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Mike joins us having most recently held Complex Director and Market Executive roles at Merrill Lynch in New York City. He began his career in 1992 as a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney. In 1999, he transitioned into leadership, holding various Branch Management and Complex Manager positions at both Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley.

As a former Financial Advisor, Mike is committed to leading by example and sharing his experience with others. He prides himself in having consistently created a respectful environment where colleagues can learn, grow personally and professionally, and enjoy their work. His top priority is to provide Advisor teams with the training, coaching, and mentoring necessary to grow their practices, achieve business goals and deliver exceptional client service.

Mike’s extensive leadership experience spans across Wealth Management, UHNW and Private Wealth, Institutional Consulting, as well as international and offshore wealth advisory.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Towson University. A lifelong New Yorker, he resides on Long Island with his three children: Jake, Ethan and Riley.

Maura is currently Associate Market Manager for the 399 Market, having most recently joined us from the Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management 1585 Market at the Global Headquarters in New York City. She is passionate about addressing the needs of our wealth management clients and actively partners with Financial Advisors, Private Wealth Advisors and International Advisors, committing to delivering the best of Morgan Stanley to their clients.

Prior to her most recent roles in field leadership, Maura has held several management and leadership positions within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. She headed the Retirement Plan Solutions businesses within the Morgan Stanley @ Work and Graystone Institutional organization. Before leading the Retirement business, Maura was Director of Portfolio Trading Solutions for the Morgan Stanley Consulting Group advisory businesses in Wealth Management. She joined Morgan Stanley in 2011 starting as a fixed income lead specialist and subsequently took on expansive Wealth Management Capital Markets leadership roles overseeing Private Wealth and offshore clientele.

Before joining Morgan Stanley, Maura held positions at the Credit Suisse Private Bank as a senior fixed income product specialist and fixed income alternatives specialist as well as sales trader. She began her career at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, where she served in a similar capacity.

Maura earned her B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sara Christoph is First Vice President and Associate Market Manager of the 399 Park Market, where she partners with financial advisors to holistically develop their wealth management practice and deliver sophisticated solutions to our clients.

Sara came to Morgan Stanley in 2017 with extensive experience in strategic development. She spent the early years of her career in educational non-profit organizations in Washington D.C., California, and New York City, eventually serving as Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer to a New York arts institution.

Sara grew up in Virginia in a family of teachers and artists and continues to be involved in the arts today, serving on the Board of Directors to Rooftop Films. She carries an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, and lives in Brooklyn, NY with her partner and their two rescue dogs, Sto and Thor.

Alice Ryu is the Associate Market Manager for the 399 Market, partnering with Financial Advisors to coach, educate, and support the growth of their practices while helping deliver the firm’s best-in-class solutions to clients. She most recently joins us from the Soundview Market in Westchester, New York, where she served as Business Development Manager.

Alice brings broad field leadership experience to her role, with a track record spanning financial planning, modern wealth platform adoption, and business development. Since joining Morgan Stanley in 2017 as a Financial Planning Specialist, she has steadily expanded her scope and impact across multiple leadership positions. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Alice was a Financial Advisor at UBS.

Raised in a multilingual household with family roots across California, South Korea, Spain, and France—and with early career experience at the United Nations—Alice offers a distinctive international perspective to one of the firm’s premier international flagship markets.

Alice holds a B.A. in International Relations from Mount Holyoke College and resides in Stamford, CT with her husband and their son, Max.