Beth's Mission

My mission as an advisor is to be at the center of our client's financial lives. I strive to help each client understand how to frame their wealth and their financial goals. This is unique for everyone. Some clients need legacy planning, others need cash flow planning, many need one-off advice on a vexing financial issue, all need asset management. I endeavor to help our clients live comfortable financial lives, and to engage with their wealth on a level that feels right for them. I can provide sage guidance from my 25+ year experience as a professional, FinTech Founder/CEO, investor, philanthropist, and parent to four children. As the financial world is constantly evolving, I too try to remain current - I undergo advanced training on a regular basis to provide modern, relevant solutions.

In terms of the day to day?

I try to help clients every day, often seven days a week. For many, we are their main financial compass and team to whom they turn to sort through difficult issues. I try to clarify the matter, candidly assess what is involved, and work diligently with the stakeholders to work through a resolution. Matters might include cash flow decisions, estate planning decisions, charitable structure decisions, complicated investment decisions (not necessarily regarding a portfolio, yet rather real estate, restricted securities, gifting strategies, 10b5-1 plan strategies, etc.) I work closely with the legal and tax counsel of many clients, as of course these conversations cannot happen in a vacuum.

In terms of asset management, I created and actively manage 7 proprietary portfolio models. I can create your Donor Advised Fund. In addition, we often hire outside talent for 'satellite' strategies and may implement indexing, structures, tactical positions, fixed income, and/or alternatives.

We tie together planning with asset management to provide a complete wealth management solution. Review meetings are held at the frequency and location in which our clients find most comfortable.
Capabilities
  • Comprehensive Wealth Planning
  • Tax, Trust & Estate AdvisoryFootnote1
  • Investment Management
  • Pre-Liquidity Planning
  • Open-Architecture Platform
  • Consolidated Reporting
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Lifestyle Advisory ServicesFootnote2
  • Philanthropy Management
  • Executive Financial ServicesFootnote3
  • 10b5-(1) Programs
Securities Agent: CO, MD, CT, NY, NM, CA, VA, UT, NV, MA, DC, WI, NC, MI, GA, AZ, WY, IL, PA, ID, TX, PR, OR, HI, FL, NH, NJ, WA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1501582
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About PWM

Founded in 1977, Private Wealth Management is the division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that is dedicated to serving the firm’s most affluent clients, including some of the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and stewards of multigenerational wealth. Functioning as an exclusive investment boutique within a global financial firm, we deliver sophisticated solutions that leverage the intellectual capital and insight of Morgan Stanley’s substantial global resources. Drawing on a deep understanding of your financial life, our goal is to help you:
  • Manage investments with an unwavering focus on your financial strategy and personal goals
  • Create comprehensive, multigenerational wealth management plans based on your needs, challenges and the values that guide your life and legacy
  • Simplify financial complexity to help you achieve clarity and control
Private Wealth Management Highlights
  • Approximately 350 teams1 specialized in assisting individuals and families with $20MM+ in investable assets
  • Over $980 billion in AUM1
  • Comprising 23% of the Barron’s Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams for 2024
  • Direct access to ultra high net worth experts in philanthropy, family dynamics, wealth transfer, lifestyle advisory and other areas of interest to ultra high net worth families
1 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, December, 2024

Source: Barron's.com (May 2024) 2024 Barron's Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams awarded in 2024. The teams are ranked on a variety of factors, including their size and shape, their regulatory records and credentials of their members, and the resources they have at their disposal to serve their client bases. The rankings are meant as a starting point for clients looking for an advisor—a first-pass vetting that can help investors narrow a search. Every advisor will have his or her own approach to investing, financial planning, and other services. Clients are encouraged to approach a search for an advisor the way they would a search for a doctor—interviewing multiple professionals and getting opinions from multiple third parties. Rankings are based on the opinions of Barron's and this ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience. This ranking is not indicative of the Financial Advisor’s future performance. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is not affiliated with Barron's. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved.

Approach

Discovery Process
Investing the time to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and the risk exposures, enables us to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
Working with your tax and legal advisors, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans.
Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, we analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
After comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
Ongoing Assessment
In coordination with your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.

Community Involvement

Future Profits / Able Works
Treasurer and Member, Board of Directors
Financial Literacy Instructor
Future Profits / Able Works (East Palo Alto, CA)
September 2017 to present

I teach financial literacy to at-risk high school seniors during the academic school year. Topics include budgeting, managing credit, and career-counseling.
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Jackson-Lyon HOA
Treasurer and Member, Board of Directors
Jackson-Lyon HOA (San Francisco, CA)
April 2011 to present

As a founding member of the board, I create the budget, and track the cash flow/liquidity for this San Francisco HOA. Together with outside consultants, I am responsible for writing and maintaining the state-mandated reserve study.
Bear Creek Association HOA
Member, Board of Directors
Bear Creek Association HOA (North Lake Tahoe, CA)
July 2018 to present

I am a longtime member of the Bear Creek Association Finance Committee which involves budgeting, reserve oversight, insurance review, etc. As a new member to the board, I am now charged with the relaunch and moderation of our community website; stakeholders include homeowners, renters and the real estate community.
Environmental Volunteers
Treasurer and Member, Board of Directors
Environmental Volunteers (East Palo Alto, CA)
June 2012 to September 2014

