About Karin L. Longhurst
Karin Longhurst is a Senior Vice President, Senior Institutional Consultant, Private Wealth Advisor, Alternative Investment, Investing with Impact, Insurance Planning and Family Wealth Director with the Price and Longhurst Group at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. She joined Morgan Stanley in 2013. The Price and Longhurst Group offers clients the combined resources of both Graystone Consulting, the institutional arm of Morgan Stanley and Private Wealth Management, the area of the firm that is focused on the needs of ultra-high net worth individuals and families. Her group delivers customized guidance to address the planning, governance, liability management and investing needs of family offices and affluent individuals, as well as advising institutional clients, such as foundations, endowments, corporations, and corporate retirement plans regarding plan sponsor’s fiduciary best practices, investment and spending policies, asset allocation, and investment manager selection. The Price and Longhurst Group was named one of Barron’s top 100 Institutional Consulting Teams in the nation for 2021, 2022 and 2023 and one of the Forbes Best-In-State teams in 2023 and 2024.
Previously, Karin worked for 16 years at Merrill Lynch, where she focused on the fiduciary, trust and investment management needs of ultra-affluent individuals, families, and family offices. She also focused on working with public charitable organizations, endowments, and private foundations to provide fiduciary best practices, planned giving experience and investment management services.
Karin is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Business and Finance. She participated in an honors business program at Cambridge University and London School of Economics. Karin also worked in Washington D.C. for the U.S. Trade Ambassador. Karin serves as a member of the Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Advisory Council, which works closely with her firm’s senior management. Karin is also a member of The American Bankers Association, The Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Estate Planning Councils, National Charity League and The Los Angeles Council of Charitable Gift Planners. Karin is actively involved as a board member and currently serves as Treasury of the Los Angeles County Business Federation, Biz Fed Institute, and Loyola Marymount University’s College of Business Administration. Karin was also named by Forbes as one of the Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State and Top Wealth Advisors Best-In-State in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Karin and her husband, Scott, have two children, and they reside in Manhattan Beach, California. In Karin’s spare time she enjoys spending time with family and friends, international travel, scuba diving and golf.
2021-2023 Barron's Top 100 Institutional Consulting Teams (formerly referred to as Barron's Top 50 Institutional Consulting Teams, Barron's Top 50 Institutional Consultants, Barron's Top 30 Institutional Consultants))
Source: Barrons.com (Awarded April 2021-2023). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Dec of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
2023 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded Jan 2023) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 3/31/21-3/31/22.
2023-2025 Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
Source: Forbes.com (2023, 2024, 2025) Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams ranking awarded in 2023-2025. Each ranking was based on an evaluation process conducted by SHOOK Research LLC (the research company) in partnership with Forbes (the publisher). This evaluation process concluded in March of the previous year the award was issued, having commenced in March of the year before that.
2023-2024 Forbes America's Top Women Wealth Advisors & Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In- State
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2023-2024) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 2023 - 2024.
Forbes America's Top Wealth Advisors & Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded April 2023) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on time period from 6/30/21 - 6/30/22.
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