Shawn Alvarado
Private Banker
Matthew Thompson, CFP®, CIMA®, QPFC
Senior Vice President,
Financial Advisor,
Workplace Advisor - Equity Compensation,
Portfolio Management Director,
Lending Specialist,
Family Wealth Advisor,
Alternative Investments Director
Direct:
(631) 755-8921(631) 755-8921
Toll-Free:
(800) 472-0320(800) 472-0320
My Mission Statement
Working to enhance the interplay and synergies within and between corporations, individuals, and philanthropic organizations based on intellectual capital
Matthew Thompson
In 1997, I got my first introduction to the stock market through an internship position with Smith Barney in their Pasadena, California office. A short while later, I was offered a full-time position as Client Service Associate and my career in Financial Services was born.
While still working for Smith Barney in 1999, I took on the role of liaison between Smith Barney and the California Medical Association. I worked with a group of select Financial Advisors who were the endorsed retirement plan providers for the association’s physicians.
After traveling the state for a year, I decided to further my career, and in May of 2000 I became a Financial Advisor at Smith Barney in the Sherman Oaks, California office. It was then that I got interested in Non Profits Organizations as both a volunteer building houses in South Central Los Angeles for Habitat for Humanity and as an advisor working on endowments for several organizations in the Los Angeles area.
I relocated to New York in August of 2004 to start a team with a former partner of mine. While the partnership didn’t work out, the motive behind it shaped the vision of the practice today; a group working together to enhance the interplay and synergies within and between corporations, individuals, and philanthropic organizations based on the group’s intellectual capital. This was also when I was first introduced to the American Red Cross on Long Island through a client who was on the board. I have spent the past 14 years serving as a volunteer, board member, and board chair and I currently serve as the co-chairman of the board.
In April of 2008, I joined Morgan Stanley and continued to build the three pillars of the practice; Corporate Services, Investor Services, and Philanthropic Services. As the interplay between the three pillars expanded over the years, I developed a robust practice to include Private Corporations, Non-Profit Organizations, and Individual Families. My philanthropic involvement has expended as well, as I now serve on the Board of Directors for the Bayside Business Association, the Board of Directors for Career Day Inc., the Board of Directors for the Nonprofit Collective Foundation, Inc. - Economic Assistance, the Board of Directors for the Pelham Children/Youth Travel Soccer Club, and the Advisory Board for Transitional Services of New York, Inc., as well as work with other charities on an as needed basis.
While still working for Smith Barney in 1999, I took on the role of liaison between Smith Barney and the California Medical Association. I worked with a group of select Financial Advisors who were the endorsed retirement plan providers for the association’s physicians.
After traveling the state for a year, I decided to further my career, and in May of 2000 I became a Financial Advisor at Smith Barney in the Sherman Oaks, California office. It was then that I got interested in Non Profits Organizations as both a volunteer building houses in South Central Los Angeles for Habitat for Humanity and as an advisor working on endowments for several organizations in the Los Angeles area.
I relocated to New York in August of 2004 to start a team with a former partner of mine. While the partnership didn’t work out, the motive behind it shaped the vision of the practice today; a group working together to enhance the interplay and synergies within and between corporations, individuals, and philanthropic organizations based on the group’s intellectual capital. This was also when I was first introduced to the American Red Cross on Long Island through a client who was on the board. I have spent the past 14 years serving as a volunteer, board member, and board chair and I currently serve as the co-chairman of the board.
In April of 2008, I joined Morgan Stanley and continued to build the three pillars of the practice; Corporate Services, Investor Services, and Philanthropic Services. As the interplay between the three pillars expanded over the years, I developed a robust practice to include Private Corporations, Non-Profit Organizations, and Individual Families. My philanthropic involvement has expended as well, as I now serve on the Board of Directors for the Bayside Business Association, the Board of Directors for Career Day Inc., the Board of Directors for the Nonprofit Collective Foundation, Inc. - Economic Assistance, the Board of Directors for the Pelham Children/Youth Travel Soccer Club, and the Advisory Board for Transitional Services of New York, Inc., as well as work with other charities on an as needed basis.
Securities Agent: OH, MA, WI, SC, OR, DE, AZ, UT, TN, NJ, MO, AR, SD, RI, NC, NY, IL, CT, ME, PA, WA, GA, TX, FL, CA, VT, VA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
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Philanthropic Services
I support nonprofit clients by offering a suite of services to help them operate like for profit corporations. Below are some services we offer please feel free to reach out for additional services above and beyond what's outlined below
Donor Advised Funds
Contributions to a DAF are invested in line with Donor preferences and have the potential to grow tax-free, thus enabling the Donor to recommend grants to a variety of charities over several years. The final decisions on grant recommendations are made by the MS GIFT Board of Directors.