As treasurer, my responsibilities spanned oversight of budgeting, cash management, endowment, insurance, retirement accounts, and compensation. During my tenure I rewrote several financial policies as well as created new financial policies. I regularly provided financial education to my fellow directors during our monthly board meetings.
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The Nueva School
Founding Chair, Endowment Committee
The Nueva School (Hillsborough, CA)
September 1997 to June 2002

I worked with multiple stakeholders -- donors, board members, community members, the investment community -- to draft and to launch the inaugural Nueva School Endowment. I then chaired this committee for the five years, supported by a talented group of fellow parents and members of the greater school community.
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The Nueva School
Literature Instructor
The Nueva School (Hillsborough, CA)
September 1995 to present

I am in my twenty-fifth year teaching literature to students at the Nueva School. We meet each week over the course of the academic school year to discuss books and their relevancy to the world, both historically and in terms of current events. I have taught fifth and sixth graders for the past twelve years. Books we've read include Refugee, Animal Farm, The Little Prince, Down, To Kill a Mockingbird, To Inherit the Wind, and The Princess Bride. We have also read graphic novels such as author Shaun Tan's iconic The Arrival.
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Education
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
MBA, Finance, Entrepreneurship 1997-2000

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Legal Studies, Mass Communications

College for Financial Planning
CFP, Certified Financial Planner, 1987-1990
Experience
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
January 2016 to Present

Director
Credit Suisse Private Banking
February 2009 - January 2016

Portfolio Manager, SVP
Smith Barney, Inc.
October 1988 - February 2009

Co-Founder/CEO
EAInvest, Inc.
November 1997 - October 2002
Acquired in 2002
Disclosures
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in Sept of year prior to the issuance of the award.

2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Working Mother Magazine & SHOOK Research's Top Wealth Advisor Moms
Source: Workingmother.com (Awarded October 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month period concluding in March of the year the award was given.
Award Disclosures

Location

101 California St 23rd
Fl
San Francisco, CA 94111
US
Direct:
(415) 693-6101(415) 693-6101

Meet My Team

About Austin Tyler

Austin joined The Scanlan Wealth Management team in September of this year. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he worked at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a private real estate consultancy, as well as JPMorgan Chase.

Austin earned his undergraduate degree in Public Policy from Columbia University and a master’s in Finance from SciencesPo (Paris, France).

Austin assists our clients and team in a variety of capacities! His team role is split between analytics, client service, and ongoing business development. His avocation includes marathon running – and he regularly competes in Marathons. Austin is fluent in English, French and Mandarin.
Originally from San Francisco, after presiding over a decade on the East Coast and Europe, Austin has returned to his native City. We are thrilled he has joined our team!
Wealth Management
Global Investment Office

Portfolio Insights

Managing Significant Wealth

  • Investment Management
  • Wealth Transfer & Philanthropy
  • Cash Management & Lending
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Lifestyle Advisory
  • Business Services
Funding Climate Action: Pathways for Philanthropy
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Funding Climate Action: Pathways for Philanthropy

Share a new report in collaboration with the Aspen Institute. The report aims to help climate-oriented philanthropists explore critical issues and align their wealth management strategies with their environmental impact ambitions.

Insights and Outcomes

Thought Leadership for our ultra high net worth clients, which contains thought-provoking articles, authored by leading experts from Morgan Stanley Family Office Resources.
Larry Fitzgerald Jr.'s Playbook on Leadership and Values
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Larry Fitzgerald Jr.'s Playbook on Leadership and Values

The renowned NFL wide receiver shares insights on aligning your investments with your values.

Private Wealth Management Podcast

Bringing you engaging stories and key insights surrounding the complexities associated with significant wealth, including:
  • Intergenerational Planning
  • Philanthropic Giving
  • Non-Traditional Assets
  • Managing Family Wealth
LISTEN | Passion Assets: Investing in Art
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LISTEN | Passion Assets: Investing in Art

When a passion for collecting evolves into something of considerable value, new issues are raised. Hear what the professionals have to say about the best practices and pitfalls of collecting art and collectibles.

Mosaic

Explore ideas and inspiration with captivating, original lifestyle stories created exclusively for Morgan Stanley clients.
A Change of Greenery
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A Change of Greenery

Houseplants add oxygen, flair, and warmth year-round, and the right one in the right space can do just as much for a room as any painting or side table.

Financial Wellness

Enhancing Financial Wellness enables your workforce to do their best work. Companies that invest in financial wellness have an opportunity to:
  • Reduce employee stress,
  • Improve retention and engagement, and
  • Set themselves apart by offering comprehensive financial wellness benefits.
The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce
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The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce

In the face of turbulent markets, the word “resilience” may be top of mind. Broadly speaking, resilience is the ability to “bounce back” when encountering life’s inevitable challenges.
We look forward to discussing your needs and goals, and the exceptional resources we can place at your disposal.
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Asset Allocation does not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining financial markets.

The securities/instruments, investments and investment strategies discussed on this website may not be suitable for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment or investment strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. The views and opinions expressed on this website may not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”). This website and its associated content are intended for U.S. residents only.

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Awards Disclosures
CRC 4237142 (02/2025)