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 advisory 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 efforts across the Orange County and Los Angeles markets and served on the firm's Financial Planning Committee, where he specialized in developing tax-efficient wealth strategies for high net-worth families and closely-held businesses. 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 advising affluent clients at several leading financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab. Prior to his career in private wealth, Andres worked as an investment banker with Madison Street Capital and Houlihan Smith, where he advised middle market businesses on debt and equity capital raises and mergers and acquisitions.

Andres is a graduate of the Wealth Management Executive Program at the Yale School of Management and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed Postgraduate Studies in Finance at the University of Chicago and earned dual Bachelor Degrees in Economics and Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. He is also a graduate of the Financial Planning Program at UCLA. Earlier in his career, Andres earned a U.S. Congressional appointment to the United States Naval Academy and attended the U.S. Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, Rhode Island, where he was a member of the Men's Varsity Soccer team. Andres holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 securities licenses, as well as Life, Health, and Variable Annuity insurance licenses (CA #0I84082). In addition to his advisory work, Andres is a frequent speaker at various client and industry events throughout the country.

 Chief Compliance Partner 

Staci works with Legacy Wealth Investment Counsel as an Outside Compliance Partner, where she brings more than 20 years of management and supervision experience. As a co-founder of Portside Wealth Group, she has developed and implemented robust compliance, risk assessment, advertising, supervisory, and training and monitoring programs. Staci has successfully guided broker/dealer and RIA firms through numerous regulatory audits and examinations.

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

Private Wealth Analyst 

 Isabella is a member of the firm’s wealth advisory team, where she supports business development and planning initiatives while contributing to key strategic growth projects. She is also actively involved in the Bellwether Asset Management Women’s Mentorship Program and participates in the USC Marshall Real Estate Finance Association. 

Isabella is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development and Business Finance at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. 

  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.