Stock Donation Accounts
If you're considering a charitable donation, giving stock may be one of the most effective methods. Gifting appreciated stock reduces taxes while supporting organizations you care about
Endowment Management
Surrounding you with extensive resources that check all the critical boxes for helping grow and protect your endowment. We subscribe to a philosophy that reaches beyond the investments and is designed to help our endowment clients ultimately redefine success, manage risk and focus on the real result – their ability to meet their goals.
Corporate Services
Below is a summary of some of the services that we've been recently engaged in that provide workplace financial solutions for organizations and their employees
At Work Solutions
Create a culture of excellence through a culture of ownership. At Work delivers workplace Equity, Wellness, and Retirement solutions ultimately empowering employees to build financial confidence and wealth.
Morgan Stanley at Work
Corporate Retirement Solutions
We offer tools, advice, and support you need to manage your retirement program with ease and confidence from every angle.
Financial Empowerment
When employees thrive, companies thrive. I am proud to offer a customizable solution for organizations to empower their employees by making their finances a source of wellness – and not a source of stress.
Take the Pulse of Your Financial Wellness Program
Equity Edge Online
Equity Edge Online offers cutting-edge technology that adapts as your company evolves. Our platform supports many equity vehicles with full accounting, recordkeeping, administrative report, and comprehensive security features ensuring data protection.
Equity Edge Online
Private Market Solutions
Our suite of equity products are designed for the unique needs of innovative private companies. From start-up to mature companies, we provide solutions and innovative technology to help manage your cap table, generate 409A valuations, run tender offers, and more.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
In today's competitive business environment, it's crucial for companies to be able to attract, retain, and reward key employees. Many firms turn to non qualified deferred compensation plans (NQDC) which allow highly compensated key employees to accumulate wealth and save for retirement on a tax-deferred basis.
Individual Investor Services
As your wealth grows, so does its complexities and the resources needed to manage it effectively. I leverage my experience and relationships to deliver innovative strategies that are tailored to your needs. I look forward to speaking with you to understand your challenges, so we may map out a strategy to achieve your particular priorities and goals.
Wealth Management
Wealth management brings all the dimensions of your life together. We listen carefully to understand the connections across your personal life, your family, your career and your legacy goals to develop a comprehensive strategy that is uniquely yours.
Retirement Planning
One of our key areas of focus is helping you prepare for and thrive in retirement. From IRAs to RMDs, we manage the complexities of your comprehensive retirement plan assets, helping you easily transition to the next phase of your life with security and confidence.
Professional Portfolio Management
Managing an investment portfolio should be a consultative, disciplined process that balances your attitudes about investing with careful analysis of the financial markets. Working together, we create a customized strategy that applies long-held investment principles to help your assets appreciate appropriately or generate cash-flow or income as you require.
Alternative Investments
Morgan Stanley’s global network affords us the ability to offer clients a wide array of alternative investments to consider. Our recommendations are based on your own goals and your tolerance for investment risk.
Cash Management Services
Creating adequate cash flow and securing liquidity are the day-to-day aspects of implementing a financial strategy. We help you meet your personal cash management and borrowing needs, while thinking strategically about how specific approaches may affect current and long-term costs and taxes.
Estate Planning & Philanthropic Strategies
Delivering an estate to the next generation or favorite charity requires more attention than families often realize. We coordinate with your estate and tax professionals to align your legacy goals with the appropriate asset titling and beneficiary designation requirements, incorporating best practices to help enhance results
My Community Involvement
I am driven by my goal to help clients fulfill their own personal financial vision. At the same time, I have a vision of who I want to be and what I hope to accomplish for my clients and my community.
The American Red Cross on Long Island
I have spent the past 14 years serving as a volunteer, board member, and board chair and I currently serve as the co-chairman of the board.
The Long Island chapter of The American Red Cross serves more than 2.8 million people in Nassau and Suffolk counties. We respond to emergencies and disasters across the region—home fires, floods, building collapses—and more, providing shelter, food, clothing and emotional support at no cost to those in need.
The Long Island chapter of The American Red Cross serves more than 2.8 million people in Nassau and Suffolk counties. We respond to emergencies and disasters across the region—home fires, floods, building collapses—and more, providing shelter, food, clothing and emotional support at no cost to those in need.
