The Dunn Group
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
1331 North California Blvd.
Suite 400/700
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 945.4852
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Mission Statement
Our team is dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. We believe every client is entitled to the highest level of personalized service and care. With the global resources of Merrill Lynch, we’ll place you at the center of the wealth management process as we work together to design goals-based financial strategies to help you reach the goals that matter most to you.
Welcome

Managing your wealth begins with a deep understanding of your full financial picture. Based on what matters most to you, we can help create a strategy as flexible as today's changing market conditions, and provide access to the investment insights of Merrill and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America. We will work to help you pursue your goals through personalized wealth management strategies.

Recognition
Michael Dunn
Managing Director, Senior Resident Director - Wealth Management Advisor
Barron's "America's Top 1200 Financial Advisors State-by-State", 2016-2018
(Published annually in March. Rankings based on data as of September 30 of prior year.)
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2019
(Published on February 20, 2020. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2018.)
About Us
Welcome

Our mission, first and foremost, is to understand you and what matters most to you. To take the time to ask smart questions and listen carefully, then understand in detail, exactly where your finances stand today and where you'd like them to be tomorrow. We then help you design and bring to life a customized financial strategy that can help you and your family pursue personal financial goals while helping to manage strategic investment risk. Our approach is about creating comprehensive strategies to that can help turn your goals into reality.

Meet Our Team
Michael Dunn,

CIMA®, CPWA®

Managing Director, Senior Resident Director - Wealth Management Advisor
925.945.4852
James J Dyer
James J Dyer
Senior Vice President, Senior Consultant
925.946.3078
Delaney Dunn
Financial Advisor
925.945.4803
Kara J Belasco,

CRPC™

Assistant Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager
925.945.4841
Heidi A Fogarty,

CTFA

Assistant Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager
925.946.3078
Mariah A. Piepho,

CRPC™

Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Associate
925.988.2109
Zachary Dean Unger,

AAMS™

Assistant Vice President, Investment Management Specialist
925.988.2163
Alyssa Dunn
Wealth Management Client Associate (FP)
925.988.2133
Alan J. Shimizu
Assistant Vice President, Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
925.946.3098
Karin Anderson
Officer, Wealth Management Client Associate
925.988.2104
Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Karla Kwiatkowski
Wealth Management Banking Specialist
Merrill
Stephen M Grobecker
Retirement Specialist
Bank of America, N.A.
About Merrill

Bringing fresh perspectives to your financial life

The financial decisions you make today can help determine the future you build for yourself and your family. Carving a clear path forward starts with connecting your life and finances. A Merrill advisor provides access to the investing insights of Merrill and banking capabilities of Bank of America to help you make informed decisions as you pursue your goals.

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Investments & Wealth Institute™ (The Institute) is the owner of the certification marks CIMA® and Certified Investment Management Analyst®, CPWA® and Certified Private Wealth Advisor®. Use of CIMA®, and/or Certified Investment Management Analyst®, CPWA® and/or Certified Private Wealth Advisor® signifies that the user has successfully completed the Institute’s initial and ongoing credentialing requirements for certification.
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™, and the CRPC™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor and CTFA are sponsored by the ABA Institute of Certified Bankers.
Accredited Asset Management Specialist™, AAMS™, and the AAMS™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.