance agent to sell fixed insurance products. Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individuals, high-net-worth investors, retirement plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm offers a range of asset management and financial planning solutions utilizing both proprietary and third-party model portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, and individual securities.

Bryan Nieman is a financial advisor with Cetera who holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has 15 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Horace Mann and multiple firms within the Cetera network. He also works as an insurance agent specializing in fixed, life, health, and property and casualty insurance. Cetera Investment Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered firm serving individual, corporate, charitable, and institutional clients through a large network of independent advisors. The firm offers a range of portfolio management and financial planning services with a multi-manager platform that includes access to affiliated and third-party managers.

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, previously serving at Axa Advisors and MSI Financial Services. Outside of advising, he is a co-chairman of a fundraising campaign for Alpha Light Fund Inc., a nonprofit focused on renovating the House of Alpha. Equitable Advisors serves a range of clients including individuals, pension plans, corporations, and charitable organizations, providing financial planning, retirement consulting, and asset management through a network of representatives and third-party managers. The firm offers various investment vehicles and ERISA fiduciary services, relying on third-party program sponsors and an affiliation with a publicly traded parent company.

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.