Southeast Michigan / Northwest Ohio Market Office

Troy joined Morgan Stanley in 1994 as an Intern in the Chicago 70 West Madison office. He quickly completed the Financial Advisor Training Program and received the National Sales Director Award in 1995. He was promoted to Branch Sales Manager in that same Chicago office, exactly twenty years after he began as an intern. During those two decades, Troy managed individual, family, foundational, and institutional accounts for a variety of high net worth clients.

Since his first leadership appointment in 2004 as Branch Sales Manager in Chicago-Madison, Troy has been promoted several times— District Sales Manager for Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan from 2006-2009, Branch Manager of the LaSalle Street office from 2009-2012, and then Branch Manager of the 70 West Madison office of Morgan Stanley in Chicago, a position that oversaw 94 financial advisors. During his tenure as branch manager. He remained at the West Madison, Chicago office until 2015 when he moved to Birmingham, Michigan in order to continue his ascent as Market Executive for the Southeast Michigan Northwest Ohio branch offices. In this role, Troy oversees seven Morgan Stanley branches with 214 financial advisors, $24 billion in client assets, and revenues in excess of $211 million.

Troy attributes his success in business to creativity and determination. In his spare time, he is an avid golfer and an instrument rated licensed multi-engine pilot— a skill he earned while obtaining a B.S. in Aeronautical Science from Saint Louis University.

Michael Barber is the Southeast Michigan Associate Market Manager. He has 14 years of wealth management experience. He holds CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor^® designations. Michael is committed to partnering with Financial Advisors to help them grow their business and also seeks to ensure clients have access to the full suite of products, resources, and services that Morgan Stanley has to offer.

Prior to joining the firm, Michael worked at UBS where he was focused on financial planning, investment portfolio construction, and advisory. Michael received a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Finance from Michigan State University. He was born and raised in Metro Detroit area, and lives in Bloomfield Hills, with his wife, Morgan, their daughters, Blair and Madison, and Yellow Lab, Breslin. He is active in community service events and is a former Chapter Advisor of his college fraternity (Pi Kappa Alpha). Michael loves spending time with his family and enjoys hunting, fishing and golf.

Angie began her career in financial services with Smith Barney in 2000 as an Operation Associate in the Lansing, MI location. From there, she was quickly promoted to Operations Manager of Toledo, leading the service team and partnering with the branch manager to grow the branch. Following the merger of Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney, and the introduction of the Complex Structure of leadership, Angie was named the Market Business Service Officer for the South East Michigan Complex.

In this role, she continues to lead a team that supervises the business operations of over 220 financial advisors, and approximately 150 support professionals. She also partners with the Complex Manager and Senior Risk Officer, while having six Business Service Managers and 5 Administrators as direct reports. The SE Michigan Complex has a wide variety of businesses, ranging from Institutional, Private Wealth, Corporate Retirement, Sports/Entertainment, and retail high net worth clients that require Angie’s unique and innovative solutions on a minute by minute basis.

Angie is married to her husband Josh and has two children, Rolando and Ariana. In her free time, she enjoys bike riding, gardening, and spending quality time with her family. In addition to her professional responsibilities, Angie is also involved with the Girl Scouts of America as well as several local charities.

Nicole joined us in December 2022 and currently leads a team of 5 Risk Officers who supervise over 200 financial advisors serving a wide variety of clients, including clients in the sports & entertainment industries, institutions including local governments and foundations, corporate retirement plans, and high net worth families, and employing such strategies as financial planning, tax-efficient active portfolio management, and private credit & equity (for qualified investors), to name just a few.

Nicole began her financial services career as an investor services manager for a boutique private equity real estate investment firm in Dallas, TX in 2010. After a couple years, she moved into a financial advisor role focusing primarily on helping medical and real estate professionals with their personal wealth management and small business retirement planning. In 2016, an opportunity arose for Nicole to move into branch management in California with her prior firm, focusing on risk management and supervision. In 2020, she made the move to Morgan Stanley in Silicon Valley, as she was impressed by our values, especially that of putting clients first and leading with exceptional ideas, and with the flexibility and customization available on our platform to enable our advisors to work with their clients in a bespoke way. While in Silicon Valley, Nicole supervised financial advisors engaged with our 10B5-1, venture capital, and international business lines.

Nicole holds a Masters in Applied Cognition & Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas and did her undergraduate work at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. She was born and raised in Baltimore, MD and spent time visiting her father in Shelby Township, MI, where he lived for 10+ years. In her personal life, she enjoys concerts, traveling, and camping with her husband, Russell. She is passionate about helping our financial advisors and their clients achieve their goals while ensuring we live our value of doing the right thing every day!

Chuk previously served as the Financial Planning Director in the Minnesota/Dakota Markets. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, graduated with his MBA from Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2021.

His hobbies are spending time outdoors, shooting, golf, traveling and finding good restaurants. He is also fluent in four languages.

Rachel DeFer joined Morgan Stanley in November 2018 as a Client Service Associate. In June 2022 she joined the Market Team as the Market Administrator for the Southeast Michigan Northwest Ohio Morgan Stanley Market. In this role, Rachel is responsible for helping to supervise the travel, expenses, and facilities needs of the Complex’ nearly 400 employees.