Fifteen UBS advisors in the Houston region named to the Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors list

April 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT

UBS Wealth Management USA announced today that 15 Financial Advisors in the firm’s Houston, Texas Region have been named to the Forbes/SHOOK Research Best-In-State Wealth Advisors list for 2023.

“The advisors on this elite list consistently provide their clients with the highest levels of financial advice with responsive, personal service,” said Craig Vandegrift, Market Director, Houston Region at UBS Wealth Management USA. “It is gratifying to see them acknowledged for their dedication to their clients and recognized for their industry achievements."

The UBS advisors named to the list in the Houston Region are:

Beaumont	Houston River Oaks	Houston City Centre
Wendy Nobles	Larry Callender	Nena Brackett
Christopher Ohmstede	Elizabeth Lockwood	John Carolyn
	Brian Sauer	Joe DePaula
Houston Clear Lake	Sharon Callender Snowden	John Landers
Brian Truscott	Sherry Verburgt	Cray Martin
		Andrew McGee
The Woodlands
Kelsey Shive

UBS also announced today that the South Central Group, based in The Woodlands, TX and led by Robert Vaughan, was named a National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) Top Defined Contribution (DC) Advisor Team by Assets Under Advisement for 2022. Additionally, Robert was also recently named to the PLANADVISOR Top Retirement Plan Advisers list for 2023.

The NAPA Top DC Advisor Team list highlights the nation’s leading retirement plan advisor teams, broadly defined as being in a single physical location, and having at least $100 million in DC assets under advisement. For the full list and further information, visit: https://www.napa-net.org/top-dc-advisor-teams-2022.

The 2023 PLANADVISER Top Retirement Plan Advisers list contains 207 advisers who stand out for their service of all types of retirement plans. To be listed, advisers had to have a minimum requirement of 50 plan clients or retirement plan assets under advisement of $400 million or more. For the full list and further information, visit: https://www.planadviser.com/awards/2023-top-retirement-plan-advisers/.

The 2023 Forbes/SHOOK Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list is comprised of over 7,000 Advisors across the country, collectively managing nearly $11 trillion in client assets. The ranking, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative and quantitative measures including phone and in-person interviews, compliance records, and revenue generated for their firms.

For the full list and further information, visit: https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-in-state-wealth-advisors/.

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