Bayside Business Association
I serve on the Board of Directors for the Bayside Business Association (BBA), which is an association that has provided businesses with a single united voice. The BBA was the most instrumental force in forming what is now the Bayside Village Business Improvement District. The BBA has also been involved with several beautification projects that have benefited the businesses as well as the community. Our projects have included street cleaning, tree planting, and graffiti removal. It is one of the BBA's missions to provide the community with a family-oriented, pedestrian-friendly shopping experience.
Transitional Services for New York, Inc.
I am on the Advisory Board for Transitional Services for New York, Inc., a comprehensive, community-based mental health organization located in New York City. We provide a continuum of rehabilitative services to enrich the lives of those recovering from mental illness and facilitate their transition to increased levels of independence.
Career Day, Inc.
I also serve on the Board of Directors for Career Day, Inc. Career Day Inc. organizes a program that aims to change the lives of young adults by introducing high school students to the paths others have taken to reach their career goals. By working in partnership with a variety of professionals and school staff, Career Day Inc.’s program creates an atmosphere of acceptance and opportunity for all students at every academic level.
Pelham Travel Soccer Club
As a former collegiate soccer player and high school soccer coach, it was only a matter of time before I came involved in my kids’ club. Pelham Travel Soccer’s goal is to develop skillful and ultimately competitive youth team by providing youths the opportunity to excel at soccer and to build positive character and promote principles of fair play by providing an enjoyable fair and high quality soccer program. As a newer board member, joining in 2022, I focus on the player and coaching development within the program. We have partnered with the New York Red Bulls to provide professional trainers that aim to emphasize player development for better players in the future over immediate “winning tactics” and maintaining a healthy parent involvement .
The Non-Profit Cooperative
In January of 2022, we launched and I was elected Chairman of The Nonprofit Cooperative with a goal of providing valuable resources and trainings to nonprofits through the United States and around the world. The mission of the organization is to provide free access to valuable resources, information and training that saves their organizations time and money so that they can stay focused on their mission. A key element of what we do is prescreens and vet our Cooperative Members, who are business that service nonprofits and can be hired for their services, to ensure our nonprofits are getting the highest quality solutions essential to their operations.
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The Power of Partnerships
By partnering with experienced individuals across wealth disciplines, Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors can align specialized resources with your custom needs and deliver strategic guidance through the familiarity and trust of existing relationships
Dominique Hicks, CFP®
Financial Planning Director, Vice President
Chris Smith
Trust Specialist
Angelo Loumbas
Family Office Resource Generalist
About Shawn Alvarado
Shawn Alvarado is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in New York.
Private Bankers partner with Financial Advisors to develop a specialized approach for managing clients’ cash flow, liquidity and financing needs, leveraging our comprehensive suite of cash management and lending solutions.
Shawn began his career in financial services in 2003 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Citigold Private Client Relationship Manager at Citibank and a Wealth Management Banker at Merrill Lynch.
Shawn is a graduate of Montclair State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He lives in Salisbury, New York with his family. Outside of the office, Shawn enjoys golfing and coaching his kid’s baseball and football teams.
Private Bankers partner with Financial Advisors to develop a specialized approach for managing clients’ cash flow, liquidity and financing needs, leveraging our comprehensive suite of cash management and lending solutions.
Shawn began his career in financial services in 2003 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Citigold Private Client Relationship Manager at Citibank and a Wealth Management Banker at Merrill Lynch.
Shawn is a graduate of Montclair State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He lives in Salisbury, New York with his family. Outside of the office, Shawn enjoys golfing and coaching his kid’s baseball and football teams.
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About Dominique Hicks
Dominique Hicks is a Vice President and Financial Planning Director serving Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management offices in Western Long Island, New York. She is responsible for helping Financial Advisors with their clients' and prospects' financial planning needs.
Dominique began her career in financial services in 2015 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2022. Prior to her current position, she acquired a great deal of acclamation & recognition for her work in Private Client and Small Business at JP Morgan Chase Bank. She continued to grow as a resource and joined Merrill Lynch later as a Financial Advisor.
Dominique graduated from SUNY Old Westbury with a bachelor’s in accounting and holds her Certified Financial Planner® designation. Dominique lives in Stony Brook, NY and cherishes spending time with her loved ones. She is a loving mother of two, adores practicing yoga with her kids and volunteers as a mentor for young college women.
Dominique began her career in financial services in 2015 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2022. Prior to her current position, she acquired a great deal of acclamation & recognition for her work in Private Client and Small Business at JP Morgan Chase Bank. She continued to grow as a resource and joined Merrill Lynch later as a Financial Advisor.
