Glen Mondero, CFP®, CPWA®
Executive Director, Financial Advisor, Senior Portfolio Management Director, Family Wealth Director
Phone:
(760) 931-4625(760) 931-4625
GenBridge Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley
Direct:
(760) 931-4600(760) 931-4600
Our Mission Statement
Experience, intellectual capital and dedicated personal service to help you meet your life goals
Our Story and Services
As your Financial Advisors, we 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 we can help you to preserve and grow your wealth. You’ll 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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Learn MoreOur Clients
We help people just like you, in every stage of life.
Whether you need help taking full advantage of your stock options and retirement plan or navigating a tax efficient strategy that complements your trust and estate planning, we have solutions.
Whether you need help taking full advantage of your stock options and retirement plan or navigating a tax efficient strategy that complements your trust and estate planning, we have solutions.
Our clients include:
- Complex Trust and Estate Planning
- Tax Efficient Planning Solutions
- Corporate Executives
- High-Net-Worth Investors
- Business owners (including family businesses)
- Stock Option Plans
- Mid-Career Professionals and Their Families
- Nonprofit Organizations
- People Getting Close to or Already Retired
- Lending Solutions
- College Savings Plans
Connecting Wealth Across Generations
Managing your family's wealth is so much more than simply reaching a desired return. The GenBridge Wealth Management Group focuses on meeting the complex, unique wealth needs of affluent families. We believe this extends beyond estate planning. To learn more about how we at Morgan Stanley help you leave a legacy that lasts, beyond just the numbers, please view the video above.
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Why We Love What We Do
Families are the foundation of our practice. We decided to focus our efforts on becoming a robust family wealth office capable of meeting even the most complex wealth needs. We chose this path because we because we believe helping families achieve secure their financial future lets them focus on what is important: family.
Location
5796 Armada Drive
Suite 200
Carlsbad, CA 92008
US
Direct:
(760) 931-4600(760) 931-4600
Meet GenBridge Wealth Management Group
Janet Calcagno
Portfolio Associate
Phone:
(760) 931-4615(760) 931-4615
Katie Bannister
Senior Registered Associate
Phone:
(760) 602-3539(760) 602-3539
Mason Bartlett
Financial Planning Analyst
Phone:
(760) 602-3549(760) 602-3549
About Glen Mondero
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About Janet Calcagno
Janet Calcagno is a Registered Client Service Associate with Morgan Stanley in Carlsbad, California. She has been with the firm in her present role since 2011. Janet started in business back in 1977 as a New Accounts Clerk at Merrill Lynch in Riverside, CA. She then accepted a position with Paine Webber as a cashier in the Riverside office in 1979. She transferred to the Palm Desert Paine Webber office a year later and was promoted to Operations Manager. After 15 years in Palm Desert she transferred to the downtown San Diego Paine Webber office where she was promoted to Administrative Manager. She had an integral part in the merging of Kidder Peabody & Paine Webber then later with UBS. She left UBS in 2006 to accept the Operations Manager position at Wachovia Securities. She then decided to step down from management and after a short break she accepted her current position working with the Financial Advisor Team of John Sundstedt & Glen Mondero. She has lived in Carlsbad, California for the last 22 years. She enjoys spending time with her 2 grown children & many friends.
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About Katie Bannister
Katie Bannister is a Senior Registered Associate with Morgan Stanley in Carlsbad, California. She is licensed with her Series 7, 63 and IA.
Katie was born and raised in the small town of Holdrege, Nebraska. In 1984, she moved from the Midwest to San Diego, California where her career began in the downtown office of Smith Barney Harris Upham.
Through all the mergers & acquisitions, Katie remained with the same firm having over 39 years of experience in the financial industry.
Most recently, she shortened her commute by relocating from the San Diego Morgan Stanley Complex to the Carlsbad branch office, working with the
GenBridge Wealth Management Group.
Katie is an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan and lives in La Costa, California with her three exotic Persian cats, Cody, Wink and Wilson.
In her spare time, she enjoys golfing and giving back to her HOA community by maintaining the wildlife habitat she created there.
Katie was born and raised in the small town of Holdrege, Nebraska. In 1984, she moved from the Midwest to San Diego, California where her career began in the downtown office of Smith Barney Harris Upham.
Through all the mergers & acquisitions, Katie remained with the same firm having over 39 years of experience in the financial industry.
Most recently, she shortened her commute by relocating from the San Diego Morgan Stanley Complex to the Carlsbad branch office, working with the
GenBridge Wealth Management Group.
Katie is an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan and lives in La Costa, California with her three exotic Persian cats, Cody, Wink and Wilson.
In her spare time, she enjoys golfing and giving back to her HOA community by maintaining the wildlife habitat she created there.
About Mason Bartlett
Mason Bartlett is a registered Portfolio Analyst with Morgan Stanley. He grew up in the Chicago suburbs and graduated from Illinois State University, double majoring in accounting and finance. He moved to California shortly after college to get away from winters and start a career in financial planning in Orange County. Not long after that, he began his path with E*TRADE for 6 years before transitioning to Wealth Management with Morgan Stanley. Outside of work he can be found exploring beaches, hikes, and mountains looking for the best views to spin poi to. While travelling, he enjoys camping, snowboarding and scuba diving.
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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
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Investing
Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
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- Wealth Planning
- Traditional Investments
- Alternative Investments
- Impact Investing
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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
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Business Planning
Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
- Succession Planning
- Business Planning
- Qualified Retirement Plans
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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
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.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact GenBridge Wealth Management Group today.
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