Your financial life

Advice that looks beyond your portfolio

The Gold Wealth Management Group

The Gold Wealth Management Group is committed to helping you plan for the future by providing comprehensive wealth management solutions for all of your financial needs. Corporate executives, business owners and their families come to us with their most complicated financial challenges. Some investors have complex wealth transfer needs and tax concerns. Others own a business and need to address specific cash flow challenges. Still others are dealing with the potential risks of a concentrated stock position.

No matter how complicated the situation, we provide financial advice and a plan that can give you greater confidence to pursue your life goals. By leveraging the vast resources of UBS and working with an extended team of external specialists, we leave no stone unturned when it comes to our focus on your financial challenges. Our seamless approach can help to simplify your financial life, so you have more time to focus on the personal and professional priorities that matter most.

Whether it’s your investment strategy, your business, or anything to do with your financial future, you can count on us to:

  • Focus on every aspect of your financial life
  • Design a thoughtful and tailored strategy for achieving your most important financial goals
  • Simplify the complexities of wealth
  • Aim to offer a quality client experience

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.

  • Darrin Gold

    Darrin Gold

    Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

    Wealth Advisor

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    • AZ
    • CA
    • CT
    • DC
    • FL
    • IL
    • KS
    • MA
    • MD
    • ME
    • MO
    • NC
    • NH
    • NJ
    • NM
    • NV
    • NY
    • OR
    • PA
    • RI
    • SC
    • TX
    • VA
    • VT
    • WA

    With a streamlined wealth management process that emphasizes “one shop” convenience, exemplary service and comprehensive planning, Darrin has built a dedicated advisory team focused primarily on the needs of corporate executives and business owners with a focus in the healthcare industry. He is passionate about helping clients and their families plan for the future with a range of services, based on a deep understanding of each client’s values, goals, relationships, assets, personal process and interests. Darrin is committed to creating a “wow” experience by focusing on every aspect of his client’s financial life. In addition, Darrin has assembled an external team of financial professionals who can assist clients in areas outside of The Gold Wealth Management Group areas of expertise (i.e., taxes, insurance, estate planning).

    Darrin joined UBS from Legg Mason in 2004. After completing a rigorous internal training program in 2010 Darrin earned the designation of Wealth Advisor. This designation has only been achieved by a small group of UBS advisors and has significantly broadened Darrin’s knowledge in the area of client solutions. He has earned the Series 7 and 65 securities licenses, as well as health and life insurance licenses. Darrin graduated with a B.S. degree in business from Suffolk University in Boston, where he is fondly remembered as a member of the college’s Hockey Hall of Fame.

    Dedicated to giving back to the community, Darrin had a transformative experience volunteering to help reconstruct homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. While there, he realized that he could best serve his community by helping young people and families learn how to handle their finances. When he returned to Boston, he joined the board of Brook Farm Academy so he could focus on developing a financial planning curriculum for students in underserved communities. He is also actively involved with the Year Up organization. Darrin is a lifelong Boston resident. Outside of UBS, he enjoys boating, travel, surfing, fitness and is an avid reader.

    • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026The 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.

    • Suffolk University, B.S. Business
    • Wealth Advisor
    Lending services
    Financial planning
    Philanthropy
    Retirement planning
    Estate planning strategies
    Exit planning
    One Post Office Square
    33rd Floor
    Boston, MA 02109
    darrin.gold@ubs.com,samantha.hodgkins@ubs.com
    Darrin Gold
    One Post Office Square,Boston,MA,02109
  • Samantha Hodgkins

    Samantha Hodgkins

    Senior Wealth Strategy Associate

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    • CT
    • DC
    • FL
    • MA
    • ME
    • NH
    • NY
    • TX
    • VT

    Before joining UBS in 2013, Sam was the executive assistant to the CEO of a life insurance company working with high net worth clients. This experience helped her to understand the importance of exceptional customer service.

