Large-firm, multi-generational wealth transfer financial advisors in Nebraska

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.

You might be planning how to pass wealth to your children and grandchildren while minimizing taxes and family conflicts. Without careful planning, your assets could be distributed in ways that don't align with your wishes or create unintended tax burdens.

  • Family dynamics insight. Look for advisors who understand how to navigate complex family relationships and communication challenges during wealth transfer.
  • Tax-efficient strategies. Confirm they can explain methods to reduce estate and gift taxes, preserving more wealth for your heirs.
  • Trust and estate coordination. Ask how they work with your estate attorney to align financial plans with legal documents like trusts and wills.
  • Long-term legacy planning. Ensure they consider how your wealth transfer impacts future generations, not just immediate beneficiaries.

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Patricia L

CFP®, Series 63

Norfolk, NE

Commonwealth Financial Network

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.

Passive / index investing Active portfolio management Tax-loss harvesting Wealth management Retirement income strategy Founder/Business Owner Executive Retired
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Michael B

Series 63, Series 65

Nebraska City, NE

LPL Financial

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.

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

Series 65

Omaha, NE

Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC

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.

Tax-loss harvesting Equity compensation tax strategy Active portfolio management Private / alternative investments Wealth management Founder/Business Owner Executive HENRY (High Earners, Not Rich Yet) Established Professionals
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Mark S

ChFC®, Series 63

Omaha, NE

Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC

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.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Retirement income strategy Charitable giving & philanthropy Founder/Business Owner Retired Mid-Career Professionals
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Bryan N

Series 63, Series 65

Lincoln, NE

Cetera

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.

Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Business exit / sale strategy Founder/Business Owner Executive
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Kayla S

Series 63, Series 65

Warwick, RI

Mass Mutual Investors Services

Kayla Santos is a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Investors Services in Warwick, RI, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and having 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Mass Mutual Investors Services since 2017 and previously at MetLife Securities. In addition to her advisory role, Santos is an independent insurance agent, offering life, fixed annuities, disability, long-term care, and health insurance products. Mass Mutual Investors Services, LLC is a broker-dealer and SEC-registered investment adviser that serves individuals, business owners, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employers. The firm provides financial planning, asset management, wrap and money-manager programs, and educational seminars, structuring engagements as annual collaborative relationships focused on goal analysis and written recommendations.

Divorce financial planning General estate planning guidance Multi-generational wealth transfer Cash flow / budgeting Founder/Business Owner Attorney Executive Married/Couples/Partners Divorced
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Deborah E

Series 63, Series 66

Cape Girardeau, MO

Edward Jones

Deborah Etherton is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Cape Girardeau, MO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses with 20 years of industry experience. She has been with Edward Jones since 2005. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm manages approximately $1.01 trillion in assets and offers a range of advisory strategies, including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee programs, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, operating under a fiduciary standard.

Wealth management Tax-loss harvesting Multi-generational wealth transfer Retired Founder/Business Owner Executive

George B

Series 66

Austin, TX

Merrill

George Bonikos is a Financial Advisor affiliated with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He specializes in family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, and retirement income. He works to help clients build, manage, and optimize their wealth with clarity and confidence through disciplined and tailored strategies. George holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Hunter College and has earned the designation of Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). His approach emphasizes curiosity and continuous improvement, aiming to serve as a trusted partner for clients facing retirement planning, portfolio growth, or complex financial decisions. Outside of his professional work, George has personal interests that include adventure sports, camping, chess, cooking, fishing, hiking, music, reading, rock climbing, and spending time with his family.

Wealth management General estate planning guidance Retirement income strategy General retirement planning
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Carson L

CFP®, Series 66

Greenville, RI

Kintra Wealth, LLC

Carson Leydecker is a CFP® professional with two years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Kintra Wealth, LLC. He has held positions at Kintra Wealth and Mutual Securities, Inc. since 2026 and previously worked at Loring Advisory Group and Commonwealth Financial Network. Kintra Wealth serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, foundations, pension plans, and corporations, providing wealth management, financial planning, retirement-plan consulting, and portfolio management. The firm combines client interviews and document review with model-driven asset allocation and fundamental security analysis to implement tax-efficient investment strategies on a household basis.

Business exit / sale strategy Retirement income strategy General retirement planning Wealth management Founder/Business Owner
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Taylor S

CFP®, Series 65

Chamblee, GA

Verisail Partners, LLC

Taylor Stanfill is a CFP® professional with 15 years of industry experience. He has been with Veritas Planning Group since 2014 and is currently part of the Verisail Partners, LLC team in Chamblee, GA. Verisail Partners serves individuals, families, businesses, retirement plan sponsors, and other institutions with comprehensive financial planning and investment management. The firm employs a top-down, asset-allocation first approach, emphasizing a factor-based framework informed by the Fama-French three-factor model, and manages portfolios primarily on a discretionary basis.

Retirement income strategy Income planning Multi-generational wealth transfer College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Factor investing / smart beta Founder/Business Owner Retired
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Jeffrey P

Series 66

Dacula, GA

Merrill

Jeffrey Park is a financial advisor at Merrill with eight years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Merrill and affiliated firms since 2011, including roles at JPMorgan Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities. Outside of his advisory work, he is a sole owner and co-owner of family rental properties in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Merrill, together with its affiliate Managed Account Advisors LLC, provides managed account services to Bank of America fiduciary clients through the Select Portfolio Solutions Program, offering model-based and discretionary strategies for individuals, high-net-worth clients, and institutional investors.

Tax-loss harvesting Active portfolio management Wealth management
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Scott M

Series 63, Series 65

New York, NY

Morgan Stanley

Scott Mahoney is a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in New York, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 34 years of industry experience. He has been with Morgan Stanley since 2009, including roles at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. Outside of his advisory work, he is involved with Giants Foot Cubed LLC. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is a large SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that serves both individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a wide range of advisory programs and financial planning services supported by structured planning tools and broad investment resources.

General estate planning guidance
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Elizabeth B

Series 66

New York, NY

J.P. Morgan Securities

Elizabeth Brown is a Series 66 licensed financial advisor with J.P. Morgan Securities in New York, NY, where she has worked since 2012. She has 26 years of industry experience. J.P. Morgan Securities provides institutional consulting services to clients such as corporations, foundations, and defined contribution plan sponsors, offering asset allocation advice, investment manager and fund searches, and customized performance reporting through a select group of Wealth Advisors. The firm combines large institutional advisory operations with brokerage, distribution, and investment management capabilities.

Wealth management Executive Founder/Business Owner
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Wesley P

Series 63, Series 66

Fort Worth, TX

Wells Fargo Clearing

Wesley Pool is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC for seven years. Outside of finance, he has been involved with #TagMeBro LLC and Fry Street Public House. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions.

Retired Founder/Business Owner
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Willie M

Series 63, Series 66

Cary, NC

Equitable Advisors

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.

Retirement plans for business owners (SEP, solo 401k) Business exit / sale strategy Concentrated stock management Equity Recipients (RS/RSU, SOP, ESPP) Long-term care insurance Founder/Business Owner Retired Executive Approaching retirement Sandwich Generation
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