About Shellie
Shellie is a Senior Wealth Advisor and Principal at Focus Partners and has over 20 years of experience advising individuals, families and business owners. Her wealth management and financial planning expertise provides valued insights and solutions in all aspects of financial planning including estate and trust planning, investment management, charitable planning, retirement planning, cash flow analysis and risk management. She serves a core group of the firm’s clients, overseeing all aspects of the relationship and enjoys working with multiple generations of families to secure their values and legacies for generations to come. Shellie is on our Her Wealth® Executive Committee and co-chairs our Her Wealth® Scholarship committee.
Shellie served as a Senior Wealth Advisor and Director of Financial Planning at Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management prior to merging with Focus Partners in early 2018. In addition to consulting and advisory roles, she has held a variety of management positions, including tenure at Wilmington Trust, N.A. and Deloitte Investment Advisors.
Shellie earned her Bachelor of Arts from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. She holds the Series 65 license and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner.
Married with two children, Shellie enjoys spending time with her family, reading, traveling and more traveling. She has also served as a member, treasurer, and director of a number of volunteer organizations.
Disclosures:
Washingtonian Top Financial Advisers criteria: Award recipients were primarily chosen based on the strength of recommendations gathered from the surveys. Ron Rubin was recognized from 2016 to 2019, and Shellie Kurek Peters was recognized in 2019. Ron’s recognitions for 2016 and 2017 were from his employment at Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management and prior to its merger into Focus Partners in 2018.
Shellie is a Senior Wealth Advisor and Principal at Focus Partners and has over 20 years of experience advising individuals, families and business owners. Her wealth management and financial planning expertise provides valued insights and solutions in all aspects of financial planning including estate and trust planning, investment management, charitable planning, retirement planning, cash flow analysis and risk management. She serves a core group of the firm’s clients, overseeing all aspects of the relationship and enjoys working with multiple generations of families to secure their values and legacies for generations to come. Shellie is on our Her Wealth® Executive Committee and co-chairs our Her Wealth® Scholarship committee.
Shellie served as a Senior Wealth Advisor and Director of Financial Planning at Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management prior to merging with Focus Partners in early 2018. In addition to consulting and advisory roles, she has held a variety of management positions, including tenure at Wilmington Trust, N.A. and Deloitte Investment Advisors.
Shellie earned her Bachelor of Arts from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. She holds the Series 65 license and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner.
Married with two children, Shellie enjoys spending time with her family, reading, traveling and more traveling. She has also served as a member, treasurer, and director of a number of volunteer organizations.
Disclosures:
Washingtonian Top Financial Advisers criteria: Award recipients were primarily chosen based on the strength of recommendations gathered from the surveys. Ron Rubin was recognized from 2016 to 2019, and Shellie Kurek Peters was recognized in 2019. Ron’s recognitions for 2016 and 2017 were from his employment at Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management and prior to its merger into Focus Partners in 2018.