Brookwood Investment Group, a nationally recognized, independent RIA firm committed to redefining the advisor independence through an advisor-centric, fiduciary-first platform, is building a platform that combines institutional scale with something increasingly valuable in an age of accelerating technology: the human professional. As technology becomes more powerful, the professionals using it will matter more. The firm is expanding its leadership and institutional capabilities as it advances a Professional Advisor Partnership model.

As part of that next stage, Brookwood today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team: Claire Alexander as President; Michael Jones as Chief Growth Officer; Jasmine Yu as Chief Operating Officer; and Jeffrey Williams as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Institutional Operations.

The appointments come as Brookwood has more than tripled its assets under management since 2024, growing from approximately $515 million reaching over $1.5 billion in AUM, while expanding its advisor community to serve clients nationwide.

For Brookwood Co-Founders Kimberley Raimondo, Esq., and Robert Raimondo, JD, the firm’s growth has created an opportunity to look beyond scale and consider what the next model for independent wealth management should become.

“We view the industry through a different lens,” said Kimberley Raimondo, Co-Founder and CEO of Brookwood Investment Group. “We came into wealth management as lawyers, and that shapes how we see the business. Lawyers don’t think of themselves as books of business or collections of assets. We are professionals. We build practices, join firms, become partners and build institutions designed to endure beyond any one individual. The wealth management model is ready to evolve. I believe advisors deserve that same opportunity and a new model to choose from.”

That thinking is shaping Brookwood’s evolution from an integrator of independent advisory practices toward a broader professional partnership model.

Raimondo sees the evolution of the independent wealth management industry in three stages: aggregation, integration, and partnership: “The aggregator model demonstrated the value of scale. The integrator model went further by giving independent advisors access to shared technology, investment capabilities, compliance, operations and infrastructure while allowing them to continue building their own businesses. I believe the next evolution is partnership. Integration gives advisors access to the institution. Partnership gives them a role in building it.”

FROM INTEGRATION TO PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP

Brookwood’s existing model provides independent advisors with investment management, technology, compliance, operational and growth support while allowing them to retain ownership of their client relationships and brands.

The firm’s next stage expands on that foundation by creating more opportunities for advisors to collaborate, grow, develop the next generation, pursue succession, and participate in a broader professional community.

The concept has a familiar precedent in other professional-service industries. As the world accelerates and information becomes ubiquitous, access to information is no longer the differentiator it once was. Judgment, experience, relationships, and trust matter more. Other fiduciary professions have built institutions around those qualities for generations; professionals sharing resources, expertise, and opportunity while maintaining their individual judgment and responsibility.

Brookwood’s expanded executive team is intended to build the institutional capabilities around that model and invest in rising talent alongside long-standing industry veterans.

“Building what we believe is the next iteration of wealth management requires leaders who get the vision and understand the gap,” added Raimondo. “Brookwood’s expanded leadership team includes experienced talent who have operated inside great institutions, know what works at scale, can see what can improve, and are curious enough to challenge what exists.”

The new executive hires join an already strong team including Chief Investment Officer Christopher R. Coolidge, CFA, who started his career at BlackRock; Chief Experience Officer Heather DeAgostine, who came from Hightower; Chief Development Officer Robert Raimondo, who started at MetLife; Chief Technology Officer David Rosenthal; and Rich Mowrer, recently promoted to Chief Investment Solutions Officer.

CLAIRE ALEXANDER NAMED PRESIDENT

Claire Alexander joins Brookwood as President after more than a decade in leadership roles at high-growth independent advisory firms. Alexander has directed more than 40 advisor transitions ranging from $20 million to $600 million in AUM, maintaining a 90%+ average asset transfer rate and developing transition processes designed to move firms efficiently from signed letter of intent through registration. Her experience also includes developing new revenue lines in insurance and real estate and leading multimillion-dollar capital projects. Prior to joining Brookwood, she founded The Arch’s Anvil, an operational consulting firm for independent RIAs.

As President, Alexander will oversee operational infrastructure, M&A, and transition architecture, and the governance and technology systems supporting Brookwood and its advisory firms.

“Growth creates opportunity, but it also demands infrastructure capable of keeping pace,” Alexander said. “Our goal is to continue to build ahead of the growth – through the systems, processes, and capabilities our partners need for where they’re going next.”

A recognized industry voice, she has built a published operational methodology and an industry presence across the wealth management space, with coverage in outlets including CNN, Associated Press, and Yahoo! Finance. In addition, she was recently named an Excellence Awardee and finalist for ‘Independent RIA Leader of the Year’ in the 2026 InvestmentNews Women to Watch Awards, which recognize and celebrate the women shaping the future of financial advice.

