Kristin O'Keeffe Merrick | O'Keeffe Financial Partners | Financial Advisors & Wealth Management
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Kristin is passionate about helping her clients manifest and achieve their life goals. She has over 22 years of investment experience, having spent the first part of her career as a sales trader in the foreign exchange and emerging markets at various international banks, and serving most recently as Vice President at Morgan Stanley. This invaluable experience has provided Kristin with a great deal of perspective when it comes to markets and investments.

Kristin has chosen to use her background and experience towards the empowerment of individuals, families, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations in the challenging world of finance. She is a hands-on advisor and money expert, She devotes most of her time working with women entrepreneurs and executives to provide them with creative financial strategies and solutions.

She is a firm believer in financial literacy and is a frequent contributor to the Today Show, NBC News, CNBC as well as publications like Bustle, Refinery29, InStyle, Forbes and The Skimm. She has spoken at companies such as Forbes, Twitter, Warby Parker, Worth about the importance of financial empowerment.
Kristin is the Co-Founder of Women Work F#cking Hard which is an organization that helps women help other women through meaningful connection and thought leadership. Kristin is also a long-standing board member of the Ridgewood YMCA where she serves as board secretary.

She is a 2001 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business. She also holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning with a specialization in International Development from New York University.

She resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey with her husband Kevin and their energetic boys, William and Charles. She is also obsessed with her dog Winnie.