Smith Warren and Associates
Merrill Private Wealth Management
800 Capitol St
Houston, TX 77002
(888) 883.0368
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Mission Statement
Your journey requires customized strategies tailored to your unique goals and priorities. We serve a limited number of individuals and families, allowing us to offer personalized, boutique-like services to help you simplify your life and pursue what’s important 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 can 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
Reed Smith
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
Barron's "America's Top 1200 Financial Advisors State-by-State", 2014-2022
(Published annually in March. Rankings based on data as of September 30 of prior year.)
Financial Times "400 Top Financial Advisers", 2017
(Published on March 30, 2017. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2016.)
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Smith Warren and Associates
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams", 2024
(Published on January 12, 2024. Rankings based on data as of March 31, 2023.)
Our Approach
Our Philosophy

We believe your unique goals should be at the center of all of your financial decisions and form the foundation of your financial strategy. Because significant wealth requires customized goals-based financial strategies, we believe in building lasting relationships with a limited number of clients, taking the time to understand your most important priorities for today, tomorrow and your long-term future. Our philosophy celebrates collaboration. Working with a team of specialists, we draw on the resources and insights of a global financial institution to create strategies that reflect your aspirations for yourself and current and future generations of your family. Finally, we believe that while significant wealth brings complex challenges, our experience, passion and perspectives can help you simplify your life.

Meet Our Team
Reed Smith
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
713.632.9004
Champ Warren,

CIMA®

Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor
713.632.9005
Barry Goldblatt
Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Manager
713.632.8350
Parker J. Smith,

AAMS™

Private Wealth Relationship Manager
713.632.9013
Margaret Ellie Triesch,

AAMS™, CFP®, CRPC™, CRPS™

Vice President, Private Wealth Senior Relationship Manager
713.632.9009
Nancy T Sawyer
Registered Senior Private Wealth Client Associate
713.632.9012
Christopher Fontenot,

AAMS™

Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Investment Management Specialist
713.632.9010
Teresa B Harris,

CRPC™

Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Management Specialist
713.632.9006
Sophia Robinson,

CRPC™

Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Management Specialist
713.632.8383
Stenesha Fortner
Private Wealth Client Associate (FP)
713.632.8313
John Eichelberger,

AAMS™

Private Wealth Management Specialist
713.632.9007
Bobby G. Moore
Wealth Management Specialist
713.632.8319
Chip Miller,

CFA

Private Wealth Senior Investment Manager
713.632.8309
Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Private Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Joseph Michael Cuff
Structured Credit Executive
Bank of America, N.A.
About Private Wealth

Looking at your wealth from every angle
Navigating complex wealth requires more than making investing decisions. It takes a trusted confidante who can help you step back and see the big picture. Your Merrill Private Wealth advisor is that steadfast guide — advocating for you, your family, and the people and causes you care about. Working together, we can help with strategies designed to grow, sustain and transfer your wealth to amplify the impact at every step of life's journey with insight, simplicity, perspective and solutions. Find out what it's like to work with us.

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Investments & Wealth Institute™ (The Institute) is the owner of the certification marks CIMA® and Certified Investment Management Analyst®. Use of CIMA®, and/or Certified Investment Management Analyst® signifies that the user has successfully completed the Institute’s initial and ongoing credentialing requirements for investment management professionals.
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.
AAMS™ and Accredited Asset Management Specialist™ are registered service marks, and CRPC® and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™ are registered service marks of the College for Financial Planning.
AAMS™ and Accredited Asset Management Specialist™, and CRPS™ and Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist™ are registered service marks of the College for Financial Planning.
CRPC™ and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™ and CRPS™ and Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist™ are registered service marks of the College for Financial Planning.
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.
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.