Michael Dowd

Mikayla Yeakey is a Planning Consultant at Fidelity Investments, a role she has held since 2026. She previously worked as a Relationship Manager at Fidelity Investments from 2025 to 2026 and as a Financial Representative from 2024 to 2025. Mikayla's professional approach focuses on meaningful collaboration with clients, aiming to understand the motivations behind their financial decisions to clearly express and address their goals. She emphasizes strengthening the client-advisor relationship and introducing strategies clients may not have previously considered to foster a more informed and confident planning experience. Outside of her professional responsibilities, Mikayla has personal interests that include the beach, boating, golf, traveling, and exploring food.

Alex Shannon is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He has been a financial professional since 1998 and holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™ (CRPC) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designations. Alex is committed to providing clients with tailored financial and retirement strategies to help them build a solid foundation for confident decision-making. With over 15 years of experience, Alex offers personalized strategies in areas including retirement planning, trust and estate planning in collaboration with clients' tax accountants and attorneys, long-term care strategies, life insurance strategies, wealth preservation, educational planning, managed strategies, financing purchases, transfer of wealth, and business succession planning. He emphasizes a hands-on approach to ensure clients' short-term and long-term goals are met. Alex graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, emphasizing finance. He grew up in the St. Louis area and resides in Washington, MO with his wife and two children. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and involved in his church community.