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As a Financial Advisor with Realize Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley, Bob brings strategic insight and deep experience to the team's comprehensive wealth management practice. After serving in vocational ministry, Bob was drawn to financial advising by its unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in people's lives through sound financial guidance. He holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® designations, reflecting his commitment to excellence in financial planning and philanthropic services.

Since joining the industry in 2014, Bob has focused on delivering sophisticated wealth management solutions through a disciplined and comprehensive planning process. He works alongside a distinguished team of professionals, including CFP® practitioners and CFA charter holders, who together provide clients with extensive investment management and planning capabilities.

The team's comprehensive approach encompasses investment management, retirement planning, estate planning strategies, philanthropic services, and risk management strategies. They serve established high-net-worth families and organizations while also working with emerging wealth creators who are actively building their investment portfolios; a multi-generational approach to help support you as you grow, preserve and share your hard-earned wealth. Additionally, the team's commitment to excellence was affirmed by their inclusion in the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams Ranking for 2024 and 2025.

Bob focuses on integrating charitable giving and philanthropic planning with retirement and estate planning strategies. He helps clients align their wealth with their values through access to values-based investment analysis tools and customized portfolio solutions. The wealth management process seeks to help ensure every client fully understands and agrees with every recommendation and how it most efficiently meets their goals.

A graduate of Creighton University's Heider College of Business with a BSBA in Entrepreneurial Management, Bob also completed Bible school and vocational ministry training. He remains active in church leadership and serves youth and college students throughout the Midwest. Bob lives in Omaha with his wife Katie, their daughter Riley, and their beloved pets.



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About Eric Townsend

Eric Townsend is a Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri.

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.

Eric began his career in financial services in 1992 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2017. His professional experience includes more than 25 years as both a Financial Advisor and Private Banker.

Eric is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance. He and his family live in Urbandale, Iowa. Outside of the office, Eric donates his time to Habitat for Humanity, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and ChildServe, an organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children through clinical, home, and community-based programs and services.
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About Sarah Ott

Sarah Ott, CFP® is a Vice President and Financial Planning Director serving Morgan Stanley’s Wealth
Management offices in the St. Louis area. She is responsible for helping Financial Advisors with their clients'
and prospects' financial planning needs.

Sarah began her career in Financial Services in 2014 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2022. Prior to
her current position, she was a Financial Advisor and Director of Financial Planning Operations at
Thrivent Financial.

Sarah graduated from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
and holds her Certified Financial Planner® designation. Outside of work, Sarah enjoys traveling with
her family, trying new restaurants, volunteering at her church, and attending concerts and sporting
events.

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About Joe Saadi

Joseph Saadi is the Regional Trust Specialist for Morgan Stanley’s Central Region. Within the Trust Services Group, Joe is responsible for delivering the “Open Architecture” trustee platform, which consists of several unaffiliated third-party trust companies who serve in a fiduciary, agency or custodial role for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families. Joe and the Trust Services Group help Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors, clients, prospects and the professional community understand the corporate trustee services available through Morgan Stanley and how their corporate trustee partners provide fiduciary services to clients. The process involves reviewing trust documents and statements as well as analyzing family dynamics. Joe then uses this information to help clients select one or more of the Firm’s corporate trustee partners to possibly serve as trustee, co-trustee or administrative agent for client trust accounts.

Prior to joining the firm, Joe’s 30 years of legal and comprehensive wealth planning experience include positions as Managing Director at TIAA Trust Company, Market Trust Director at JP Morgan Trust Company, Trust & Estate Specialist at Merrill Lynch Trust Company, and District Attorney General at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

Joe obtained his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from John Carroll University and his Juris Doctor from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Joe is a member of the State Bar of Ohio and holds his Series 7 and 66 licenses.

About Elizabeth Chand

Elizabeth Chand leads the Family Office Resource Generalist team and also covers the Central Region. As a FOR Generalist Elizabeth provides specialized expertise to Financial Advisors and their UHNW clients, educating and advising across a broad spectrum of family wealth management concerns, including family legacy and governance, customized wealth education for the next generation, lifestyle advisory and concierge services, strategic estate and financial planning, and philanthropy management.

Most recently, Elizabeth worked with New York Life in their Advanced Planning Group. She worked with agents and their UHNW clients to advise them on issues of estate and legacy planning as well as business succession planning. Prior to New York Life she ran a boutique estate planning law firm in Southern California working with high net worth families and businesses. Her practice focused exclusively on trusts and estates, probate, trust administration and tax. She has over 15 years of experience as an attorney representing individuals and business clients in connection with the development and implementation of sophisticated estate planning strategies and techniques.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. degree from Chapman University School of Law where she graduated Cum Laude. Elizabeth also holds her Series 7, 66 and 24 securities licenses. Elizabeth lives in the Dallas, TX area with her husband, four daughters and dog Zoe.
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