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Our reasons for becoming financial professionals are deeply personal. We repeatedly saw many friends and family struggling to find the help they needed to map out their financial future. We are confident that with our understanding of personal finance, coupled with our training as financial professionals, we can help people better prepare for the future. After years in the business, we have developed a reputation for educating individuals in an easy-to-understand manner so they can grasp personal finance and use those concepts to pursue their financial objectives. We feel a commitment to our community.
Scott E. Howell, CFP®
CFP® | Managing Director | Private Wealth Advisor | Gladstone Wealth Partners
scott.howell@gladstonewealth.com
Scott Howell helps families, retirees, executives and small business owners pursue their financial goals through personalized advice tailored to their needs. During his 27-year career in the financial services industry, he has developed a passion for building long-term, trusting relationships with his clients by helping them identify and work toward achieving their financial goals. Simply stated, Scott’s mission is to help clients plan, grow, and protect their wealth. He has found sincere gratification in seeing his clients’ goals come to fruition over the years.
Scott specializes in all aspects of financial planning with a focus on retirement planning, asset protection, as well as college and estate planning. He is able to implement and oversee disciplined investment portfolios and has access to industry leading products, research, and technology. He also has extensive experience utilizing life and long-term care insurance to help protect clients. Scott takes pride in being there for his clients, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Additionally, he offers flexibility with his clients, traveling to meet them when and where convenient. Scott is dedicated to ensuring his clients’ assets are positioned correctly for their short and long-term goals, while also helping them make the best decisions in times of market volatility.
Prior to joining Gladstone Wealth Partners, Scott began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1997, where he was trained by a team of partners with vast experience and focus on financial planning with high-net worth clients and small businesses. He became a financial advisor in 2000 and immediately experienced the Great Recession of 2000-2001, and later the financial crisis of 2008. He earned valuable experience during those volatile times early in his career. Scott also worked with JPMorgan, Citigroup, and spent 14 years with HSBC.
Scott is a graduate from Rutgers University. Additionally, he completed his Certified Financial Planner™ designation in 2007 via Fairleigh Dickerson University. He holds his FINRA Series 7, 9, 10 and 66 securities licenses, which are registered with LPL Financial. He also his life and health insurance licenses.
In his spare time, Scott enjoys staying active and enjoys playing golf and tennis. He is a voluntary board member of his local swim and tennis club and member of the Lion's Club. He enjoys the outdoors, is an avid music and sports fan. Scott and his wife Jodie are the proud parents of their daughter Sienna and son Brayden and enjoy watching them participate in their extracurricular activities.
Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.
Gladstone Wealth Partners and LPL Financial are separate entities.