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Christopher White is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1992 and joined Merrill Lynch in 2008. Christopher is a partner in RGRWT & Associates and focuses on working with high-net-worth individuals and their families to build, preserve, and transfer wealth across generations. He holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designation awarded by the College for Financial Planning and a Bachelor's degree from SUNY College at Brockport. His expertise includes divorce transition planning, family wealth management strategies, legacy planning, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, portfolio management services, small business strategies, individual and corporate investment strategy, and retirement income. Christopher has served in leadership roles on boards for several local nonprofit organizations including the YMCA, United Memorial Medical Center Foundation, United Way, and Leadership Genesee. He lives in Batavia, New York, with his wife and has two grown daughters. His personal interests include baseball, football, gardening, golfing, reading, and spending time with family.

John Riter is the Senior Resident Director of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management’s Batavia, New York office and managing partner of the RGRWT Group. He began his career as a financial advisor in 1987 after earning a bachelor's degree from the John Wiley Jones School of Business at SUNY Geneseo. John holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designations. As managing partner of the RGRWT Group, John leads a team of six financial advisors, an investment associate, and three client service associates, collectively bringing over 135 years of experience. The group serves clients across 35 states and seven countries, focusing on family wealth management strategies, personal retirement planning, and small business strategies. John’s approach combines the resources of a global organization with personalized service rooted in small-town values. John has a longstanding commitment to his community, including over 30 years of involvement with the GLOW YMCA in Batavia, where he is currently chairing the initiative to build a new facility that will anchor a Healthy Living Campus. He has also been a member of the Batavia Rotary Club for more than 20 years, serving on its board of directors multiple times. John and his wife Liz have been married for 33 years and have two adult children, Mitchell and Kathryn.