My Story and Services

Dylan Cleary and the Foothills Group help clients develop and define specific lifestyle goals and objectives. Coupled with Morgan Stanley’s technology, Dylan will analyze those goals to help create a customized strategy to achieve financial freedom in retirement. He engages clients in a comprehensive wealth management process, creating a constructive framework for the integration of financial planning, corporate benefits, and investment advice. Dylan holds a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation and graduated from the University of Denver. In his free time, Dylan loves to travel and maintains an active lifestyle skiing, biking and doing CrossFit.

As your Financial Advisor, I can help you define and strive to meet your goals by delivering a vast array of resources to you in the way that is most appropriate for how you invest and what you want to achieve. Working together, I can help you to preserve and grow your wealth. You will have access to some of the world’s most seasoned and respected investment professionals, a premier trading and execution platform and a full spectrum of investment choices.
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FROM WORKPLACE TO RETIREMENT

A comprehensive financial plan is integral to helping achieve your retirement goals, and the initial consultation to create your plan is arguably one of the most important steps in the planning process because it forms the foundation on which so many other decisions are made.

Dylan Cleary will work closely with you to make the most of this first step. He takes the time to understand your needs and concerns through a collaborative discovery process. Moreover, because of his experience as a CFP, he is able to identify needs that often get overlooked in the planning process.

During this discovery process, Dylan lists your main sources of income, obligations and assets. Next, he identifies your goals. For example, do you plan to downsize or move to another town or city? What are your family’s needs? What type of lifestyle do you have in mind? Do you plan to travel? What estate planning concerns must we take into consideration? Once Dylan has all this information, he leverages Morgan Stanley’s global resources and vast research capabilities to create a plan tailored specifically for you.

Morgan Stanley is one of the world’s most respected financial institutions, having helped literally thousands of investors like you achieve their myriad financial goals. Dylan utilizes many different types of investment vehicles for your plan. His clients know their assets are well-diversified and prudently managed with the utmost care.

Corporate Executives

As a corporate executive, you have more intricate needs than most individuals because of the many benefits made available to you through your employer, such as employee stock options, deferred compensation, etc. This is especially true when planning for retirement. Dylan has comprehensive wealth management process that addresses those needs, as well as some you may have yet to consider. His process creates a constructive framework for the integration of financial planning, retirement planning, corporate benefits and investment advice. Additionally, he has extensive knowledge about concentrated stock positions, hedging and monetization, estate and retirement planning strategies, as well as lending and insurance.

Dylan at Morgan Stanley can help you make a successful transition from your work life to a fulfilling and comfortable retirement

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EVENTS

Every month, the Foothills Group and a guest speaker from other various prestigious financial firms host a monthly presentation on a variety of investment and financial planning topics. Below are some of our previous presentations hosted. Please reach out to Dylan at Dylan.Cleary@morganstanley.com for access to our next event!

WORKPLACE FINANCIAL BENEFITS WITH MORGAN STANLEY AT WORK

Our mission is to help your company elevate your workplace financial benefits—helping you to attract and retain top talent. Our end-to-end solutions support your company and employees at any stage of growth through a powerful combination of modern technology, insightful guidance, and dedicated service.

    Equity Solutions

    Equity ownership is a powerful motivator. Streamline equity management through our leading-edge technology and provide global audit-ready reporting and insights, alongside customizable participant experiences to engage and educate your employees on how to make the most of their benefits. Our global solutions support private and public companies at any stage of growth.

    • Equity Administration and Financial Reporting
    • Liquidity Events
    • 409A Valuation Services and Cap Table Management

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    Retirement

    For your employees, retirement is more than a date in the future—it's a milestone that takes time, hard work, and the right tools. Through our consultative process, we strive to assist with the management of your fiduciary responsibilities and risk, simplify plan management, and help you improve retirement readiness for your employees.

    • Defined Contribution Consulting
    • Solutions-Oriented Plans
    • Fiduciary Investment Oversight

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    Deferred Compensation

    Access a range of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plan services or pick the ones that best fit your needs. We provide recordkeeping and plan design, portfolio construction services, and plan education for your executive talent. We help you determine the appropriate plan design and inform a funding strategy through a needs-based assessment and consultative approach.

