Financial planning tailored to your goals

Timothy W. O'Brien and Stefanie C. Gretkowski

With the complexity of today's markets and uncertainty about tomorrow's economy, good financial advice is more important than ever. As a team of dedicated Financial Advisors, we're committed to helping you organize your finances around your short term needs, your longer-term goals and what you envision for generations to come. Our knowledgeable perspective, good judgement and broad experience can help you meet your challenges and seize opportunities.

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Pursuing your goals together

Our mission is to provide quality strategies customized to your needs. Our goal is to be your primary source of financial advice. To this end, we concentrate our efforts on developing long-term relationships through a commitment to quality client service.

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    Timothy W. O'Brien

    Managing Director–Wealth Management

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      Experience

      • 40 years of experience in the financial services industry
      • Tim started his career at EF Hutton in 1983, and joined PaineWebber Inc. in 1990
      • Tim was the Branch Manager in South Burlington, Vermont branch in 1995 to 2001
      • In 2008 Tim completed the firm's Wealth Advisor designation

      Degree

      • Bachelor of Science – Economics, University of Vermont
      • Tim holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 securities licenses and is a licensed California insurance agent (License #: 0D30201)

        • University of Vermont, Bachelor of Science - Economics
        • Wealth Advisor
        38 Eastwood Drive
        Suite 400
        South Burlington, VT 05403
        Timothy W. O'Brien
        38 Eastwood Drive,South Burlington,VT,05403
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        Stefanie C. Gretkowski, CFP, CDFA

        Senior Wealth Strategy Associate

        Certified Divorce Financial Analyst

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        • CA
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        • FL
        • IA
        • IN
        • MA
        • ME
        • MI
        • MT
        • NC
        • NH
        • NJ
        • NY
        • OR
        • SC
        • TX
        • VA
        • VT
        • WA

        Experience

        • 26 years of experience in the insurance and financial service industry
        • Stefanie started at Prudential Insurance in 1997 and joined PaineWebber Inc. in 1998
        • In 2000 to 2003 she joined Smith Barney and then rejoined UBS Financial Services in 2003
        • In 2013 Stefanie obtained her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certification and is CFP® professional

        Degree

        • Master of Business Administration, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont
        • Bachelor of Arts – Professional Studies, focus in business, Johnson State College

         

          • Champlain College, Master of Business Administration
          • Johnson State College, Bachelor of Arts – Professional Studies, Focus in Business
          • Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
          • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
          38 Eastwood Drive
          Suite 400
          South Burlington, VT 05403
          stefanie.gretkowski@ubs.com
          Stefanie C. Gretkowski, CFP, CDFA
          38 Eastwood Drive,South Burlington,VT,05403
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          Jennifer Christoffel McGrath

          Senior Registered Client Associate

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          • CO
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          • DC
          • DE
          • FL
          • GA
          • IA
          • IL
          • IN
          • KY
          • MA
          • MD
          • ME
          • MI
          • MT
          • NC
          • NH
          • NJ
          • NM
          • NV
          • NY
          • OH
          • OR
          • PA
          • RI
          • SC
          • TN
          • TX
          • UT
          • VA
          • VT
          • WA
          • WY

          Experience:

          Jennifer joined the firm, formerly, PaineWebber in 1994.  She worked with Tim and his Branch Management Team until she left to raise her three boys.  She returned to the O'Brien Gretkowski Team in 2014.  She is a Senior Registered Client Associate with 20 years experience in the Financial Services Industry.

          Degree:

          Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration 1998, Champlain College, Burlington, VT

          Personal:

          Played 2 years, Soccer and Softball at the Collegiate level.  She loves to play golf with her family.  She enjoys watching her boys play baseball, from Little League right up through the Collegiate Level.

            • Champlain College, Burlington, VT, Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
            • Senior Registered Client Associate
            38 Eastwood Drive
            Suite 400
            South Burlington, VT 05403
            jennifer.mcgrath@ubs.com
            Jennifer Christoffel McGrath
            38 Eastwood Drive,South Burlington,VT,05403
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            Joseph Dieterle

            Senior Wealth Strategy Associate

            CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®

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            • HI
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            • IL
            • IN
            • KS
            • KY
            • LA
            • MA
            • MD
            • ME
            • MI
            • MN
            • MO
            • MS
            • MT
            • NC
            • ND
            • NE
            • NH
            • NJ
            • NM
            • NV
            • NY
            • OH
            • OK
            • OR
            • PA
            • PR
            • RI
            • SC
            • SD
            • TN
            • TX
            • UT
            • VA
            • VI
            • VT
            • WA
            • WI
            • WV
            • WY

            Experience      

            Jake's first experience with UBS was an internship during summer in college at our Portland, ME branch. After graduating from Trinity college he moved to New York City to join UBS in the Financial Advisor Development Program. Upon graduating from the Development Program he worked in the firm’s Institutional Advisory Group for four years during which time he obtained his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification. In that role he was a Financial Advisor and Corporate Stock Benefit Consultant working with Directors and Executives of the firm’s corporate clients in the equity award space. He moved to the South Burlington Branch in 2024.

             

            Degree

            • Bachelor of Arts – Economics, Trinity College
            • Minor in Formal Organizations, Fast Track in Entrepreneurial Studies, Trinity College
            • Tuck Business Bridge Program at Dartmouth

             

            Personal

            • Jake was on the Track and Field team at Trinity for four years.
            • Jake enjoys golfing, fishing and most things outdoors. 
            • He lives in South Burlington with his wife, Eliza.

             

             

              • Trinity College, Bachelor of Arts – Economics
              • Dartmouth College, Tuck Business Bridge Program
              • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
              38 Eastwood Drive
              Suite 400
              South Burlington, VT 05403
              joseph.dieterleiv@ubs.com
              Joseph Dieterle
              38 Eastwood Drive,South Burlington,VT,05403

            The proof is in our numbers

            106

            Collective years of experience

            As of 06/05/2024

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            Support and resources

            Our UBS Optimus Foundation in the US is directly supporting emergency response, relief and reconstruction activities in Texas through our partnerships with World Central Kitchen and Team Rubicon. You can support these organizations and pool funds, together with Optimus, to increase their ability to support communities in Texas. In addition, any client donation to one of our Optimus partners will receive a 10% match from UBS.

            Learn how you can get involved and make an impact through the UBS Optimus Foundation.

            The UBS Optimus Foundation is a global network of separately organized and regulated, tax-exempt, charitable organizations, founded and managed by UBS, that make grants and other financial contributions to implementing partner organizations aligned with their values and objectives.

            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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            Retirement planning

            You've worked hard and carefully invested to ensure that you’ll live life on your terms in retirement. But are you ready for a retirement that could span 30 years or more? What’s the right plan to help make sure your retirement funds last? Our team will work with you to help preserve your lifestyle and livelihood in retirement by understanding your goals, risk and time horizon.

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            Turn possibilities into a plan

            What’s really important to you—today and for the long term? UBS Wealth Way starts with questions and discussions that can 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.

             

            UBS Wealth Way is an approach incorporating Liquidity. Longevity. Legacy. strategies that UBS Financial Services Inc. and our Financial Advisors can use to assist clients in exploring and pursuing their wealth management needs and goals over different time frames. This approach is not a promise or guarantee that wealth, or any financial results, can or will be achieved. All investments involve the risk of loss, including the risk of loss of the entire investment. Time frames may vary. Strategies are subject to individual client goals, objectives and suitability.

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            A leader in wealth management

            Backed by the strength of our parent company, UBS AG

            $6 trn

            UBS Group invested assets
            As of 12/31/2024

            51 countries

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            UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager

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