Welcome

Welcome to the Greenfield Team at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. We are a multi-generational team helping individuals, families, and family offices navigate complexity and make thoughtful, long-term decisions about their wealth.

Over the last 25 years, we have developed a consistent process for guiding families through their most important financial and personal goals. Our work spans investments, financial planning, and tax & estate advisory, tailored to the specific goals and values of each family.

Our group is grounded in the following core principles:

  • Building lasting relationships based on trust and continuity
  • Align portfolios, tax strategy, and estate planning with family goals and values
  • Preserve and grow wealth with a long-term mindset
  • Reduce complexity, taxes, and cost

Based in San Francisco and Denver, we are a national practice overseeing more than $6 billion of client assets. We strive to offer the personalized service of a boutique team, backed by institutional strength of a premier financial firm.

We welcome the opportunity to learn about you, your goals, and how we can help you achieve them.

Capabilities
  • Tax, Trust & Estate AdvisoryFootnote1
  • Family Governance & Wealth Education
  • Philanthropy Management
  • Tailored LendingFootnote2
  • Consolidated Reporting
  • Cash Management & LendingFootnote3
  • 10b5-(1) Programs
  • Corporate Stock Plans
  • Asset AllocationFootnote4
  • Investment Management
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About PWM

Founded in 1977, Private Wealth Management is the division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that is dedicated to serving the firm’s most affluent clients, including some of the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and stewards of multigenerational wealth. Functioning as an exclusive investment boutique within a global financial firm, we deliver sophisticated solutions that leverage the intellectual capital and insight of Morgan Stanley’s substantial global resources. Drawing on a deep understanding of your financial life, our goal is to help you:
  • Manage investments with an unwavering focus on your financial strategy and personal goals
  • Create comprehensive, multigenerational wealth management plans based on your needs, challenges and the values that guide your life and legacy
  • Simplify financial complexity to help you achieve clarity and control
Private Wealth Management Highlights
  • Approximately 350 teams1 specialized in assisting individuals and families with $20MM+ in investable assets
  • Over $980 billion in AUM1
  • Comprising 23% of the Barron’s Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams for 2024
  • Direct access to ultra high net worth experts in philanthropy, family dynamics, wealth transfer, lifestyle advisory and other areas of interest to ultra high net worth families
1 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, December, 2024

Source: Barron's.com (May 2024) 2024 Barron's Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams awarded in 2024. The teams are ranked on a variety of factors, including their size and shape, their regulatory records and credentials of their members, and the resources they have at their disposal to serve their client bases. The rankings are meant as a starting point for clients looking for an advisor—a first-pass vetting that can help investors narrow a search. Every advisor will have his or her own approach to investing, financial planning, and other services. Clients are encouraged to approach a search for an advisor the way they would a search for a doctor—interviewing multiple professionals and getting opinions from multiple third parties. Rankings are based on the opinions of Barron's and this ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience. This ranking is not indicative of the Financial Advisor’s future performance. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is not affiliated with Barron's. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved.

Approach

Discovery Process
Investing the time to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and the risk exposures, enables us to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
Working with your tax and legal advisors, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans.
Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, we analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
After comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
Ongoing Assessment
In coordination with your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.

WHO WE SERVE

Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
We with work entrepreneurs and business owners through all phases of growth, transition, and liquidity. Whether you're scaling a business or preparing for a sale, we bring deep experience in pre- and post- liquidity planning and welcome the opportunity to help you think through key decisions with confidence.

Corporate Executives
We advise executives with complex compensation packages and concentrated equity positions. With limited time and competing priorities, our clients rely on us to streamline planning, manage risk and align their financial strategy with personal and professional goals.

Technology Professionals
For technology professionals, equity compensation often drives the financial picture—but it also brings complexity. We help clients navigate critical decisions around vesting, timing, diversification and tax strategy, providing clarity at each decision point.

Financial Professionals
We work with experienced financial services professionals, including private equity and venture capital principals and senior investment bankers. While highly sophisticated, many face the challenge of managing their own financial lives amid demanding schedules. We aim to build comprehensive financial plans, provide unique investment opportunities, and reduce day-to-day administrative burdens.

Philanthropic Organizations
We provide customized investment and philanthropic advisory services to private foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, endowments and non-profits. Our team can support a wide range of needs, including investment portfolio design and implementation, investment policy development, and impact investing strategies.

