Kate has been in the financial services industry since 1998.  Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2008, Kate spent eight years at Wells Fargo Investments as a financial advisor where she helped affluent clients manage their financial assets.   Kate takes the time to listen carefully, and makes certain she clearly understands all the important matters of her clients both personally and financially.  She helps to establish objectives, and develop a customized strategy to address their concerns and needs, both long term and short term.   Kate tracks and conducts regular reviews of her clients’ portfolios to help make sure they are on track to meet financial objectives. Kate also works collaboratively and closely with clients’ attorneys, accountants and insurance professionals to help ensure clients have an attainable path to follow to achieve their goals.   

Kate holds the designations of CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^™, CFP^® professional awarded by Certified Financial Planner board of Standards, Inc. and  Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, CRPC^TM by the College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp.  She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from San Francisco State University.  Kate speaks fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.  Kate enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, cooking and gardening.  She is a dedicated volunteer at her children’s school.
I follow the deep-seated Merrill tradition of participating in the communities we serve. This drives my interest in spending time volunteering with organizations in our community.