    Services include:

    • Recordkeeping and Plan Design
    • Portfolio Construction
    • Wealth Management Services
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    Executive Services

    Our dedicated team provides concierge-level support for your executives' equity compensation plans, from 10b5-1 trading plans to form filing related to Rule 144 transactions, to access to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies, so helping them navigate their complex financial needs with greater confidence and certainty:

    • Equity Compensation Services
    • Equity Award Analysis
    • Specialized Solutions
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    Saving and Giving

    Saving and Giving benefits can make a real difference in your employees' lives as they can support the things that matter most to them—like saving for education and repaying student loans. Show that you are committed to your employees' priorities with leading-edge solutions that help them chart a path toward financial well-being.

    • College Savings
    • Student Loan Repayment and Refinancing
    • Charitable Giving
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    Financial Wellness

    We offer Financial Wellness with every solution we provide. Through a powerful combination of education, digital tools and guidance, Financial Wellness is designed to address the unique needs of your employees and empower their financial journey at every stage. Give your employees the confidence to take charge of their finances.

    • Financial Education
    • Digital Tools
    • Financial Guidance

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1550 Market St
Suite 600
Denver, CO 80202
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Direct:
(303) 595-2160(303) 595-2160
1800 Broadway
Suite 120
Boulder, CO 80302
US

Meet My Team

About Jennifer Feeney

With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Jennifer serves the comprehensive needs of clients by executing outstanding administrative support. She began her financial services career in 1996 and joined the Morgan Stanley family in 2013.

Jennifer operates the systems and processes that enable the Legacy Wealth Management team to provide timely and efficient operational support.

About Melissa A. Hatfield

Melissa joined the Foothills Group at Morgan Stanley in 2025, bringing with her over 25 years of professional experience in executive recruiting across private equity, venture capital-backed, and Fortune 500 companies.

Before her tenure at Morgan Stanley, Melissa served as a Managing Partner with Randall Partners, a Private Equity focused Executive Search firm. Previous to roles in Executive Search, Melissa was a Managing Director at JPMorgan where she led recruitment teams and strategies for J.P. Morgan Private Bank and the Commercial Bank for more than a decade.

A proud Illinois native and long-time Chicago resident, Melissa graduated with High Distinction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, Melissa resides in Boulder, CO, with her husband Todd and their daughter Simone. Melissa is an Advisory Board member of the Ted Rhodes Foundation.

About Susan Mohacey

Susan has over 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. She joined Morgan Stanley in 2017 after serving as an investment officer at The Haverford Trust Company. Susan's role in the Foothills Group at Morgan Stanley is centered on client needs, account support and operational management. Susan holds her Series 7 and 66 licenses.

Before her tenure in finance, Susan successfully managed her own medical transcription business for 15 years. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Philadelphia University. Outside of her professional life, Susan enjoys traveling, gardening, and quality time with her family. She resides in Erie, CO, with her husband Paul and their children.
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Portfolio Insights

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Equity Compensation

Helping you make the most of your equity awards and better understand how it may fit into your your larger financial picture – today and tomorrow.

  • Vesting events
  • Option expirations
  • Restricted stock units
  • Tax implications

Retirement

Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
  • 401(k) Rollovers
  • IRA Plans
  • Retirement income strategies
  • Retirement plan participants
  • Annuities
A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup
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A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup

Checking in on your retirement plan may make a lot of sense, especially when market volatility arises.

Investing

Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
  • Asset Management
  • Wealth Planning
  • Traditional Investments
  • Alternative Investments
  • Impact Investing
Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty
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Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty

When it comes to investing, even the most savvy of us fall prey to bias and emotional trades. So what triggers should you watch for?

Family

Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Special Needs Planning
  • Trust Services
529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education
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529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education

Though education costs continue to climb, starting to save and invest early can make a difference.

Business Planning

Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
  • Succession Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business
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Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business

Selling your business can mean big changes for your life, both personally and financially. Know how to make the most of your windfall.

Philanthropy

Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
  • Endowments
  • Foundations
  • Donor Advised Funds
  • Impact Investing
Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving
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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving

There's more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here's one method that may be a tax-efficient way to give and can help maximize your impact.

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.
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