Grosulak Houghton Group
550 North 31st St
Suite 100
Billings MT 59101
406.255.5521
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Our planning approach is to work together with you to create a personalized financial strategy designed to help you pursue your goals.
Welcome

Our mission, first and foremost, is to understand you and what matters most to you. Armed with that information I can ask thoughtful questions -- listening carefully, then understanding in detail where your wealth stands today and where you’d like it to be tomorrow. We help you design and implement a personalized plan intended to help you and your family pursue financial goals while helping manage investment risk. Our approach is to focus on potential solutions that can help turn goals into reality.

Recognition
Aleksei Grosulak
Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams", 2025
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Grosulak Houghton Group
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams", 2025
About Us
Our Approach

Every relationship begins with a conversation, helping you identify and prioritize which goals matter most to you. Whether it's transferring wealth to the next generation, customizing your financial approach to help you pursue your passions, or providing advice and guidance to help you stay informed, we start by listening to learn more about you and your family.

Your approach to investing

Drawing upon research in the field of behavioral finance, Merrill developed the Investment Personality Assessment to help us get to know you better as an investor and potentially help you refine your own investing preferences. By gaining a deeper understanding of how you think and feel about investing through this assessment, we can customize the financial approach we develop together to help you pursue what matters most to you. Our Investment Personality Assessment is one of the ways to help us get to know you - to understand your goals and priorities. These questions will help us provide you with additional insights and resources.

Understanding your goals and priorities

Your life and goals change. We have tools to help you keep track of these changes so they can be reflected in your financial approach.

Meet Our Team
Aleksei Grosulak,

CFP®

Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
406.255.5516
Patrick Houghton,

CPWA®, CRPC™

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
406.255.5521
Robin L O'Neil
Officer, Registered Senior Wealth Management Client Associate
406.255.5515
Kristi G Sevareid,

CRPC™

Registered Senior Wealth Management Client Associate
406.255.5533
Denise R Stanley
Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
406.255.5540
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.
Leo Castro
Regional Lending Specialist
Bank of America, N.A.
NMLS #1067714
Joseph Meklin
Associate Investment Advisory Specialist
Merrill
Samantha C Sylvester
Wealth Strategies Advisor
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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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and the CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States, which it authorizes use of by individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
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