Dominique graduated from SUNY Old Westbury with a bachelor’s in accounting and holds her Certified Financial Planner® designation. Dominique lives in Stony Brook, NY and cherishes spending time with her loved ones. She is a loving mother of two, adores practicing yoga with her kids and volunteers as a mentor for young college women.
About Chris Smith
Chris Smith is an Executive Director and Head of Morgan Stanley’s Trust Services Group. As a 30-year employee of Morgan Stanley, Chris is responsible for maintaining the “Open Architecture” trustee platform, which consists of thirteen third-party trust companies who can serve in a fiduciary, agency or custodial role for ultra-high-net worth client trust accounts. Chris and the Trust Services Group help Advisors, clients, prospects and the professional community understand the corporate trustee services available through Morgan Stanley and how our corporate trustee partners can be used to provide fiduciary solutions for clients. This involves reviewing trust document and statements as well as analyzing family dynamics. Chris then uses this information to recommend one or more of the firm’s third-party corporate trustee partners to possibly serve as trustee, co-trustee or administrative agent for a client trust account.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley (Dean Witter), Chris worked in the Retirement Plans department of Prudential Securities and prior to that the District Agency department of Prudential Insurance Company. Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication/Journalism and Psychology from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. He lives in Saratoga Springs, NY with his wife Sharon and two boys, Ryan and Michael and has a passion for golf, skiing and horse racing.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley (Dean Witter), Chris worked in the Retirement Plans department of Prudential Securities and prior to that the District Agency department of Prudential Insurance Company. Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication/Journalism and Psychology from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. He lives in Saratoga Springs, NY with his wife Sharon and two boys, Ryan and Michael and has a passion for golf, skiing and horse racing.
About Angelo Loumbas
Angelo is the Family Office Resources Generalist for Family Office Resources in the New York Metro and New England regions. Angelo provides specialized knowledge to ultra-high net worth clients and their Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors across a broad range of family wealth management issues, including family governance/dynamics, wealth education, strategic estate and financial planning, philanthropy management, lifestyle advisory and customized asset allocation and portfolio construction. Angelo has over twenty-five years experience advising wealthy families, business owners, and philanthropic organizations.
Originally from Chicago, Angelo practiced law for 15 years and represented ultra-high net worth clients and the businesses they owned, as well as major philanthropic organizations. Angelo is admitted to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He has spoken on topics such as “Conditions Suggesting a Management Buyout” before the Chicago Bar Association Corporation and Business Law Committee, “Tax Consequences of Intra-Family Loans,” before the Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee, and “Conversations about Wealth and Philanthropy with Prospective Donors” before the Chicago Council on Planned Giving.
Prior to rejoining Morgan Stanley in his current position in 2018, Angelo advised wealthy clients in the financial services industry for 10 years, first as a Wealth Strategist with US Trust in Chicago, then a Wealth and Estate Planning Specialist within Family Office Resources in Chicago, and finally as a Senior Wealth Planning Strategist for the Wells Fargo Private Bank in Greenwich, Connecticut. Angelo earned his B.A. from DePauw University, his M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and his law degree from Indiana University at Bloomington. He is Series 7, 66 and 24 licensed. Angelo served as President of the Rotary Club of Chicago (“ROTARY/One”), the world’s first Rotary club, in 2009-2010, and now lives in Armonk, New York with his wife, a native New Yorker, and their two children.
Originally from Chicago, Angelo practiced law for 15 years and represented ultra-high net worth clients and the businesses they owned, as well as major philanthropic organizations. Angelo is admitted to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He has spoken on topics such as “Conditions Suggesting a Management Buyout” before the Chicago Bar Association Corporation and Business Law Committee, “Tax Consequences of Intra-Family Loans,” before the Chicago Bar Association Trust Law Committee, and “Conversations about Wealth and Philanthropy with Prospective Donors” before the Chicago Council on Planned Giving.
Prior to rejoining Morgan Stanley in his current position in 2018, Angelo advised wealthy clients in the financial services industry for 10 years, first as a Wealth Strategist with US Trust in Chicago, then a Wealth and Estate Planning Specialist within Family Office Resources in Chicago, and finally as a Senior Wealth Planning Strategist for the Wells Fargo Private Bank in Greenwich, Connecticut. Angelo earned his B.A. from DePauw University, his M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and his law degree from Indiana University at Bloomington. He is Series 7, 66 and 24 licensed. Angelo served as President of the Rotary Club of Chicago (“ROTARY/One”), the world’s first Rotary club, in 2009-2010, and now lives in Armonk, New York with his wife, a native New Yorker, and their two children.
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