Multi-Generational Families
We advise families stewarding inherited wealth across generations. Whether navigating family governance, educating the rising generation, or preserving legacy, we help families align their financial resources with shared values and long-term goals.

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      Tax Efficient Investing

      We offer investment solutions designed to help manage the impact of taxes and support long-term, after-tax growth. These strategies focus on thoughtful portfolio construction and ongoing tax-aware management.

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      Alternative Investments

      Our platform offers access to a diverse selection of over 180 funds, including both third-party and proprietary options. It provides early and exclusive access to funds that might otherwise be limited to institutional investors.

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      Wealth & Financial Planning

      Utilizing our expertise and the extensive resources available within our Firm, we collaborate with you to design and uphold a thorough wealth management plan. This plan is tailored to meet the distinct goals you have set for your family, business, community, and enduring legacy.

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      Private Market Transactions

      As the number of public companies decreases, much of a company's growth now occurs before it goes public. Investing in private markets allows eligible investors to engage with promising companies at an earlier stage, giving you the opportunity to be part of their journey before they become publicly traded.

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      Management of Concentrated Positions

      We offer support with the sale of restricted, control, and concentrated stock positions, the gifting of restricted or control shares, securities-based loans using eligible restricted and control stock as collateral, and the establishment of 10b5-1 trading plans.

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      Pre/Post Liquidity Planning

      With extensive experience advising numerous entrepreneurs and business owners on monetizing their enterprises, we provide a seasoned perspective on opportunities for income tax and transfer tax planning, as well as guidance on the timing of specific actions.

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      Morgan Stanley Family Office

      We provide a comprehensive array of highly specialized resources designed to tackle the intricate and diverse challenges of managing substantial wealth, enabling clients to make complex decisions with confidence.

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      Tax, Trust & Estate Planning

      In collaboration with your estate attorney, CPA, and specialists from our Family Office Resources group, we conduct a thorough review of your trust and estate plans. This process helps us identify opportunities to enhance tax efficiency and ensure better alignment with your multigenerational objectives.

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      Outsourced Chief Investment Office

      An outsourced chief investment office (OCIO) functions as an internal chief investment officer, offering you tailored institutional investment expertise along with a dedicated support team.

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      Private Banking

      We facilitate connections with Private Bankers to explore personalized borrowing solutions tailored to meet your goals. These options may include investing in a business, purchasing real estate, managing potential tax liabilities, or securing additional general funding.

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      Insured Solutions

      We provide a comprehensive range of insurance and annuity solutions, along with strategic partnerships, to assist in mitigating and managing risks when unforeseen events occur.

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      Corporate Trustee

      Our Trust Services platform offers access to third-party corporate trustees who can act as trustees, co-trustees, or successor trustees for trust accounts. By collaborating with our Trust Specialists, we can assist you in selecting a suitable corporate trustee tailored to specific trust documents and estate planning needs.

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      Workplace Solutions

      In collaboration with Morgan Stanley's Workplace Solutions team, we provide comprehensive support to our corporate clients and their employees as they transition from private to public companies. Our all-encompassing financial workplace benefit offerings include Cap Table Management, Private Market Liquidity, Retirement Solutions, Financial Wellness and Education, Stock Plan Administration, Executive Financial Services, and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation.

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      Philanthropy

      We offer consultative guidance to help you establish your philanthropic goals and enhance the effectiveness of your charitable contributions. This includes donor-advised funds, which provide a tax-efficient method for supporting nonprofit organizations.

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    WORKPLACE FINANCIAL BENEFITS WITH MORGAN STANLEY AT WORK

    Our mission is to help your company elevate your workplace financial benefits—helping you to attract and retain top talent. Our end-to-end solutions support your company and employees at any stage of growth through a powerful combination of modern technology, insightful guidance, and dedicated service.

      Equity Solutions

      Equity ownership is a powerful motivator. Streamline equity management through our leading-edge technology and provide global audit-ready reporting and insights, alongside customizable participant experiences to engage and educate your employees on how to make the most of their benefits. Our global solutions support private and public companies at any stage of growth.

      • Equity Administration and Financial Reporting
      • Liquidity Events
      • 409A Valuation Services and Cap Table Management

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      Retirement

      For your employees, retirement is more than a date in the future—it's a milestone that takes time, hard work, and the right tools. Through our consultative process, we strive to assist with the management of your fiduciary responsibilities and risk, simplify plan management, and help you improve retirement readiness for your employees.

