Empower House Financial Group

Kevin L. Williams, AAMS®, AWM

Senior Vice President - Branch Director, Private Client Group, Senior Consulting Group

508-230-8960

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Nora Yousif, CDFA®, CFP®, CPFA®, MBA

Senior Vice President - Financial Advisor, Senior Consulting Group

508-230-8960

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As a third generation Financial Advisor, Nora is deeply rooted in the fundamental disciplines of investing and caring for clients. She distills finances into understandable terms and is passionate about educating people to build confidence in their future. Nora has been recognized as a Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State in 2023 and a Forbes Next-Gen Wealth Advisor in 2023.

She regularly works out of our offices in Easton, Boston and Wellesley while taking meetings by appointment in Danvers or Norwell.

Nora's primary passions are working with individuals and sharing financial insight with the public in group workshops and through the media. She conducts educational seminars on financial topics and speaks at many national conventions. This past spring she shared the stage with Arianna Huffington in front of over 1,100 people as part of the Boston Business Innovation Conference. Nora has spoken at over 350 different events including at Harvard Business School. In addition, she leads the popular Women Wine & Wall Street monthly series.

She has appeared on NBC Boston TV, New England Cable News TV's Money Saving segment, WBZ News Radio 1030 AM, Boston Herald Radio, WMJX Radio 106.7FM, Huffington Post Live, Money Matters Radio, Radio Entrepreneurs, and more. She is also quoted regularly in Forbes, CNBC.com, Yahoo Finance, US News & World Report, Banker & Tradesman, NerdWallet and MarketWatch.

Nora has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Mathematics with Honors from Providence College. She completed her MBA at MIT Sloan. This intense immersion into quantitative analysis and advanced investment techniques allow her to bring clients cutting edge ideas and strategies developed by some of the most intelligent minds in the world of business and finance. She has passed the Series 7 and 66 exams and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ , Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, and Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor.

Nora serves on the Advisory Board of the Women's Foundation of Boston, the Board of the Women’s Bar Foundation, and the Tricentennial Committee. She also enjoys embellishing the local Boston foodie scene and traveling. Latest stop: Peru.

<p>The 2023 Forbes “Best-In-State Wealth Advisors” award was announced April 2023. Data as of 6/30/2022. The award was developed by SHOOK Research and is based on in-person and telephone due diligence meetings to evaluate each advisor qualitatively, a major component of a ranking algorithm that includes: client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, including: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. Rankings are based on the opinions of SHOOK Research, LLC and not indicative of future performance or representative of any one client’s experience. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK Research receive compensation in exchange for placement on the ranking. The financial advisor does not pay a fee to be considered for or to receive this award. This award does not evaluate the quality of services provided to clients. This is not indicative of this financial advisor’s future performance. For more information: www.SHOOKresearch.com.</p>

<p>The 2023 "Forbes Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors & Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors Best-in-State" award was announced August 2023. Data as of 3/31/2023. SHOOK considered advisors born in 1984 or later with a minimum 4 years as an advisor. Advisors have: built their own practices and lead their teams; joined teams and are viewed as future leadership; or a combination of both. Ranking algorithm is based on qualitative measures: telephone and in-person interviews to measure best practices, client retention, industry experience, credentials, review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, such as: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. SHOOK’s research and rankings provide opinions intended to help investors choose the right financial advisor and are not indicative of future performance or representative of any one client’s experience. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK Research receive compensation in exchange for placement on the ranking. For more information, please see www.SHOOKresearch.com. SHOOK is a registered trademark of SHOOK Research, LLC. The financial advisor does not pay a fee to be considered for or to receive this award. This award does not evaluate the quality of services provided to clients. This is not indicative of this financial advisor’s future performance.</p>

Paul D. McDonough, CFP®, CPA*

Senior Vice President - Financial Advisor, Consulting Group

401-457-1934

Joanna L. Bishop

Vice President - Senior Business Associate

508-230-8980

Rebecca F. Vilk

Registered Client Associate

508-230-8944

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