Tailored wealth advice

Professional guidance that helps inspire confidence

Your Goals. Our Expertise.

At Howell Wealth Consulting Group, we are not only experienced wealth managers and problem solvers. We are innovative thinkers who understand what drives entrepreneurs and share the same passion for ingenious ideas and creative solutions.

Over the last 25 years, we have worked closely with various industry professionals who have chosen us to help them explore new ventures and further their business and personal aspirations through tailored financial planning and portfolio management. Our team of enthusiastic collaborators can provide the advice you need to help seize opportunities, manage risk, and pursue your definition of success.

A focus on personalized access and service

Working with diverse clients with specific needs, our team sees it as our top responsibility to understand each aspect of your unique and often complicated financial life.

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Comprehensive planning for significant wealth

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A plan to simplify your financial life

Building multicultural wealth, together

Building multicultural wealth, together

Connecting you to the deep resources of UBS

By seeing the big picture, we provide access to the global platforms and the financial and intellectual strengths of UBS’s experts in Wealth Management, Asset Management and our Private and Investment Banks.

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Approach your financial future with confidence

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Meet the team

  • BradH

    Brad Howell, CLU, ChFC, CFP

    Managing Director–Wealth Management

    Financial Advisor

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    • AZ
    • CA
    • CO
    • FL
    • GA
    • ID
    • IL
    • IN
    • MA
    • MO
    • NC
    • NJ
    • NV
    • NY
    • OH
    • OR
    • PA
    • SD
    • TN
    • TX
    • UT
    • VA
    • WA

    With over 22 years of experience, Brad Howell is an industry leader and is one of a small number of UBS Financial Advisors who have earned the designation of Managing Director-Wealth Management. With over four consecutive years on the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list, he provides various financial services and highly personalized wealth management advice to help individuals achieve their financial goals and aspirations.

    Brad and his team at Howell Wealth Consulting Group focus on providing comprehensive financial planning for individuals, families, and companies with over $2 million in investable assets.

    • Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2024
      The Barron's rating is awarded annually in March and is based on information from the prior year Q3. 
    • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in April based on information from a 12 month period ending June of the prior year.

    • University of California at Berkeley, B.A. Economics
      Financial planning
      Retirement planning
      Estate planning strategies
      Investing
      Alternative investments
      Hedge Fund managers
      2575 East Camelback Road
      Suite 900
      Phoenix, AZ 85016
      bradley.howell@ubs.com
      Brad Howell, CLU, ChFC, CFP
      2575 East Camelback Road,Phoenix,AZ,85016
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      Bill Aulwes

      Financial Advisor

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      • AZ
      • CA
      • CO
      • FL
      • GA
      • ID
      • IL
      • IN
      • MA
      • MO
      • NC
      • NJ
      • NV
      • NY
      • OH
      • OR
      • PA
      • SD
      • TN
      • TX
      • UT
      • VA
      • WA

      Bill Aulwes is a Financial Advisor based in Phoenix, Arizona, at UBS, one of the largest multinational investment banking and financial services companies in the world. After receiving his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Law and Society, and a master’s in organizational leadership from Chapman University, he applied his knowledge of social sciences to the financial sector.

      With nearly 25 years of experience at the Capital Group in various client-related leadership positions and back-office operations, Bill applies his expertise in this industry to establish a personalized plan for clients to achieve their financial goals. 

        • University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. Law and Society
        • Chapman University, Master's in Organizational Leadership
          Financial planning
          Retirement planning
          Estate planning strategies
          Retirement Plan consulting
          Equity plans
          2575 East Camelback Road
          Suite 900
          Phoenix, AZ 85016
          william.aulwes@ubs.com
          Bill Aulwes
          2575 East Camelback Road,Phoenix,AZ,85016
        • William J. Thompson, CFA®

          Managing Director

          GFIW-Americas Relationship Manager

          Bill is a Relationship Manager for the UBS Global Family & Institutional Wealth (GFIW) Group in the Americas. He focuses on creating customized coverage models and providing tailored solutions from across the firm to sophisticated Family Office clients.

