Nneka Constantino
Nneka Constantino is a Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor and Retirement Benefits Consultant at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management with more than 20 years of industry experience. Her team at Merrill was named to the 2025 Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams” list published on January 9, 2025, with rankings based on data as of March 31, 2024.* Outside of work, Nneka has been an active leader within the global community. She has served as a member of the board of directors for Regions Hospital, Capital City Properties, and was an appointed commissioner with the Saint Paul Port Authority for 18 years. Nneka is also a previous member of the Board of Trustees for Hamline University, and has served as a Marshall Memorial Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Nneka is the creator of a radio program called Financial Fitness on 89.9FM KMOJ Radio. This show has received a regional Emmy award recognition for “Make Money Work,” a collaboration with PBS. Nneka lives with her husband and two children in St. Paul, Minnesota. Nneka graduated from Howard University and received additional Japanese language training at both Richmond College in Shizuoka, Japan and Middlebury College. Currently, she is a Girl Scout mom—serving on the board of directors for Girl Scouts Twin Cities River Valley and as a Daisy Troop leader.
*2025 Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams” list. Opinions provided by SHOOK* Research, LLC and is based on in-person, virtual and telephone due-diligence meetings and a ranking algorithm that measure best practices, client retention, industry experience, credentials, compliance records, firm nominations, assets under management and Firm-generated revenue (investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerance vary). SHOOK’s rankings are available for client evaluation only, are not indicative of future performance and do not represent any one client’s experience and available for investor help in evaluating the right financial advisor and not an endorsement of the advisor. Compensation was not received from anyone for the rankings study. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Details available at the SHOOK Research website. SHOOK is a registered trademark of SHOOK Research, LLC.
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