Wealth advice for your life's goals

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Mimi joined J.C. Bradford in 1979, and in 1989, became the first female Financial Advisor named as partner with the firm. She was a member of the Senior Advisory Council, awarded to the top 5% of the firm's Financial Advisors, from 1988 through 1999. Every year since merging with UBS in 2000, In 2004, Mimi earned the designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®). 

• Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013The Barron's rating is awarded annually in March and is based on information from the prior year Q3. 
• Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2014, 2015, 2016
  The Barron's rating is awarded annually in March and is based on information from the prior year Q3. 
• Barron's Top 100 Women Advisors, 2009The Barron's rating is awarded annually in June and is based on information from the Q1 of the award year.
• Forbes America’s Top Women Wealth AdvisorsThe Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in February based on information from a 12 month period ending September of the prior year.
• Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 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, 2023The 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.
• Forbes Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors, 2022, 2023The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in February based on information from a 12 month period ending September of the prior year.

• Hollins University, B.A. in French

• Certified Investment Management Analyst®

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Mark began his professional investment career in 1985. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) certificant, a Registered Securities Principal and a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), earning these designations in 1990, 1994, and 1999, respectively. For the past decade, Mark's business focus has been to serve as an investment management consultant to trustees of pension, health and welfare, and defined-contribution plans.

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, B.S. in Business

• Institutional Consultant, UBS Institutional Consulting Program
• Certified Investment Management Analyst®
• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™

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Gordon entered the investment business in 1998 after teaching in Metro Nashville's Public Schools for several years. He received his psychology degree from Rhodes College in Memphis in 1990 and his Master's degree in education from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University in 1995. Gordon's business focus is helping clients – individuals and institutions – with regard to managing risk in investing through asset allocation, thorough due diligence, and continual monitoring of those investments.

• Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2023The 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.

• Rhodes College, B.A. in Psychology
• Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, Master's degree in Education

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Brian's passion for investing started when he purchased his first stock at age 10. He started his working career by pursuing an inside view of the business world as the General Manager of a $5 million operation in Knoxville, Tennessee. Brian then continued his entrepreneurial vision with FedEx as a business consultant to small business owners. In 2005, he brought his business experience and love of investing to UBS to help clients and their portfolio. In 2009, Brian earned the designation of CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®).

• Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2023The 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.

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, B.S. in Business Administration, Majors: Economics & Finance

• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
• Portfolio Manager

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I have been a Financial Advisor since 1999. I am a native of Nashville, and I have seen many changes to this city over the years. I am married and have three wonderful children. Away from the office, I enjoy spending time with my family or traveling to Haiti where I am involved in an orphanage through my church. I have completed the requirements to be a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM, and I use that knowledge to give better advice to my clients.

• Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2023The 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.

• Tennessee State University, B.S. in Arts & Sciences

• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™

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Ellen is dedicated to helping clients grow and protect their wealth by designing, implementing and monitoring strategic financial plans specifically tailored to their needs. These plans can include cash flow modeling, insurance and risk management, charitable giving and estate planning. Ellen has a dozen years of experience in investments and wealth management ranging from selling bonds on Wall Street to working with large institutional investors to financial planning for high net worth families.

She is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. She earned her Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) designation in 2014. Ellen is a Nashville native and alumna of Harpeth Hall School through which she completed her Winterim internship with The Wallace Group in 2003.

Ellen is passionate about supporting the Nashville community. She served on the boards of The Women’s Fund and Young Leaders Council and has been an active volunteer with many local nonprofits including The Next Door and Preston Taylor Ministries. She was awarded the Nashville Emerging Leader Award in 2017 and Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 in 2014. She and her husband, Brian, live in the 12th South neighborhood with their two children.

• University of Georgia, Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™

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Debbie has been in the industry since 1995 and brings a wealth of operational expertise to our clients' financial needs and concerns.

• Athens State College, B.S. in Education, Minor in Biology

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Bill has been in the industry since 1998 and with UBS since 2004.  He brings a wealth of knowledge and a keen focus on customer service to the team.  Outside the office he enjoys camping with his son's Boy Scout Troop, cheering on the Dallas Cowboys, and cooking. 

• Eckerd College, B.A. in Sociology

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Lisa has been in the business since 1987.  She brings years of administrative and operational experience.

Outside of the office she enjoys keeping up with her 3 teenagers and 2 dogs.