Experience

Makes all the difference

Our mission is to provide you wealth with purpose. Our goal is to be your primary source of financial advice, working together to help you pursue what matters most. 

To this end, we work to understand your life, your wealth and what you want to accomplish.  This is important to how we work together at UBS.  We start with questions and a discussion that helps us focus on what's really important to you.  Then, we help you organize your financial life into three key dimensions: Liquidity—to help provide cash flow for short-term expenses, Longevity—for longer-term needs and Legacy—for needs that go beyond your own. Through the plan we create together, we can help you pursue what matters most today, tomorrow and for generations to come.

Music City Wealth Management at UBS is dedicated to working together.  We can help you,

  • Gain confidence that your money is in an appropriate strategy—when it needs to be there
  • Better manage investment risk—based on your different goals and timeframes
  • Take the emotion out of investing—with a clearer understanding of your short-term needs

 

Rosemary Lombardy

Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

Rosemary has been advising corporate executives, retirees and their families for more than 30 years. Prior to joining UBS, Rosemary gained experience with estate planning and wealth transfer issues while working for a law firm. Her knowledge of the municipal bond market came from working as an institutional broker. Rosemary was also a partner at J.C. Bradford & Company, which UBS later acquired. Rosemary received a B.A. with honors from the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Registered States:
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • DC
  • FL
  • GA
  • IA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KY
  • MA
  • MD
  • MI
  • MO
  • NC
  • NE
  • NJ
  • NM
  • NY
  • OH
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA
  • WI

Education

  • University of Florida, B.A. with Honors

Credentials

  • Senior Portfolio Manager
  • Wealth Advisor
3102 West End Avenue
Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37203

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Thomas Siler Jr., CFP

Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

Financial Advisor

Tommy is a true client advocate.  A UBS Financial Advisor since 1999, he has a deep commitment for people and helping protect what matters most to them—their family and their legacy. Tommy primarily works with families on developing multi-generational wealth management plans, coordinating with the family attorney, accountant, risk manager and UBS specialists to deliver a well-aligned and comprehensive strategy for pursuing their most important goals. Those strategies focus specifically on advanced estate planning solutions, as well as planning for retirement, business transition and other significant liquidity events. Tommy also works with a nationwide network of specialized trust companies to deliver custom trust services for the diverse and often complex needs of each family.

Active in the community, Tommy has been a leader on numerous local and regional boards of directors. He is proud to have served as President of the Board of the Florence Crittenton Agency, Treasurer of the Community School of the Arts and Endowment Chairman for St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral–where currently serves as Senior Warden. He has also served on the board of directors of Cherokee Country Club, Young-Williams Animal Shelter, and Sequoyah Elementary Foundation. A proud champion of Knoxville, he is currently forging a multi-year corporate relationship between UBS-Knoxville and the Knoxville Museum of Art. Tommy has also been a class member of Leadership Knoxville 2013.

Travel is a passion, but what Tommy loves best is spending time with his wife, Tiffany, and their two daughters, Kathryn and Lauren.

Certification and education

  • Wealth Advisor designation, 2010
  • Series 7 and 66 securities licenses
  • Certified Financial Planner® designation, 2000
  • President of the East Tennessee Financial Planning Association, 2005-2006
  • B.A., Vanderbilt University

Registered States:
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • DC
  • FL
  • GA
  • IA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KY
  • LA
  • MA
  • MD
  • MI
  • MO
  • MS
  • NC
  • NE
  • NJ
  • NM
  • NY
  • OH
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA

Recognized as an industry leader:

  • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2021, 2022, 2023The 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.
  • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2024The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in January, based on information from a 12 month period ending March of the prior year.

Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice. For more information on third party rating methodologies, please visit ubs.com/us/en/designation-disclosures

Education

  • Vanderbilt University, B.A.

Credentials

  • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
  • Wealth Advisor
  • Retirement Plan Consultant
800 South Gay Street
Suite 2600
Knoxville, TN 37929

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Scott Rhea, CFP

Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

Financial Advisor

Scott began his career in the financial services industry in 1986. He was instrumental in establishing the new Knoxville offices for the firms Wheat First Butch Singer (now part of Wells Fargo) and Legg Mason (now part of Morgan Stanley). Scott joined UBS in 2013 to form The Siler-Rhea Group.

Scott leads the effort to help clients in all aspects of their financial lives, including insurance, employee benefits, tax-mitigation strategies as well as multigenerational wealth preservation and transfer. As a Senior Portfolio manager, Scott created several signature asset allocation models for Siler Rhea Group He also provides guidance on charitable giving, including donor-advised funds and foundations.

Scott is a past president of the Rotary Club of West Knoxville and a past board member of Big Brothers-Big Sisters of East Tennessee. He prides himself on working to match local businesses with humanitarian services that promote human rights and address the needs of underprivileged children. Scott and his wife, Traci have two daughters, Sarah and Meredith, and two grandchildren, Grayson and Jackson. He enjoys playing golf and chasing after his grandchildren.

 

Certification and education

  • Certified Financial Planner™ designation
  • B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Senior Portfolio Manager designation, UBS
  • Wealth Advisor designation, UBS
  • Series 7 and 66 Securities licenses

Registered States:
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • DC
  • FL
  • GA
  • HI
  • IA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KY
  • MA
  • MD
  • MI
  • MO
  • NC
  • NE
  • NJ
  • NM
  • NY
  • OH
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA

Recognized as an industry leader:

  • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2024The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in January, based on information from a 12 month period ending March of the prior year.

Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice. For more information on third party rating methodologies, please visit ubs.com/us/en/designation-disclosures

Education

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, B.S.

Credentials

  • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
  • Senior Portfolio Manager
  • Wealth Advisor
  • Retirement Plan Consultant
800 South Gay Street
Suite 2600
Knoxville, TN 37929

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Briana Creel

Wealth Management Associate

Briana has been in the financial services industry since 2014 where she started at Wells Fargo Advisors and joined UBS in 2015. She has her Series 7 and 66 along with her health and life insurance licenses.

She is very detail oriented, reliable, positive, has strong interpersonal and technical skills, and very focused on taking care of client needs and concerns.

Briana moved to Tennessee in 2015, and loves being in Music City. She is married to her husband, Austin and together they have three sons, River, Knox and Baylor

Registered States:
  • AR
  • CA
  • FL
  • GA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KY
  • MA
  • MI
  • NC
  • NJ
  • OH
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
3102 West End Avenue
Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37203

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P. Christopher Takonis

Associate Director

Senior Wealth Strategy Associate

Chris entered the financial services industry in 1993 when he joined the British merchant bank, Schroder & Co., where he co-managed their U.S. and international trading operations. Prior to joining UBS in 2005, he was the manager of U.S.-listed trading operations for Goldman Sachs. At UBS, Chris supports the team’s focus on the individual needs of their broad client base, ranging from CEOs of large companies to small sole business owners.

With a primary concentration on delivering private banking services, Chris designs custom programs to maximize the many benefits and services available at UBS. His passion and deep financial services experience enables Chris to leverage the many amenities of UBS to help his clients reach their financial goals. Chris and his wife, Stacy, have three daughters, Molly, Emily and Frankie.

Certification and education

  • B.S., Rutgers University
  • Series 7, 63, 65, 9, 10, 31 securities licenses

Registered States:
  • TN

Education

  • Rutgers University, B.S.
800 South Gay Street
Suite 2600
Knoxville, TN 37929

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