My Story and Services

I moved to the United States from the former Soviet Union in my early twenties and together with my husband at that time started my own manufacturing and metal fabrication business which I ran until 2013 which I had to close due to the economic downturn. After this experience I did not lose my desire to succeed. I got my MBA degree from the University of Portland. Since the days of listening to the Voice of America in my small Russian kitchen, I knew, that given the right opportunity, I would succeed in anything I chose to do.
Though I help people from all walks of life, I focus my practice on what is near and dear to me: independent business owners and families with children with special needs. I help business owners manage the complexity of their financial lives and avoid mistakes. I pay attention to what is important: helping to manage risk by diversification and building their wealth. Before we discuss investments, I go through a thorough due diligence process and discuss the unique needs of the business, the owner’s lifestyle and family, and goals for the future. Once I have an understanding of whom I am working with, I create a truly personalized wealth strategy. I analyze the prospective client’s current and future cash flows, and focus on estate planning strategies to help ensure all aspects of the wealth management strategy work together. The benefit to the client is seeing how modifications may provide a more satisfactory outcome and how little changes over time can have a significant impact.
My other passion is helping families with special needs children. Families like mine often struggle with competing priorities of saving for retirement, leaving bequests for their other children and making sure that their special needs children are well-taken care of. One of the critical elements of financial planning for families with special needs children is safeguarding government benefits and preserving the child’s quality of life. I can help you achieve these goals here at Morgan Stanley.
When you work with me you will be working with one financial advisor as a single point of contact with access to the resources of Morgan Stanley’s global capabilities. Morgan Stanley has been in business for over 80 years and what it means is you will be working with a credible and well-respected firm that puts clients first. Give me a call if you would like to discuss your specific needs.
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Helping Families Plan for a Lifetime of Care, Security, and Independence

Caring for a loved one with special needs involves more than meeting today's needs. It requires thoughtful planning for the future, balancing long-term care, financial security, and quality of life while navigating a complex landscape of government benefits, legal considerations, and family responsibilities.

Our role is to help families create a coordinated financial strategy that supports their loved one's needs while aligning with their broader family goals. Through comprehensive planning, we can help identify opportunities to build financial security, preserve important benefits, and establish a framework for future care and decision-making.
    A Personalized Approach to Special Needs Planning
    Every family's circumstances are unique. Whether you are caring for a child with special needs, supporting an adult family member with a disability, or planning for future generations, we can help you navigate key financial decisions with greater confidence and clarity.
    A comprehensive plan may include:
    • Long-term care and funding strategies
    • Government benefit considerations
    • Special Needs Trust planning
    • ABLE account strategies
    • Estate and legacy planning Strategies
    • Insurance and risk management
    • Family caregiver planning
    • Future guardianship and trustee considerations
    Planning for Long-Term Financial Security
    Families often face unique financial challenges that extend well beyond traditional planning needs. Medical expenses, therapy costs, housing considerations, educational support, and lifelong care expenses can create additional complexity.
    A thoughtful financial plan can help establish resources designed to support your loved one's future while providing greater confidence that their needs will continue to be met over time.
    Navigating Government Benefits
    Many individuals with disabilities depend on public assistance programs that provide critical financial and healthcare support. Understanding how personal assets, gifts, or inheritance strategies may impact eligibility is an important part of the planning process.
    We work alongside your legal and tax professionals to help evaluate strategies that may complement benefits such as:
    • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
    • Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
    • Medicaid
    • Medicare
    By incorporating benefit considerations into a broader financial plan, families can make more informed decisions about saving, investing, and wealth transfer strategies.
    Special Needs Trusts
    A Special Needs Trust can play an important role in helping provide financial support for a loved one without disrupting eligibility for certain government assistance programs.
    When appropriate, these trusts may help:
    • Preserve access to important benefits
    • Provide supplemental financial support
    • Coordinate family wealth transfer goals
    • Establish guidance for future trustees and caregivers
    • Create greater continuity of care over time
    Because trust planning involves legal and tax considerations, we work closely with qualified estate planning professionals to help coordinate these strategies within your broader financial plan.
    ABLE Accounts
    ABLE accounts are designed to help eligible individuals with disabilities save for qualified expenses in a tax-advantaged manner.
    These accounts may be used to help fund expenses such as:
    • Education
    • Housing
    • Transportation
    • Healthcare
    • Assistive technology
    • Personal support services
    When appropriate, ABLE accounts can complement other planning tools as part of a comprehensive strategy.
    Estate and Legacy Planning
    One of the most important questions families face is: Who will care for my loved one in the future?
    A coordinated estate plan can help provide direction and support for future caregivers while protecting the financial resources intended for your loved one's benefit.
    Planning discussions may include:
    • Wills and trusts
    • Beneficiary designation reviews
    • Trustee selection
    • Life insurance strategies
    • Letters of intent
    • Family succession planning
    By addressing these issues proactively, families can create greater certainty for future generations.
    Questions Families Often Ask
    As families begin the planning process, several important questions frequently arise:
    • How can I provide financial support without affecting benefit eligibility?
    • Should a Special Needs Trust be part of my estate plan?
    • What resources may be available through government programs?
    • How should future caregivers be incorporated into the planning process?
    • What happens when parents or primary caregivers are no longer able to provide support?
    • How can we create greater financial security while preserving independence and dignity?
    These conversations often serve as the foundation for a comprehensive planning strategy.