      • Defined Contribution Consulting
      • Solutions-Oriented Plans
      • Fiduciary Investment Oversight

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      Deferred Compensation

      Access a range of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plan services or pick the ones that best fit your needs. We provide recordkeeping and plan design, portfolio construction services, and plan education for your executive talent. We help you determine the appropriate plan design and inform a funding strategy through a needs-based assessment and consultative approach.

      Services include:

      • Recordkeeping and Plan Design
      • Portfolio Construction
      • Wealth Management Services
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      Executive Services

      Our dedicated team provides concierge-level support for your executives' equity compensation plans, from 10b5-1 trading plans to form filing related to Rule 144 transactions, to access to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies, so helping them navigate their complex financial needs with greater confidence and certainty:

      • Equity Compensation Services
      • Equity Award Analysis
      • Specialized Solutions
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      Saving and Giving

      Saving and Giving benefits can make a real difference in your employees' lives as they can support the things that matter most to them—like saving for education and repaying student loans. Show that you are committed to your employees' priorities with leading-edge solutions that help them chart a path toward financial well-being.

      • College Savings
      • Student Loan Repayment and Refinancing
      • Charitable Giving
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      Financial Wellness

      We offer Financial Wellness with every solution we provide. Through a powerful combination of education, digital tools and guidance, Financial Wellness is designed to address the unique needs of your employees and empower their financial journey at every stage. Give your employees the confidence to take charge of their finances.

      • Financial Education
      • Digital Tools
      • Financial Guidance

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    Location

    555 California Street
    14th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94104
    US
    Direct:
    (415) 576-8983(415) 576-8983
    Fax:
    (415) 762-0981(415) 762-0981
    1550 Market Street
    Floor 6
    Denver, CO 80202
    US
    Direct:
    (303) 572-4877(303) 572-4877

    Meet The Greenfield Team

    About James B Greenfield

    Jim Greenfield is a Managing Director within the Private Wealth Management division at Morgan Stanley. Jim has over 24 years of experience in financial planning and investment management for entrepreneurs, executive, family offices and their related foundations. Jim and his team focus on providing a personalized approach to develop customized wealth management solutions. His team takes great pride in delivering exceptional client service to help clients understand and achieve their goals.  

    Jim joined Morgan Stanley in 2002 and distinguished himself early in his tenure at the firm as a Senior Investment Management Consultant and Senior Advisor, Private Wealth Management. These designations reflect Jim’s devotion to and experience in providing sophisticated wealth management solutions. Jim also earned his Certified Investment Management Analyst certification at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Jim has been recognized by Barron’s Magazine as a Top Advisor in the country.

    Before joining Morgan Stanley, Jim was a managing director at Robertson Stephens (1999-2002) and Montgomery Securities (1993-1999) in San Francisco, where he provided financial planning for numerous entrepreneurs and company founders. Jim began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in San Francisco, where he specialized in financial planning and tax consulting for wealthy individuals and families. 

    Jim received his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993 with an emphasis in finance and investments.  

    Jim and his wife, Lisel, live in Orinda, California, and have been married since 1989. They have four children: Michael, Christopher, Patrick and Lauren. For the past 15 years, Jim has been coaching youth basketball in his local community. 

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    2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State (formerly referred to as Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors: State-by-State)
    Source: Barrons.com (Awarded 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). Data compiled by Barron's based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
    Securities Agent: PA, VT, NE, WA, VA, MI, IL, CA, AZ, TX, OR, NC, DC, WY, NV, FL, NJ, NH, MN, MD, CT, CO, TN, NY, RI, MT, MA, DE, OK, NM, LA, GA, AL, UT, HI, WI; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
    NMLS#: 1285139

    About Jon Greenfield

    As a Private Wealth Advisor, Jon Greenfield focuses on providing sound financial planning, customized investment management and wealth preservation strategies, and estate and tax planning strategies for highly successful individuals and their families. His experience extends from founders of startup companies to executives of public companies. In all cases, his goal is to provide sound advice to enable clients to meet their lifelong goals by utilizing our distinctive private wealth management and family office services.

