D6 – Investments Authorized By Statute: From FDIC Insurance To The Prudent Investor Act And The NEW & IMPROVED Fiduciary Income And Principal Act Rules

Donovan Filpi is a Wealth Management Advisor and First Vice President with the Special Needs Team at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Donovan works closely with clients in Orange County and San Diego, developing customized strategies to help them identify their life goals and pursue those objectives with clarity and resolve. He enjoys developing long-term relationships that attest to his deep-seated interest in the comfort and well-being of clients, their family members, and community.

Donovan has worked in financial services since 2005 and joined Merrill Lynch in 2006. He earned his B.A. in Psychology with a specialization in Business from UCLA. Donovan is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant, a designation awarded by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. He also holds the Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM designation awarded by the College for Financial Planning. He is also a recipient of the prestigious David Brady* award bestowed upon the Merrill employee who goes beyond expectations in his dedication to clients. Donovan also holds the Chartered Special Needs Counselor® designation.

Donovan lives in Vista, California, with his wife Jessica and their three children Luca, Gianni and Julie.

Francine Lee is a Senior Manager and the Business Leader for EY’s Fiduciary/Trust & Estate Accounting Services (“FTEAS”) team. FTEAS is a national practice with a team of over 30 professionals focused exclusively on the preparation of fiduciary/court accountings for banks, law firms, family offices, professional and individual fiduciaries across the country. FTEAS prepares over 2,000 accountings per year -everything from small special-needs trusts to billion-dollar-plus trusts and estates that may be the subject of complex litigation.

Francine brings over 25 years of experience creating income tax and estate planning solutions for High Net Worth clients and building platforms and products at industry leading organizations including BMO’s multi-family office CTC/myCFO, HSBC Private Bank, Goldman Sachs Family Office, Prudential Securities and Lehman Brothers. Francine began her career as a tax attorney in private practice focusing on income and estate tax planning.

Francine is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on fiduciary accountings, calculating fiduciary accounting income and fiduciary leading practices.

Francine holds a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law and Juris Doctor from Western New England School of Law. She is admitted to the New York State Bar