FIRM LEADERSHIP & TEAM

Founder & Managing Partner 

 Chief Executive Officer 

A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Certified Private Wealth Advisor®, Andres has over 20 years of experience advising entrepreneurs, families and businesses on a broad array of complex financial matters. Prior to founding Legacy Wealth Investment Counsel, Andres served as a Managing Director and Senior Wealth Advisor at Baker Tilly, a leading global tax and advisory firm. As a Senior Advisor with the firm’s Private Wealth Practice, Andres led wealth advisory across Orange County and Los Angeles and served on the firm's Financial Planning Committee. His work centered on delivering fully integrated wealth management solutions through a multi-family office approach, focusing on investment management, tax and estate planning, business succession, lending advisory and multigenerational wealth planning. During his tenure, the firm’s Wealth Management Group was recognized as one of Accounting Today’s “Billion-Dollar Wealth Magnets,” an honor awarded to the nation’s top CPA-affiliated wealth advisors with more than $1 billion in assets under management. Before joining Baker Tilly, Andres built a long-standing career as a Financial Advisor at several leading financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab. Prior to his career in private wealth, Andres spent several years in investment banking with Houlihan Smith and Madison Street Capital, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and strategic capital raises for middle market companies. Andres began his career in financial restructuring, specializing in insolvency and bankruptcy reorganizations.

Andres is a graduate of the Wealth Management Executive Program at the Yale School of Management, holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is an alumnus of the University of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago, where he earned degrees in Economics and Philosophy. He is also a graduate of the Financial Planning Program at UCLA. Andres holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 securities licenses, as well as Life, Health, and Variable Annuity insurance licenses (CA #0I84082). 

 Chief Compliance Officer, Portside Wealth Group

  Regulatory & Compliance Oversight 

 Staci brings over 25 years of management and supervision experience, and prides herself in having developed and implemented robust compliance, risk assessment, advertising, supervisory, and training and monitoring programs. Staci has successfully guided broker/dealer and RIA firms through many regulatory audits and has helped multiple offices transition between firms. 

Staci holds FINRA Series 24, 7, 63, 66, and 53 securities licenses, and has also earned the Certified Regulatory Compliance Professional (CRCP®) designation

Senior Operations Associate 

Amy supports the firm through the oversight of complex back-office workflows and operations. With a strong background in account administration and operational support, she helps ensure processes run smoothly and efficiently, allowing our advisory team to remain focused on serving clients.

Amy holds a Master’s Degree in Business Analytics and Data Science from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Psychology from Utah Valley University.

  Front Desk Manager

 Based in Orange County, Sarah supports front desk operations and client reception at our Newport Beach headquarters through our corporate office partner, LFC Corporate Services.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from American University in Washington, D.C.