    Sam has a B.A. in business management and a minor in communications from Simmons College, and holds the Series 7 and 66 securities licenses. Within the Group, what Sam values most is going the extra mile for clients to provide them with a top-notch customer experience. She very much enjoys working with a team. The team environment provides her the ability to acquire a comprehensive picture of each client’s unique needs as she helps connect the dots of their financial lives—everything from setting up new accounts to working closely with estate attorneys and CPAs to create a customized experience at UBS.

    After living in San Diego for the past fours years, Sam and her dog Logan just moved back to the East Coast.  During her spare time, she enjoys being outdoors, taking her dog to the beach, hiking, playing field hockey, golfing, and spending time with her family in Vermont.  Sam also prioritizes health and wellness, reading, and meditation. 

      • Simmons College, B.S. Business Management; minor in Communications
        One Post Office Square
        35th floor
        Boston, MA 02109
        samantha.hodgkins@ubs.com
        Samantha Hodgkins
        One Post Office Square,Boston,MA,02109
      • Lauren Fedor

        Lauren Fedor

        Client Associate

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          Lauren Fedor joins the Gold Wealth Management Group with a background in financial services marketing and a passion for helping individuals achieve their financial goals. Lauren has earned her Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) certification as part of her commitment to building a career in wealth management and is on the path to registration. She is particularly passionate about financial education and empowering individuals to take an active role in growing and preserving their wealth.

          Lauren has a master’s degree in entrepreneurship from Babson College and a bachelor's in marketing from Bryant University. Her time at two business schools helped shape her business perspective and communication style, and she sees each day as a chance to keep learning, growing, and building meaningful connections.

          Outside the office, Lauren enjoys staying active through tennis, golf, pickleball, and, more recently, running. She enjoys the excitement of city living in Boston, but also appreciates going home to spend time with family in Western Massachusetts. She also likes reading, traveling, planning trips, and visiting museums to learn something new. A fun fact about Lauren is that she is captain of her summer pickleball team called “You Got Served.”

                One Post Office Square
                35th floor
                Boston, MA 02109
                lauren.fedor@ubs.com
                Lauren Fedor
                One Post Office Square,Boston,MA,02109
              • Roger Kraus

                NMLS #821627

                Senior Wealth Management Banker, UBS Bank USA, N.A.

                Current role and areas of expertise

                Roger joined UBS Bank USA in securities licenses role and and he is currently a Senior Wealth Management Banker covering the Greater Boston and Northern New England Markets.

                Roger has an extensive background in relationship banking. He 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

                Roger began his career with UBS in 2006, first as a Client Service Associate in Wealth Management NY, then Private Wealth NY.  In 2009, his team moved to Credit Suisse, and in 2010, Roger moved on his own to JPMorgan Private Bank and started a career as a Financial Advisor in their Law Firms Group, working with top lawyers and law firms in New York.

                Education and personal information

                In Roger’s role as a Senior Wealth Management Banker his NMLS # is 821627. He holds permissive Series 7 and 66 securities licenses and has a degree in English Literature and Performance.  He enjoyed a 15+ year career as a professional actor in New York City and nationally before starting his career in finance.  He currently lives in Boston's historic South End.

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

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                Julie Binder

                Executive Director

                Senior Strategist, East Division - Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services

              • Peter Kong

                Peter Kong

                Executive Director

                Lead Assoc,Sales & Marketing

              • William C. Shad CFP®, CIMA®, ChFC®, CEPA®

                Managing Director

                Head of Wealth Planning Strategists and Trust Consulting

              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.

              Getting to know you

              A focus on every aspect of your financial life

              Our relationship starts with a series of conversations and in-depth questions to help us understand every aspect of your financial life and your vision for what you want to accomplish. After this extensive review, we create a detailed client profile that provides a look at where you are today.

              With a full understanding of your goals, we can help you pursue the financial future you envision.

              Exceptional client service

              Comprehensive wealth management

              The value of collaboration

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              Move forward with confidence in possibly the biggest venture of your life. We can help advise and orchestrate your entire team of experts throughout the sale process and beyond.

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              Backed by the strength of our parent company, UBS AG

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              UBS Group invested assets
              As of 12/31/2025

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              UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager

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