Catherine Portner offers a holistic approach to managing wealth that begins with listening to your needs and helping ensure every strategy is grounded in a deep understanding what you want to achieve. Catherine focuses on developing investment strategies for business owners and women. As a former business owner herself, she intimately knows the challenges and rewards this work brings.

Whether helping clients navigate a volatile market to make their retirement vision a reality, support investment initiatives in environmental and social ventures or implement their legacy plans, Catherine leverages Merrill’s extensive research and technology resources and the plethora of banking and lending capabilities offered by Bank of America. In addition, she works with clients’ attorneys, accountants and other advisors to help coordinate their financial and legacy strategies as a trusted personal advisor.

Community involvement is an integral part of how Catherine supports clients and her community. A committed humanitarian, Catherine adheres to a personal philosophy of “think globally, act locally.” She volunteers and fundraises for Greater Washington DC chapters of the YMCA, Habitat for Humanity and Operation Smile. Catherine holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Boston College and a master’s degree in business administration from Babson College.

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