OUR CAPABILITIES FOR BUSINESS OWNERS

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As an entrepreneur or business owner, you know the value of hard work and your time is at a premium. You've invested years- or perhaps decades- into your enterprise, and your personal wealth may be closely tied to your company. Whether you are focused on pursuing your growth, preparing to transition or exit, or somewhere in between, we can help evaluate the complexities and considerations relevant to your situation.

Through four decades of service to business owners and their multi-generational families, we have learned the value of thoughtful and proactive guidance. This starts with a comprehensive planning process that considers key aspects f your life, your business and your family. From there, we can draw on the resources of a global firm to help coordinate solutions across a range of needs related to your life and business, in collaboration with your other professional advisors.
1: Forming a Business / Angel Round
As your Financial Advisors, we view our role as helping serve as a quarterback for the advisory team, coordinating with your legal, tax/accounting, and other professional advisors, as appropriate. A coordinated and responsive team can help you stay focused on your business while providing guidance designed to support your personal and entrepreneurial goals.
2: Early Stage / Series AB Rounds
The early stage of a company’s growth phase can be a productive time to consider in-depth estate planning. In our experience, the demands of growing a business often relegate an estate plan to the back burner until an impending exit or unexpected life event. Planning in the early stages can help you evaluate risk, consider tax efficiency opportunities, and support the future needs of both your family and your business.
3: Mid and Late Stage / Series CD Rounds
As your business matures, the resources of Morgan Stanley can be valuable in helping you explore debt or equity financing for growth, establish corporate retirement and financial wellness plans, review your personal and business insurance lines as appropriate, consider philanthropic initiatives, and more. At this point, more in depth business and estate planning may be warranted, along with a valuation of the business. Working with the rest of your advisory team, we can help you assess growth drivers and weigh exit planning options as desired.
4: Preparing For a Liquidity Event
It is important to consider income tax and wealth transfer strategies prior to a potential liquidity event. In addition to tax-planning considerations, a liquidity event often raises broader questions for you, including regarding family goals or “mission,” wealth stewardship, and your next step, whether into retirement or a new venture.
5: Post Liquidity Planning
The post liquidity stage brings various considerations such as continuing to develop a family “mission statement,” family governance and wealth education, philanthropic planning, and lifestyle advisory considerations. Should the company now be public, the conversation may include liquidity planning and programs related to the exercise of stock options.
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    Retirement Planning
    Retirement planning is an important part of preparing for your future. We bring a focused approach to this process. You have worked hard to get where you are. Now, we can help you plan for the retirement lifestyle you envision.
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    Business Planning
    We can help by sharing our experience working with other business owners. We bring thoughtful strategies to the table to help you evaluate opportunities to grow or sell your business.
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    Business Succession Planning
    A lot of thought and planning goes into a well-considered succession strategy. We can help you navigate the process of working with other professionals to pursue the results you want.
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    Executive Financial Services
    We can address the unique scenarios of our high net worth clients by providing access to a suite of Morgan Stanley services, as well as investment strategies, as appropriate.
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    Alternative Investments
    Where appropriate, Morgan Stanley provides individuals and institutions access to alternative investment strategies spanning private equity, real assets, private credit, hedge funds and digital assets.
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    Divorce Financial Analysis
    Although divorce is seldom easy, our team can help you prepare for the process, which may help you feel more in control and better equipped to make informed decisions about your financial future.
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    Planning for Individuals with Special Needs
    Individuals planning for their own financial well-being, or the financial well-being of a family member with special needs, may face several challenges. Learn how we can help you navigate those considerations.
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    Estate Planning Strategies
    We look at key aspects of an individual’s estate to understand the potential estate-planning attributes of the vehicles. The goal is to help the client and his or her investment professionals consider investment decisions in the context of the client’s broader estate plan.
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    Our Global Effort
    “For us at Morgan Stanley, it is abundantly clear that the solutions to global challenges can only achieve the required scale if they can attract a critical mass of private capital. To this end, we’ve established the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing to lead work across our firm, with our clients, and with academic institutions to help mobilize capital to sustainable enterprises, via global markets and the investors who drive them.”

    - James P. Gorman, Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley
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    What is Impact Investing?
    Morgan Stanley aims to create scalable sustainable and impact investing solutions that seek to deliver competitive financial returns. Learn more about impact investing below.
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    Who is Investing with Impact?
    Asset owners worldwide now routinely incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their decision-making. Our recent survey which polled 110 public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth entities, insurance companies and other large asset owners worldwide, shows that four in five institutions surveyed are currently integrating ESG considerations into the investment process.
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    Why Impact? Why Now?
    The global pandemic has shone a spotlight on, and even amplified many Investing with Impact themes. The following two sources highlight some of these themes and explore why you may wish to consider opportunities to invest in a more resilient and positive future while meeting your financial goals.

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