The Koeckert Caulford Group

Why our team?

The Koeckert Caulford Group is a premier wealth management team with over 100 years of collective experience managing assets for ultra-high net worth executives, entrepreneurs, multi-generational families, and charitable institutions throughout the United States and Europe. Recognizing that significant wealth is accompanied by distinctive opportunities and challenges, we strive to know each client on a personal level to better understand which strategies and services best serve that client.

Our mission is to simplify our clients’ lives by working closely with their tax, legal and other key advisors. We provide a foundation of integrity, coupled with extensive planning, risk analysis and research to produce actionable investment strategies toward achieving the client’s individual goals within their risk preferences. These strategies include portfolio construction and management, trust and estate planning, tax minimization, managing stock plans or partnering with our Investment Bank to take a company public, cash flow analysis and philanthropy.

We want our clients to feel the peace of mind that comes with having exceptional and caring partners in their corner when it comes to making financial decisions and achieving financial goals. Our team provides the highest level of customized service with a relentless pursuit of excellence.

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.

Brian Tavano

Wealth Management Consultant

Brian spearheads the collaborative efforts of the Client Strategies Team support for your financial advisor. He is part of a multi-disciplinary 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, Brian works diligently to address clients’ unique situations.

Dan Sullivan

Wealth Strategist

Dan 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, Dan partners with financial advisors to meet with individual clients and their attorneys and/or accountants, as well as present at client seminars.

Evan Kraft

Wealth Management Consultant

Evan 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, Evan partners with financial advisors to meet with individual clients and their attorneys and/or accountants, as well as present at client seminars.

Cathy Walker

Trust Consultant

As a trust consultant, Cathy specializes in personal trust planning and assists in the movement of client trust assets, provides educational and technical guidance relating to personal trusts and advises clients on opportunities with third-party professional trust partners.

Josh Mendelson

Wealth Management Banker

In the wealth management banker role, Josh 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.

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