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Lisa Pauls is a First Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Lisa provides tailored financial strategies for clients who have diverse wealth management needs. She enjoys helping clients chart a clear and cohesive path forward for their financial lives, mindful of their long-term goals, cash-flow needs, family commitments, and philanthropic interests. Dedicated to client education, she looks to provide people with the insight and perspective they need to make informed financial decisions. Lisa pairs her outreach with precise implementation. Analytical by nature, she recognizes that careful attention to detail is critical to effective wealth management.

Lisa began her Merrill Lynch Wealth Management career in 2008. Previously, she spent eighteen years working as an executive for non-profit organizations. She earned her B.S. in Special Education from Indiana State University. Her longstanding interest in education aligns with her passion for fostering financial literacy across age groups and life stages. Lisa is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® certificant, a designation awarded by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. She also holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, CRPC® designation.

Lisa’s faith, family, and friends form the foundation for her life. Active in her church, she participates in Bible Study Fellowship, a worldwide interdenominational Bible study group. Lisa is also an active member of the Brazosport Rotary Club and the Lake Jackson Development Corporation. In her free time, she enjoys music, singing, reading, and travel.

Lisa and her husband Jeff live in Lake Jackson, Texas. Married since college, they have two adult children, Kristen and Justin, both of whom are married with children. Lisa relishes her time with her growing family.


 

  • LANGUAGES

    English

  • EDUCATION

    Indiana State University

Professional Staff

Supported by the global resources of Merrill, my team is comprised of talented and experienced individuals committed to building strong client relationships based on trust and personalized service.

Additional Resources

The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.

Alfred Hegyes

Wealth Management Banking Specialist

Merrill

Mary Elizabeth Murphy

Retirement Specialist

Bank of America, N.A.

Dianne Walter

Wealth Strategies Advisor

Bank of America, N.A.

Where do we begin? It starts with you.

At Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, your financial advisor focuses on the things you care about most- family, goals and priorities - even as they change over the years.

Understanding Your Life

Approach

Every relationship begins with a conversation, helping you identify and prioritize which goals matter most to you. Whether it's transferring wealth to the next generation, customizing your financial approach to help you pursue your passions, or providing advice and guidance to help you stay informed, I start by listening to learn more about you and your family.

Capabilities

Merrill’s process is designed to help deliver a customized, comprehensive experience to assist you not only in wealth accumulation and preservation, but in areas that go beyond investments. Providing you with access to the investment insights of Merrill, trust and fiduciary services from Bank of America Private Bank, and the banking and lending solutions of Bank of America offers a way to help you manage all of the pieces of your financial life. Working one-on-one with a Merrill advisor means you have a single point of contact to help you with potential strategies for transferring wealth to the younger generation.

Focus On Individuals, Families and Small Businesses

I believe that financial success can be achieved when you’re able to make investment-related decisions and trade-offs that can help you reach personally meaningful goals. Whether you’re planning your retirement, saving to buy a home or funding a child’s education, the process begins by getting to know you and how you feel about the following:

  • Health: Managing healthcare expenses, now and in the future
  • Home: Upsizing, downsizing, remodeling or buying a vacation home
  • Family: Taking care of your family and other people in your life
  • Leisure: Spending your free time in meaningful ways
  • Giving: Volunteering, mentoring others and giving to charities
  • Work: Working in retirement, selling or starting a business
  • Finance: Bringing it all together and defining your financial goals

Success will be measured by the amount of progress you are making toward reaching your goals, making thoughtfully considered adjustments as events and conditions warrant.

This material should be regarded as general or educational information on healthcare or Social Security considerations and is not intended to provide specific healthcare or social security advice. If you have questions regarding your particular situation, please contact your legal or tax advisor.

Your approach to investing

Drawing upon research in the field of behavioral finance, Merrill developed the Investment Personality Assessment to help us get to know you better as an investor and potentially help you refine your own investing preferences. By gaining a deeper understanding of how you think and feel about investing through this assessment, we can customize the financial approach we develop together to help you pursue what matters most to you. Our Investment Personality Assessment is one of the ways to help us get to know you - to understand your goals and priorities. These questions will help us provide you with additional insights and resources.

