A Planning Team
At Your Fingertips

A Planning Team
At Your Fingertips

You have lots of options to support your business. But to grow a roster of high-net-worth clients in today’s competitive financial landscape, you need more. That’s where we come in.

Expand your resources, skills and economies of scale with our Advanced Planning Team. In many instances, high-net-worth clients come with a unique set of complexities and goals. Even if you have the bandwidth to form these relationships, if you don’t have the resources to fully engage with them, you are wasting your time.

 

That’s why we developed our Advanced Planning team. Our heavy hitters are armed with evidence driven insights, personalized strategies and advice that will better equip you to engage in planning conversations. If you have a question, difficulty or issue, this team, led by some of the most well-respected industry leaders, will provide you with the information you need to confidently guide your clients.

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Resources
At a Glance:

  • Case consultation for you personalized plans
  • Ongoing education programs, seminars and meetings
  • Q&A style support, just an email away
  • Access to industry-respected planning leaders
  • Breaking news analysis direct to your inbox
  • Professionally created materials to keep up-to-date client resources
  • Wealth Planning Conversation guides

Wealth Planning Conversations

Your firm is built on providing personalized service for every one of your clients. But as your business grows, your ability to research and design a customized plan for their unique needs becomes more challenging. Filled with over ten categories, Buckingham’s Wealth Planning conversations are a game changer when you need scalable advice. Whether you need help guiding client conversations or want a time-saving supplement with up-to-date research and customizable, white-labeled resources, you’ll never be at a loss for words.

  • Life Events
  • Retirement Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Investment Planning
  • Net Worth Development
  • Education Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Charitable Giving
  • Income Tax Planning
  • Health
  • Business Owner Planning
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* As of March 31, 2022 BSP had $3.04 billion of discretionary regulatory assets under management and $15.46 billion of non-discretionary regulatory assets under management. In addition, BSP provides administrative, back-office and retirement plan services to $20.17 billion of assets managed or advised by the independent firms that hire BSP for its services. In the aggregate, the total number of assets under management or administration was $38.66 billion.

Meet Our Growing Team Leaders

Jeffrey Levine, CFP®, CPA, PFS, CWS, AIF

Chief Planning Officer

Jeffrey serves as Buckingham’s primary thought leader regarding evidence-based planning concepts and strategies. He excels at distilling complex financial laws, regulations, trends and policy into understandable resources. His work at Buckingham provides him the ability to train and educate hundreds of advisors and support them in their pursuit of helping clients fulfill their financial dreams. Besides being an award-winning technical resource for advisors, Jeffrey is an acclaimed author, content creator and article contributor.

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Michael Kitces

Michael Kitces, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, REBC, CASL

Head of Planning Strategy

Michael is a passionate advocate for evolving, expanding and institutionalizing what excellence in financial planning can be. As the head of planning strategy at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Michael leverages his industry knowledge and thought leadership to shape strategic priorities for the organization. He is instrumental in leading research that fuels the firm’s evidence-based financial planning strategies. Beyond his popular Nerd’s Eye View website, Michael is an active writer and editor across the industry and has been featured in numerous publications.

William Morgan, CPA, PFS

Advanced Planning Advisor

As an advanced planning advisor, Bill helps clients build and implement a holistic financial plan engineered for their specific financial situation. He works with a team of professionals to monitor, update and execute wealth management strategies in pursuit of his clients’ wealth transfer, retirement and tax objectives.

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Matt Nelson

Matthew Nelson, MBA, CFP®, CPTD (formerly CPLP)®

BAR Manager

Matt began his career as a financial representative. This was the steppingstone that eventually led him to build training and coaching programs for a national team of advisors, sales reps and leaders. Prior to joining Buckingham, Matt was the founder and Director of Advisor Education at Kitces.com. His team provided advisors with courses, continuing education, webinars and other resources. As a member of Buckingham’s Advanced Planning team, Matt uses his skills to provide advisors with needed tools, resources, and information to deliver a personalized client experience.

Our Partner's Experience

 

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The most recent case with a large prospect was with BSP advisor Tom Geoghegan.  He had a $12M – $14M prospect which was well beyond his comfort zone and his typical client.  Tom and I had a preliminary discussion to discuss the Waterfall methodology and how to help a HNW client understand their finances and then how to position those finances currently and in the future to meet the family’s goals. Tom and I then met to discuss the prospect’s finances and current holdings.  We identified the 3 – 4 big issues that needed a solution in order for the prospect to maximize his goals and minimize the future taxes paid to the government.  I coached Tom through the talking points and built up his confidence for the upcoming prospect meeting.  Tom was successful in obtaining the prospect’s business which when fully implemented will be his largest client and a nice increase to his AUM.