MICHAEL JONES NAMED CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER

Michael Jones joins Brookwood as Chief Growth Officer with more than 25 years of wealth management leadership experience at firms including BlackRock, TD Ameritrade Institutional, AssetMark, and Ocean Park Asset Management.

Jones will lead the firm’s growth initiatives and Orchard™, Brookwood’s advisor partnership platform. Orchard is being developed around the lifecycle of an advisory practice: helping professionals build and grow, providing pathways to partnership and liquidity, and creating intentional succession between established advisors and the next generation of professionals. Jones will work to identify growth opportunities, develop succession pathways, and connect the next generation of professionals with enduring advisory businesses.

“Brookwood believes succession should not begin with the question, ‘Who wants to buy my assets?’,” said Raimondo. “An advisor is more than their AUM. They have relationships, expertise, employees, a reputation, and clients who have trusted them for years. That’s a professional practice. The industry often focuses on transfer of assets. Brookwood is setting the bar to focus on the transfer of trust.”

JASMINE YU NAMED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Jasmine Yu joins Brookwood as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing firmwide operational strategy and execution, advisor onboarding and transitions, and coordination across technology, compliance, and operations. Yu brings extensive leadership experience across wealth management, compliance, and business operations. Prior to Brookwood, she served as COO at e3 Wealth, where she designed multi-state operational systems spanning HR, compliance, finance, and technology.

She previously served as Director of Operations and Administration at Kestra Private Wealth Services, leading operational, compliance, and administrative support for a network of 75 offices, more than 275 advisors, and more than 90 staff nationwide.

At Brookwood, Yu will focus on creating an operating environment capable of supporting continued growth while delivering a connected experience across the firm, partners, and their clients.

JEFFREY WILLIAMS NAMED CFO AND HEAD OF INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS

Jeffrey Williams joins Brookwood as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Institutional Operations, where he will lead the firm’s finance, treasury, and risk infrastructure. He brings more than three decades of experience building institutional operating, finance, and treasury infrastructure for complex investment organizations.

Williams’ career spans global hedge funds, alternative asset managers, and major Wall Street institutions. He has held senior positions at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, and most recently served as Operations Manager at Centiva Capital.

“These aren’t hires for the sake of building an org chart,” Raimondo said. “We’re building capabilities around our advisors. Claire understands how to build and connect businesses. Michael understands growth and how practices transition. Jasmine knows how to operationalize scale. Jeff brings an institutional financial lens. Put that kind of experience around great advisors and you start to build something very different.”

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THE BROOKWOOD INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM™

Brookwood is also rolling out the first phase of the Brookwood Intelligence Platform™, powered in part by Amplify, as the technology foundation for the firm’s next stage of growth. The platform is intended to create a more connected experience across the firm, advisor, and client, bringing together technology, data, investment intelligence, portfolio management, trading, account management, servicing, and advisor workflows.

Brookwood describes this evolution as the Age of Alignment™ – an environment in which human expertise and intelligent technology increasingly work together. The existing draft identifies the Intelligence Platform as a multi-phase ecosystem rather than simply another CRM or portfolio management system.

That philosophy is also reflected in HumanAlpha™, Brookwood’s belief in the increasing value of human judgment, experience and relationships as technology becomes more capable.

“The more technology advances, the more convinced I become that the professional matters,” Raimondo said. “Technology can analyze more. AI can automate more – that’s exciting. Somebody still has to exercise judgment. Somebody has to understand the client. Somebody has to be accountable. And somebody has to earn the trust. That’s HumanAlpha.”

Brookwood’s investment approach also includes SmartAlpha™, the firm’s framework for combining advanced technology with professional investment expertise, and Coopetition™, its philosophy of creating greater opportunity through collaboration and shared intelligence. These concepts currently form the core of Brookwood’s advisor and client service philosophy.

ABOUT BROOKWOOD INVESTMENT GROUP

Brookwood Investment Group is an independent registered investment advisory firm providing entrepreneurial financial advisors with institutional-quality investment capabilities, technology, compliance, operations and growth resources while supporting advisor autonomy, brands and client relationships. Brookwood supports more than 75 advisors serving over 6,200 clients nationwide and oversees over $1.5 billion in assets. Brookwood’s approach is grounded in HumanAlpha™, the value created through human judgment, experience and relationships; SmartAlpha™, its investment framework combining advanced technology with professional investment expertise; and Coopetition™, its philosophy of collaboration, shared intelligence and collective opportunity. Learn more at www.BrookwoodInvestmentGroup.com

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