          Prior to rejoining UBS, Bill led family office investment efforts as an Investment Director at Fidelity Family Office Services. In that role, he worked alongside the investment teams of the largest pools of family office wealth to solve public and private market investment challenges. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Alternative Investments, and an investment committee member of a quantitative investment manager. Before that, he was the lead portfolio specialist for discretionary investment management at UBS Wealth Management UK in London, and a Portfolio Strategist at UBS Wealth Management Americas.

          Bill is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder (CFA®), a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), and holds the CFA Society of the UK-administered Investment Management Certificate (IMC). He graduated from Boston College with a BS in Finance, earned an MBA from Boston University and a MS from Texas Tech in Financial Planning.

          Bill lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with his wife and two daughters.
        • Debra Phares, CAP®

          Executive Director

          Senior Strategist - Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services

          Professional History
          As part of the UBS Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services team, Debra serves as a thought partner to advisors and their client families on wealth transition, family governance, and philanthropy as families seek guidance on cohesive dialogue between generations to perpetuate their legacy.

          Prior to joining UBS Financial Services in 2020, Debra was with Bank of America Private Bank where she spent eight years as a
          Senior Vice President and Philanthropic Director managing philanthropy services for the South Central region of the U.S. Debra worked with high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals and families, private foundations, and nonprofit organizations delivering best practices in charitable giving and philanthropy. Including directing grantmaking for private foundations and charitable trusts for which the Bank serves as Trustee or co-Trustee. Before Bank of America, Debra held various leadership roles in nonprofit management, beginning her career working in the museum industry, joining the Dallas Museum of Art in 1994. Following her career in the arts, Debra worked for the Communities Foundation of Texas and Parish Episcopal School.

          Community Involvement
          Debra currently serves as a member of the Development Committee of The Senior Source of Dallas, whose mission is to enhance the quality of life and empower all older adults in Dallas to thrive. Debra previously served as a Vice President of the Board of the Aaron Family Jewish Community Center.

          Education
          Debra is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History. She holds the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® designation from the American College of Financial Services, and is also Series 7 and 63 licensed. Debra lives in Dallas, Texas with her two sons and her mini dachshund.
        • Casey Verst

          Executive Director

          Senior Wealth Strategy Consultant

          Introduction
          Casey works with high net worth clients to help develop estate plans that achieve personal goals, while simultaneously leveraging their gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemptions to preserve and protect family wealth. Casey also helps review clients' current estate plans and coordinates with clients' advisors to ensure each client's estate planning goals are being achieved in a tax efficient manner.

          Professional History
          Prior to joining UBS, Casey practiced law with the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Los Angeles, CA, focusing on estate and tax planning for high-net worth individuals.

          Education
          Casey received his B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, and his J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law.
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          Roubina Kurkjian

          NMLS #947868

          Senior Wealth Management Banker, UBS Bank USA

          Roubina Kurkjian joined UBS Bank USA in 2016 and she is currently a Senior Wealth Management Banker covering the Orange County Market.

          Roubina has an extensive background in relationship banking. She is focused on providing Financial Advisors and their clients a variety of cash management resources along with banking solutions that may complement their overall wealth management objectives.

          Professional history

          Roubina began her career in financial services in 1998. Prior to joining UBS, Roubina was most recently a Wealth Management Banker at Merrill Lynch.

          Education and personal information

          In Roubina’s role as a Senior Wealth Management Banker her NMLS # is 637447. She holds her Series 7 and 66 securities licenses, and California Insurance license . She also holds a B.S in Business Management and Operations Management from California State University Long Beach.

          Outside of the office, Roubina currently lives in Cowan Heights, California with her husband and two children.

          Senior Wealth Management Bankers are employees of UBS Bank USA. UBS Bank USA is a subsidiary of UBS Group AG. UBS Bank USA, Member FDIC, NMLS No. 947868. Equal Housing Lender

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