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Ellison Kibler
1301 Gervais St
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 733.2126
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Mission Statement
Ellison Kibler & Associates private wealth managers and financial advisors have 403 years of combined experience. We have navigated the markets since 1983 and can apply the collective wisdom from that experience to our guidance for clients' wealth management strategies.
Welcome

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

Helping institutions meet their investment needs

We put the resources and intellectual capital of Merrill to work for institutional clients like you by delivering thoughtful advice and sophisticated investment strategies through focused client-centric consulting. We help organizations like yours address today’s complex investment challenges through an integrated, goals-based investment process that enables them to redefine success, manage risk and help fulfill their missions.

Investment Solutions

We provide access to a broad suite of potential investment solutions for non-profit organizations, foundations, endowments and corporate retirement and pension plans. Our level of involvement is based on your preference — from traditional consulting, to client-directed implementation, to full discretionary outsourced CIO services. We work with your CFO, board  of directors and investment committee to develop a tailored investment strategy that is consistent with your culture, goals, preferences and risk profile.

Disciplined Investment Process

We follow a disciplined process that helps to address your organization’s changing needs and provides you with a potentially higher probability of achieving your long-term investment goals.

Endowments, Foundations and Nonprofits

We understand the issues nonprofits, endowments and foundations address in funding their missions in an ever-changing financial climate. Drawing on the global resources of Bank of America Corporation and its affiliates, we offer insight, guidance and personalized service to help institutions develop and execute investment strategies focused on what matters most to them and the people they serve.

Defined benefit plans

Whether your defined benefit plan is an active part of your overall benefit offering, is closed to new participants, or fully frozen, Bank of  America's service model allows you to outsource the many administrative tasks associated with the maintenance of a pension plan to fulfill plan obligations and manage risk.

Key services include: • Investment consulting service • Open architecture investment management platform • Liability driven investment implementation • Actuarial services and discretionary investment management

Recognition
Richard Migliore
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2019-2024
(Published annually Jan – April. Rankings based on data as of June 30 of prior year.)
Forbes' "America's Top Wealth Advisors", 2024
(Published on April 3, 2024. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2023.)
Barron's "America's Top 1200 Financial Advisors", 2018-2024
(Published annually in March. Rankings based on data as of September 30 of prior year.)
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About Us
Team

Serving Affluent Individuals and Families, Corporations and Foundations

For more than 25 years, Ellison Kibler & Associates has built our reputation by offering wealth management advice and guidance to some of the most high-net-worth individuals, affluent families and significant institutional clients in the country. We also offer wealth management strategies to corporations, endowments and foundations.

The clients we work with come from all walks of life: they are business owners, professionals, corporate executives and philanthropists. We have built strong relationships with clients through an unwavering commitment to their key interests built on a foundation of professionalism and experience.

Meet Our Team
E. Robertson "Bud" Kibler
Managing Director, Senior Consultant
803.733.2141
Richard Migliore,

CIMA®, CPFA™, CRPC™

Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
803.733.2126
Gordon Whittaker,

CFP®, SE-AWMA™

Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor
704.339.2128
John DaWalt,

CEPA®, CIMA®, CPFA™, CRPC™

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
803.733.2194
John McCardell
Managing Director, Senior Financial Advisor
704.339.2021
F. Ronald Dennis,

CEPA®, CIMA®

Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
803.733.2180
Thomas Kibler
Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
803.733.2117
Jessica Miles,

CFP®

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
803.733.2190
Andrew Ellison,

CPWA®

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
704.339.2033
Karen M. Alessi,

CFP®, CRPC™

Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager
803.733.2142
Laura R. Williams,

CIMA®

Vice President, Private Wealth Senior Relationship Manager
803.733.2144
Amanda B. Turner,

CRPC™

Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Relationship Manager
803.733.2147
Cathy H. Greenwood,

AWMA™

Business Manager
803.733.2164
W. Stuart Paulk,

CKP®, CPFA™

Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager
803.733.2182
Aaron K. Rowland
Senior Private Wealth Client Associate
803.540.3363
Angie P. Whittaker,

CRPC™

Assistant Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager
803.733.2108
Courtney L. Myers
Officer, Senior Private Wealth Client Associate
803.733.2195
Robert D. Forsyth Jr.
Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Associate
803.733.2124
Benjamin L. Covar,

CFA

Vice President, Private Wealth Senior Investment Manager
803.733.2188
Christopher C. Leigh,

CIMA®

Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager
803.733.2134
Tricia Cartin
Officer, Registered Private Wealth Client Associate
803.540.3378
Rebecca Leanne Beckley
Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
803.540.3388
Elizabeth Conger
Officer, Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
803.733.2914
Hayden R. Ellison
Wealth Management Client Associate
803.540.3387
Donald Chase Bartol
Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
704.339.6985
Jenna Friendly
Registered Private Wealth Client Associate
803.540.3372
Taylor Kitchen,

CRPC™

Relationship Manager
704.339.2053
John Zimmerlink,

CFP®, CIMA®

Vice President, Senior Private Wealth Planner
704.339.2156
Devin Rogers,

AWMA™

Private Wealth Relationship Manager
704.339.6991
Cara A Cospito
Assistant Vice President, Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
732.308.1217
Christopher Grady
Senior Financial Advisor
704.339.2018
Jack Wynkoop,

SE-AWMA™

Financial Advisor
803.733.2111
Blake Loggins
Assistant Vice President, Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
803.733.2161
Virginia Deas Hicks
Wealth Management Client Associate
803.733.2158
Graham Bokinsky,

CFP®

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
803.733.2152
James Turner
Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
803.733.2105
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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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