The Harbor Pilot Group at Morgan Stanley

After graduating from Choate Rosemary Hall and Wake Forest University, Rick worked for a short time in his family’s business. In 1999, he decided to follow his dream of working on Wall Street. After beginning his career in 1999 at Prudential Securities in New York City, Rick joined Morgan Stanley (from its predecessor firm, Smith Barney) in 2003. Over his career, he has attained the title Senior Vice President – Wealth Management. Rick focuses on the needs of business owners, executives, and divorcees. The Booth family (wife, Kristin and children, Connor, Kellen, and Alexis) resides in his hometown of Wallingford, Connecticut. In his spare time, Rick enjoys playing golf, weightlifting, and rooting for Boston sports teams. He also proudly supports numerous charities including St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and Smile Train. The Booth family also sponsors three children through Compassion International.

Using the first $100 Ernie earned delivering newspapers he bought shares of stock. Following in his father’s footsteps and after careers as a mechanical engineer and an attorney at law (not-practicing at Morgan Stanley) he joined his father Ernie Asprelli Sr. in serving clients as a financial advisor in 1996.
Combining his professional experiences he establishes sound financial plans incorporating investment management, estate planning strategies, liability management and risk mitigation techniques to help insure clients financial success. Ernie’s active holistic approach helps solve simple and complex transgenerational, wealth management challenges. He offers discretionary portfolio management as well as hedging, diversification and income producing strategies. He is experienced in providing advice on concentrated securities positions.

Ernie earned a Bachelor of Science Degree with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1986. After working as a mechanical engineer for several years he attended the Suffolk University Law School and received the degree of Juris Doctor Cum Laude in 1993. He practiced law for several years before joining his father as a financial advisor.
Ernie is a founding member of the Harbor Pilot Group at Morgan Stanley. He lives in Woodbridge, CT with his wife Carol, two daughters and the family dogs. A Past President and active member of the Amity Club he provides assistance in promoting New Haven community centered charitable activities.

Disclaimer:
Diversification does not guarantee a profit or protect against a loss.

As Senior vice President with over 46 years of experience in the financial services industry, Tony has been assisting generations of clients in creating and preserving wealth. Tony’s knowledge and experience in developing comprehensive investment plans dovetails with estate planning strategies and liability management allowing his clients and their families to continue to potentially grow and preserve their wealth.

Managing generational wealth is extremely complex and striving to be their trusted advisor, clients count on Tony’s breadth of knowledge and experience to ballast their finances in both calm and rough markets.

Born and raised in New Haven, Tony married the love of his life Aleksandra Maria in 1966, just before he left for Vietnam. Tony served his country from 1966-1968. After returning from Vietnam, Tony started working in financial services with one of Morgan Stanley’s predecessor firms.

Tony’s Veteran Status and the GI Bill allowed him to earn a Bachelor of Science from the University of New Haven. Tony enjoys spending time with his children, Anthony, Sandra and Katreena as well as his grandchildren, Alexander, Sebastian and Gabrielle. In addition, his great grandson James Anthony brings endless joy to his family. He enjoys golfing and is a life member of The Amity Club of New Haven.

As the Client Service Associate for the Harbor Pilot Group, I'm here to help. I've spent over 10 years of my professional career in client services and while most of that time hasn't been in finance, it has always been with a passion to find solutions to problems big and small. Regardless of who you are or why you've come to us, you deserve to be greeted with enthusiasm, treated with respect, and listened to with empathy. Above all else, those are the goals I strive for with each and every client I work with.

Before I joined the Harbor Pilot Group in the summer of 2021 I was working in the tech sector, helping movie theater owners build websites and working with big data. While it may seem a stark departure from my degree in Financial Accounting, the background has been invaluable to my role and has better enabled me to help clients of all ages and experiences esign documents, check their financial picture online, or send money where it needs to go. No matter your walk of life, I'm eager to show you that you're capable of using the technology available to help you achieve your goals.

I count myself extremely fortunate to be in a position to learn from the team's combined decades of experience When I'm not working, chances are I'm trying to get my two fat cats to lose weight, teaching myself Python, or if the weather's nice I have likely gotten myself very lost while hiking.

Whether you're looking to move mountains or just move a little bit of money, I look forward to speaking with you!