Team profile


Personalized financial and investment strategies

Let us help you build and preserve your wealth with a personalized investment strategy. With our experience providing ongoing financial advice and asset management strategies, we can help you formulate an approach to help strengthen your portfolio’s potential, meet your financial goals and suit your risk tolerance. Our goal is to prepare your portfolio to help meet all market conditions, and regularly review and adapt your strategy as your life changes. Using our exclusive Confident Retirement® approach, we’ll work together to help you feel more confident, connected, and in control of your financial life. Want to learn more? We’re happy to meet for a complimentary initial consultation whenever it’s convenient for you. Request a consultation

Areas of focus

  • Women's Financial Strategies
  • Investment Management
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • Retirement Plan Distribution
  • Intergenerational Planning
  • Retirement Planning Strategies
  • Retirement Income Strategies
  • Sustainable and Responsible Investing
  • Investments
  • Charitable Giving
  • Wealth Preservation Strategies
  • Social Security Retirement Benefits
  • Saving for Education
  • Family Finances
  • Insurance
  • Tax Planning Strategies

Awards & recognition

  • Paula J Dougherty, Forbes Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Achieve Private Wealth, Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2023, 2024
  • Achieve Private Wealth, Ameriprise Client Experience Award, 2023

Community participation

  • Cox Health Foundation
  • Ozarks Food Harvest
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
  • The Women's Empowerment Network
  • Missouri State University, Finance & General Business