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Jeffrey Levine

CFP®, CPA, PFS, CWS, AIF
Chief Planning Officer

Jeffrey serves as Buckingham’s primary thought leader regarding evidence-based planning concepts and strategies. He excels at distilling complex financial laws, regulations, trends and policy into understandable resources. His work at Buckingham provides him the ability to train and educate hundreds of advisors and support them in their pursuit of helping clients fulfill their financial dreams. Besides being an award-winning technical resource for advisors, Jeffrey is an acclaimed author, content creator and article contributor.

ADAM BIRENBAUM

CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jeffrey serves as Buckingham’s primary thought leader regarding evidence-based planning concepts and strategies. He excels at distilling complex financial laws, regulations, trends and policy into understandable resources. His work at Buckingham provides him the ability to train and educate hundreds of advisors and support them in their pursuit of helping clients fulfill their financial dreams. Besides being an award-winning technical resource for advisors, Jeffrey is an acclaimed author, content creator and article contributor.

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Michael Kitces

CFP®, ChFC, CLU, REBC, CASL
Head of Planning Strategy

Michael is a passionate advocate for evolving, expanding and institutionalizing what excellence in financial planning can be. As the head of planning strategy at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Michael leverages his industry knowledge and thought leadership to shape strategic priorities for the organization. He is instrumental in leading research that fuels the firm’s evidence-based financial planning strategies. Beyond his popular Nerd’s Eye View website, Michael is an active writer and editor across the industry and has been featured in numerous publications.

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William Morgan

CPA, PFS
Advanced Planning Advisor

As an advanced planning advisor, Bill helps clients build and implement a holistic financial plan engineered for their specific financial situation. He works with a team of professionals to monitor, update and execute wealth management strategies in pursuit of his clients’ wealth transfer, retirement and tax objectives.

ADAM BIRENBAUM

CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jeffrey serves as Buckingham’s primary thought leader regarding evidence-based planning concepts and strategies. He excels at distilling complex financial laws, regulations, trends and policy into understandable resources. His work at Buckingham provides him the ability to train and educate hundreds of advisors and support them in their pursuit of helping clients fulfill their financial dreams. Besides being an award-winning technical resource for advisors, Jeffrey is an acclaimed author, content creator and article contributor.

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Matthew Nelson

MBA, CFP®, CPTD (formerly CPLP)®
BAR Manager

Matt began his career as a financial representative. This was the steppingstone that eventually led him to build training and coaching programs for a national team of advisors, sales reps and leaders. Prior to joining Buckingham, Matt was the founder and Director of Advisor Education at Kitces.com. His team provided advisors with courses, continuing education, webinars and other resources. As a member of Buckingham’s Advanced Planning team, Matt uses his skills to provide advisors with needed tools, resources, and information to deliver a personalized client experience.

ADAM BIRENBAUM

CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jeffrey serves as Buckingham’s primary thought leader regarding evidence-based planning concepts and strategies. He excels at distilling complex financial laws, regulations, trends and policy into understandable resources. His work at Buckingham provides him the ability to train and educate hundreds of advisors and support them in their pursuit of helping clients fulfill their financial dreams. Besides being an award-winning technical resource for advisors, Jeffrey is an acclaimed author, content creator and article contributor.

West Territory

Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

BEN SLATER

Divisional Manager
Home Base: Denver, CO

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303.815.4104

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Northeast Territory

Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia

JAMES BOYLAN

Divisional Manager
Home Base: Oaks, PA

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267.626.4165

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South Territory

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

MIKE OZBURN

Divisional Manager
Home Base: Lookout Mountain, TN

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404.822.4709

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Central Territory

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin

SEAN BROOKS

Divisional Manager
Home Base: Chicago, IL

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312.219.1136

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Northern Virginia

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

JAMES BOYLAN

Divisional Manager  |  Home Base: Oaks, PA

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CENTRAL & SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

Central & Southern Virginia

MIKE OZBURN

Divisional Manager  |  Home Base: Lookout Mountain, TN

Let’s Connect  |  404.822.4709

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North / South Territory

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

JAMES BOYLAN

Divisional Manager
Home Base: Oaks, PA

Let’s Connect

267.626.4165

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CENTRAL & SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

MIKE OZBURN

Divisional Manager
Home Base: Lookout Mountain, TN

Let’s Connect

404.822.4709

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