Kennedy Jennings Wealth Management RBC

Holly Kennedy, CFP®

Senior Vice President - Financial Advisor, Senior Portfolio Director

563-441-3940 563-271-0469

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Ryan Jennings, CAIA®, CEPA®, CFP®, CIMA®, CPFA®

Associate Vice President - Financial Advisor

563-441-3930 563-296-0588

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Ryan is an Associate Vice President and Financial Advisor at RBC Wealth Management and a Partner at The Kennedy Jennings Wealth Management Group. He advises high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational families, and sophisticated investors—particularly those with complex financial lives—delivering an experience focused on the direction of retirement planning, advanced wealth coordination strategies, and estate planning sercvices.

With more than 20 years in the finance and investment industry, Ryan brings a distinctly institutional perspective shaped by senior leadership roles across North America. Prior to wealth management, he advised endowments, foundations, and family offices. Today, he applies that experience to architect investment and risk management frameworks tailored to each client. As a partner and leader of our team, Ryan plays a central role in setting strategic direction, leading client engagements, and driving the planning and portfolio decisions that underpin long-term outcomes.

Ryan is known for bringing clarity to complexity. He believes clients value a steady, trusted partner who can simplify high-stakes financial decisions without losing sight of the bigger picture. His approach blends technical depth with a pragmatic, down-to-earth style—helping clients move forward with confidence during pivotal moments.

Ryan earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Management & Organizations from the University of Iowa. He holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® designation, along with the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Certified Investment Management Analyst, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, and Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor credentials. He has also passed the Series 7, 63, and 65 exams.

Originally from Gilman, Iowa, Ryan lives with his wife, Carrie, and their two daughters, Elyse and Aela, along with their dog, Enzo. Outside the office, he enjoys time experiencing all of what life has to offer with family and friends, traveling, and getting out on the golf course

Alec Fetterer

Financial Advisor

563-441-3996 563-296-1564

Adisson McCullough

Client Associate

563-441-3994

Client Strategies Team

The Client Strategies Team is a resource to help support you in your wealth planning goals, developing a strong understanding of your personal financial objectives, gathering valuable information and addressing complex financial and wealth strategies issues. Explore the bios below to learn more about the team.

Kim Sowers

Wealth Management Consultant

Kim spearheads the collaborative efforts of the Client Strategies Team support for your financial advisor. She is part of a multidisciplinary group of professionals who provide guidance on investment management, estate planning services, credit solutions, insurance and annuity strategies, professional trustee services and trust consulting, retirement solutions, capital markets engagement, banking solutions and more. Called upon for support at various times throughout your wealth management journey, Kim works diligently to address clients’ unique situations.

Joseph McCullough

Wealth Strategist

Joseph serves as a resource for your financial advisor in determining and developing wealth transfer strategies for high-net-worth clients in areas including estate strategies, lifetime giving, personal trust planning, charitable giving, concentrated equity position diversification and employee stock options. In this role, Joseph partners with financial advisors to meet with individual clients and their attorneys and/or accountants, as well as to present at client seminars.

John Panter

Wealth Management Banker

In the wealth management banker role, John acts as the key contact for financial advisors and their clients to build awareness and understanding of the full cash management and lending options available.

Dean Deutz, CFP®

Echelon Wealth Strategist

As an RBC Echelon wealth strategist, Dean works with financial advisors and their ultra-high-net-worth clients to understand what is most important to them and to help develop appropriate strategies that address the client’s objectives and concerns. Dean serves as a knowledgeable resource in the area of complex wealth, including planning strategies for corporate executives, trust and estate planning services, concentrated stock options, business succession planning and philanthropic planning. He also coordinates solutions and external professional services tailored to RBC Echelon clients' needs.

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