Top advisors focused on planning for children with special needs in Vermont

Matthew Mc Bride is a CFA® charterholder and Series 65 licensee with three years of industry experience. He is an advisor at One Day In July LLC in Burlington, VT, where he has worked since 2023. Prior to joining the firm, he held roles at the University of Vermont and Saint Michael's College. Outside of advising, Matthew is involved in facility valuation and market research as an owner of a self-storage business in Colchester, VT. One Day In July LLC provides discretionary portfolio management and limited financial planning services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and employee benefit plans. The firm employs an asset-allocation approach focused on low-cost, passively managed ETFs and offers a distinct environmental investing option that screens funds by carbon intensity and fossil fuel reserves.

Kenneth Detz is a financial advisor with Primerica Advisors in Parsippany, NJ, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 33 years of industry experience. He has worked at Guardian Life Insurance Company and Primerica Advisors since 2014. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in selling various insurance products, including long-term care insurance and fixed annuities. Primerica Advisors operates as part of Park Avenue Securities LLC, serving a broad retail client base with both brokerage and advisory services. The firm offers a range of investment programs and financial planning solutions supported by proprietary and third-party strategies.

Danny Lattrell is a financial advisor at SPC with 34 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at Parkland Securities, LLC since 2014. Lattrell also operates Lattrell Insurance, where he has been involved in the sale of various lines of insurance and annuities for over four decades. SPC serves individual clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and employer-sponsored retirement plans through a network of over 460 advisors and approximately $5.66 billion in assets under management. The firm offers portfolio management, financial planning, and ERISA-related retirement plan services, delivering both discretionary and nondiscretionary management tailored to client needs.

Seamus Byrne is a CFP® and holds a Series 66 license with three years of industry experience. He is currently with Morgan Stanley and previously worked at Edward Jones, Financial Designs, Ltd (M Financial Group), and Booth Brokerage LLC. Byrne is based in Colchester, VT. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management serves both individual and institutional clients, offering a range of advisory programs including tailored financial planning supported by structured discovery processes and firm-approved tools. The firm manages approximately $2.74 trillion in client assets and provides services that include advisory and brokerage capabilities.

Marjorie Netkin is a financial advisor with Woodstock Wealth Management, Inc. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 39 years of industry experience. Her prior work includes roles at Woodstock Financial Group, Inc. and St Bernard Financial Services. She serves as president and majority owner of Edgewood Financial Group, which operates branch offices for her affiliated firms. Woodstock Wealth Management provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and access to third-party asset managers to individuals, businesses, charities, and retirement plans. The firm manages approximately $630 million in assets and offers tailored investment strategies, including a performance-based fee program benchmarked to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF.

Amanda Quicke is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors with 18 years of industry experience. She has worked at various Wells Fargo entities since 2009. Amanda is a Series 66 license holder and has partial ownership in an investment-related business, Granite Wealth Management, LLC. Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network serves individuals, trusts, and institutional clients by providing investment and fee-based financial planning services. The firm offers a broad range of planning options using proprietary research and tools, with services tailored to clients who meet specific net-worth criteria.

Rudenca Blloshmi serves as a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. In this role, she helps clients develop personalized wealth management strategies tailored to their individual financial goals. She provides access to Merrill’s investment insights alongside the banking and lending solutions offered by Bank of America. Rudenca focuses on client areas including family wealth management, personal retirement planning, philanthropic planning, tax minimization, retirement income, special needs planning, managing new wealth, and women and wealth. Rudenca holds multiple professional designations, including Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA), CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA), and Sports & Entertainment Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (SE-AWMA). She attended Pace University without earning a degree and conducts business in both English and Albanian. Rudenca is involved with the Global Albanians Foundation and enjoys baseball, biking, golfing, music, and photography in her personal time.

Matthew Seale is a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Baytown, TX, holding CFP® and ChFC® designations and registered Series 63 and Series 66. He has 21 years of industry experience, all with Edward Jones since 2004. Edward Jones is a full-service wealth management firm serving over four million individual and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs including discretionary and non-discretionary wrap fee strategies, separately managed accounts, and affiliated mutual funds, managing approximately $1.01 trillion in assets through a network of more than 23,700 financial advisors.

Lanis Webb is a financial advisor at G. A. Repple & Company with 25 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with G. A. Repple & Company since 2012. In addition to his advisory role, Webb works as an independent fixed insurance sales agent. G. A. Repple & Company provides investment advisory and financial planning services to a diverse client base, including retail individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and corporate entities, employing various analytical approaches to portfolio construction and offering multiple investment program options.

Evan Hirano is a financial advisor at Mok Capital Management in Los Altos, CA, holding CFP® and CFA® designations with nine years of industry experience. He has worked at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments since 2017 and has been with Mok Capital Management since 2015. Mok Capital Management provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, charities, pension plans, and business entities. The firm employs a value-based investment approach using fundamental and technical analysis to tailor portfolios and may utilize options strategies, concentrated positions, and foreign securities as part of its management.