    Jon joined the San Francisco office of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management* in 2004, after serving as director of investments for five years at Banc of America Securities in San Francisco. Immediately after joining the firm, he earned the prestigious designation of Senior Investment Management Consultant, acknowledging his dedication to providing the highest quality wealth management solutions to his clients. In 2011, Jon moved to Morgan Stanley’s Denver office.

    Jon received his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999 with an emphasis in finance and investments. He began his career at Arthur Andersen in Denver, Colorado, where he provided various value-added services to emerging technology companies and service organizations.

    Jon and his wife, Monica, live in Centennial, Colorado, with their three children:  Matthew, Katie and Ryan. Jon is actively involved in his children’s education and extracurricular activities.  He is also a volunteer board member and coach for his son’s adaptive baseball league, Miracle League of Denver, which provides an opportunity for young athletes with various developmental disabilities to play the sport.

    *References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.

     

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    NMLS#: 1282432

    About Barrett Richter

    Barrett Richter joined the Greenfield Team at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in April 2004 and focuses on the full spectrum of complex wealth issues that impact ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and family offices. Having entered the financial services industry in 1999 at Banc of America Securities, Barrett has a broad range of skills that spans pre-IPO estate planning strategies, alternative investments, control and restricted securities, hedging and monetization of concentrated equity positions, insurance, lending, and financial planning. His experience with equity derivatives and option strategies has helped executives and founders of companies that have been acquired or taken public.

    Barrett is firmly committed to long-term relationships with clients. Along with the rest of the team, he strives to deliver exceptional service and listens carefully to client goals, values, aspirations, and concerns. Understanding that significant wealth can cause significant complexity, the goal is to bring balance to clients’ financial lives with a high level of attention to every detail. Based on this input, Barrett then works attentively to help clients achieve what is most important to them.

    Barrett works closely with Morgan Stanley’s Consulting Group, whose role includes detailed analysis and recommendation of third-party, firm-sponsored asset managers. Barrett partners with Consulting Group professionals to define an investment process that is catered to each client’s individual goals and objectives.

    Barrett earned his B.A. degree from the University of California, Davis, in 1999.

    Barrett and his wife, Tarika, live in the Inner Richmond district of San Francisco with their 8-year-old son Kane, 4-year-old daughter Lincoln, and baby girl Cleo. Barrett was drawn to San Francisco by the unique culture, active lifestyle, and world-class cuisine. When he’s not working with clients, Barrett enjoys skiing, coaching baseball, and travel.

    CA Insurance License # 0E69671
    Securities Agent: HI, AL, MT, LA, GA, WY, NH, TX, NV, WA, OK, NM, NJ, AZ, WI, VA, PA, NE, MD, FL, CT, UT, MN, MI, MA, DC, TN, NY, CO, RI, DE, CA, OR, VT, NC, IL; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
    NMLS#: 1282362

    About Christopher Dietz

    Chris Dietz is a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley and has been in the financial services industry for over 18 years.  His comprehensive approach to wealth management comes from his extensive business background in accounting, banking, and lending.  Chris is a Certified Public Accountant (Not-practicing with Morgan Stanley).

    Chris received his BS in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder, during which time he also earned an M.S. in Telecommunications.  He began his career with Arthur Andersen in Denver, Colorado where he provided auditing and financial consulting services to companies in the Telecommunications, Technology, Financial Services, and Real Estate industries. 

    Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Chris was on the executive team of a financial services company for eleven years. He was instrumental in growing the company’s annual revenues prior to a successful merger in 2011.

    Chris and his wife, Kati, live in Littleton, Colorado with their two young children - Molly and Ben.  Chris is actively involved as the Treasurer on the Executive Board of both his church and children’s school, All Souls Catholic School. He sits on the advisory council for the Wyoming Children’s Society, and is on the Board of the University of Colorado-Boulder Alumni Association. Chris is very proud of establishing a foundation for Craig Hospital and was honored by the Craig Hospital Board of Directors in 2007 at the 100 Year Gala. Chris also is part of the 1907 Ambassador Program at Craig.  Chris enjoys golf, skiing, tennis, running, and hockey in his free time.
    Securities Agent: PA, NY, VA, OR, NV, HI, AL, WY, WA, NJ, MN, FL, MT, UT, CA, NE, MI, NC, MD, MA, VI, SC, IL, GA, CT, CO, AZ, TX, TN, NH, DC, WI; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
    NMLS#: 198518

    About Michael Greenfield

    Michael is a Private Wealth Advisor with Morgan Stanley’s Private Wealth Management Division. Michael brings a wide breadth of experience in finance, M&A and technology.

    Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Michael worked as an associate on the investment team with Frontier Growth, a North Carolina-based private equity firm that invests in growth-stage software businesses. Previously, Michael was an investment banking analyst with BlackArch Partners, where he focused on executing middle-market M&A transactions in the consumer and business services sectors.

    Michael earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, graduating with cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors.

    A native to the Bay Area, Michael enjoys following his favorite San Francisco sports teams, golfing, and trying new restaurants. Michael lives with his wife Madi in the Presidio Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.
    Securities Agent: GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, HI, AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
    NMLS#: 2393921
    CA Insurance License #: 4270418

    About Nate McPhail

    Nate McPhail joined Morgan Stanley in 2015. He has over twenty years of experience working in both the financial services and tax industries. Nate drives the team's financial planning practice. He helps clients develop, implement, and monitor financial plans to achieve our clients' unique objectives including the preservation of wealth, tax consciousness, and ensuring that assets are administered across generations.

    Nate received his Doctor of Jurisprudence and an LL.M. in Taxation, with honors, from Golden Gate University School of Law, and is a member of the CA Bar Association. He received his bachelor's degree, with a dual major in Finance/Insurance and International Business from Northeastern University, where he was a four-year member of the men's varsity crew. Nate currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and two children.

    About Jason Lammert

    Drawing on experience that started as a summer internship, Jason was hired full-time upon graduation and has continued to provide outstanding service and proactive advice to clients. Well-versed in portfolio construction, Jason assists in the development of comprehensive, tailored solutions that allow clients to manage and simplify their complicated financial situations. In his role on The Greenfield Team, Jason cultivates the team's existing relationships by engaging in dialogue to determine investment objectives, risk tolerance, suitability, and philanthropic interest to build an in-depth financial strategy and properly allocate the total portfolio. Jason also assists his PWAs to identify new business opportunities by capitalizing both on the firm's products and new initiatives such as Alternative Investments and Suitable and Impact Investing.

    Prior to working full-time at Morgan Stanley, Jason was CEO at Acalynics LLC, an academic consulting company which specialized in helping students achieve their academic goals. He holds both the Series 7 and 66 licenses. Jason graduated from Pomona College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

    In his free time, he continues his lifelong passion of sports. A collegiate athlete in swimming, he can often be seen hanging out at the pool.

    NMLS# 2724231
    NMLS#: 2724231

    About Chloe Hansen Wood

    Chloe Wood joined Morgan Stanley in 2012. She has been licensed since 2009 and worked at two boutique wealth advisory firms prior to her role at Morgan Stanley. Chloe passed her CFP® exam in March of 2017, demonstrating an in-depth understanding of the many factors that affect the financial planning process. Chloe was a Hornbeck Scholar at the University of Denver, where she earned a BS in marketing with an emphasis in finance.

     

    Chloe's primary responsibility is to identify strategies to serve current and prospective clients. She assists in the management and maximization of the client experience, conducts ongoing portfolio due diligence, and prepares customized performance reports and portfolio analysis. She is a primary contact for clients, and helps facilitate overall collaboration between the advisors and support staff with whom she works.

     

    Chloe was born and raised in Colorado. She enjoys snowboarding in the winter, wake surfing in the summer, and reading fantasy novels year-around. She has been an international volunteer working on behalf of underprivileged children in both Africa and Central America.

    About Samantha Harvey

    Samantha Harvey is the most recent addition to the Denver branch of the Greenfield Team, joining us at the beginning of 2015. Samantha graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor's degree in Business Management. She has worked in the financial industry for nine years, most recently in retail banking as an assistant branch manager. Samantha's primary responsibility for the Greenfield Team is to provide operational support, which includes establishing new accounts, monitoring client asset allocations, and managing compliance requirements.

     

    Samantha has lived in Colorado for 25 years and currently resides in Denver. She fills her free time with outdoor activities in the summer and catches up on reading in the winter.

    About Michelle Martin

    Michelle joined The Greenfield Team in 2020, where she brings over 20 years of Financial Industry experience. She is currently a Registered Client Service Associate, holds her Series 7, 63 and 65, and is primarily responsible for providing operational support to our clients including account management, trade execution, and managing compliance requirements. Michelle enjoys getting to know clients and helping them reach their financial goals.
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