The Brown Jolly Group

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
7501 Wisconsin Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 215.4455
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We are priviledged to work with successful families, privately-held businesses and endowments to help them achieve their most important goals. To us, the true measure of financial success is achieved when a client’s wealth helps them realize their life goals. We’re dedicated to using our financial acumen to help you build and maintain the life that you desire.
The Brown Jolly Group
Welcome

For more than thirty years, members of The Brown Jolly Group have proudly served the wealth management needs of a select group of clients. As a multigenerational team, we recognize how to support our clients throughout every stage of their lives.  Many of these individuals, businesses and endowments are led by busy professionals and entrepreneurs who have demanding lives and frequently lack the time to research, develop and regularly review their financial strategy. 

We begin our consultative process by developing a strong understanding of our clients’ personal and financial needs. Asking detailed questions helps us create a roadmap of where they are today, where they want to go, and what investment vehicles can help get them there in a realistic and comfortable timeframe. 

Our collective wisdom has been developed over decades of working through all types of economic environments and market cycles. We use this experience to help our clients focus on the proper stewardship of their family or businesses’ wealth while not allowing short-term market distractions to influence our decision making and planning process. Additionally, we have the ability to offer our clients investment options that they may not have access to as individual investors. 

Our goal is to be a financial resource for every phase of our clients’ lives—today and in the future.

Recognition
Benjamin Jolly
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
Forbes "America's Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors", 2018
(Published on July 25, 2018. Rankings based on data as of March 31, 2018.)
Forbes "Best-in-State Next Generation Wealth Advisors", 2019
(Published on September 4, 2019. Rankings based on data as of March 31, 2019.)
The Brown Jolly Group
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams", 2023-2024
(Published annually in January. Rankings based on data as of March 31 of prior year.)
About Us
Philosophy

You live in a world that's constantly changing. Markets can fluctuate frequently. Potential investment opportunities can arise daily. Regulations are enacted or amended. That's why understanding you and your situation is the best place to start helping you plan your financial future: where you are today, where you want to be tomorrow, and what you want to accomplish along the way. By understanding you and your priorities, we can more effectively provide you with the experience and resources needed to help you build a personalized plan that is rooted in the unique complexities of your life.

Meet Our Team
Russell Brown,

CRPC™

Senior Vice President, Senior Consultant
301.215.4421
Benjamin Jolly,

CFP®, CIMA®, CPFA™

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
301.215.4455
Kathleen Kownacky,

CRPC™

Wealth Management Specialist
301.215.4423
James Heery,

CRPC™

Relationship Manager
301.215.4449
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.
Claire Pearson
Wealth Management Banking Specialist
Merrill
Carolyn F. Grant-Suttie
Senior Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
NMLS #652345
About Merrill

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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.
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