Understanding your goals and priorities

Your life and goals change. We have tools to help you keep track of these changes so they can be reflected in your financial approach.

Philosophy

I believe the best financial approach is the one that helps you pursue your goals. That's why, from the start, we talk about your aspirations and encourage you to ask questions about issues that matter most to you. Calculating how to manage future health care expenses? College on the horizon? Considering the sale of a business or purchase of a home? Preparing to pass your wealth to future generations? It all starts with a plan intended to help you manage, grow, and preserve your wealth today, while also considering the impact it can have for years to come. With access to the investment insights of Merrill and banking solutions from Bank of America, I will work with you to develop an approach designed to help address your financial needs.

Welcome

Lisa works with individuals, families, and institutions to identify their financial concerns and devise integrated tactics to pursue their objectives. Her approach is extremely personalized and robust. As Lisa explains, “I believe in spending significant time with clients. I recognize that each person or institution has specific needs; I take the time to learn about these issues in detail, encompassing more than balance sheets or account totals to appreciate the people and organizations behind the wealth.”

Lisa works with a diverse clientele, including engineers and executives in the oil and chemical industries; physicians, dentists, attorneys, and other professionals; business owners; multi-generational families; and non-profit organizations. Some of the clients she serves have undergone significant transitions—the death of a spouse, a divorce, or retirement. She brings a sensitivity and deep-seated interest in their wellbeing that bolsters support at critical times. “I believe clients know they can rely on me; when difficult issues arise, I have their back,” Lisa says.

Investment management constitutes a key area of Lisa’s service. She assesses a client’s risk tolerance, time horizons, investment preferences, and life goals, selecting financial strategies that align with client parameters. And she recognizes that needs change. Through regular meetings and discussions—both formal and informal—she stays apprised of life events to maintain a nimble approach to the capital markets. “I look to select financial strategies that are a good fit for each client,” Lisa explains. “Investment management isn’t all that I do, but it is an important part of my outreach.”

Lisa is a proponent of long-term strategy, asking—and addressing—challenging questions. “Sound wealth management establishes a framework that marries foresight with thoughtful action,” Lisa asserts. “Being a Financial Advisor allows me to help people in meaningful ways by organizing and simplifying their financial lives.”

Staying on Track

We understand that both your life and the financial markets can change over time. By checking in to discuss changes in your life and revisiting your financial approach, our goal is to help you stay on track to achieve what's most important to you.



Reviews to help you
stay on track

We’ll meet with you to review your goals and the progress you’ve made toward reaching them. We’ll also discuss any adjustments needed to your financial approach to help you stay on course.



    Changes in your life
    and to your goals

    Your life and goals change. As these changes occur, we can update your approach to reflect them.

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      Let’s Have a Conversation

      Helping you reach your goals starts with getting to know you personally. Through understanding what matters most to you, together I can help you create a financial approach that reflects your personality. Only then can I offer an approach that is built around your life priorities and the advice you need to help you address fluctuations in the market and changes in your life. Let’s work together to help you achieve your goals.

      Why Merrill?

      As Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisors, we will sort through the financial complexities of your life, helping you build a customized investment approach to address your needs and pursue your goals.


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      Learn more about the dedicated one-on-one relationship you can have with a Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor.

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      For every question you have, every decision you make and every answer you need, we are with you to listen and help guide you along the many paths your life can take. Watch this video to see some questions we can address together.


      The Power of the Right Advisor®
      Working with a dedicated Merrill advisor means you get personalized investment strategies from Merrill plus access to comprehensive financial solutions only Bank of America can deliver.

      Personalized advice from a dedicated financial advisor.

      We get to know you and your family, your financial situation and what matters most to you.

      A comprehensive approach, built around your life’s priorities.

      Drawing from our experience and the best thinking of Merrill, together we will design an approach that reflects your unique needs, priorities and financial situation.

      Adjusting your investment approach as your life and the markets change.

      We will work to help you stay on track, regardless of what the markets are doing.