Our profile

MOVING FROM SUCCESS TO SIGNIFICANCE.

Financial Planning is why we exist—to help our clients achieve their highest levels of confidence and make the biggest Impact possible on their family and community. We will help you identify your family’s most meaningful goals and working through an intentional, proven process to achieve them. We believe that in order to help you make the biggest Impact, it’s critical that we go beyond investments, which is where the majority of our industry stops. Comprehensive goal and scenario based planning drives the biggest Impact—where you not only bring to us items you want to address, but our team proactively brings to you items that will be helpful to address (including gaps and opportunities not previously identified), based on our experience working with families in a similar position to your current one, as well as families in situations that might be aspirational to where you want to go.

What is the full potential Impact of your wealth? The answer involves more than your balance sheets and cash flow statements; the full answer incorporates your family members, your family story, your community, your principles and values, your goals, and your assets. This is where intentional planning comes in, bringing it all together, and enhancing the Impact of your wealth.

Areas of focus

  • Tax Planning Strategies
  • Retirement Planning Strategies
  • Social Security Retirement Benefits
  • Intergenerational Planning
  • Investment Management
  • Women's Financial Strategies
  • Charitable Giving Strategies
  • Executive Compensation and Benefit Strategies
  • Sustainable and Responsible Investing
  • Financial Strategies for LGBTQ Couples and Families
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • Business Retirement Plans
  • Domestic Partner Planning
  • Saving for Education
  • Wealth Preservation Strategies

Awards & recognition

  • Heritage Wealth Advisors, Barron's Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams, 2024-2026
  • Heritage Wealth Advisors, Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2023-2026
  • Erin Scannell, Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2018-2019, 2021-2026
  • Randall Linde, Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2020-2022, 2024-2026
  • Colin Sands, Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2018-2024
  • Erin Scannell, Forbes Top 250 Wealth Advisors, 2016-2026
  • Erin Scannell, Barron's Top 100 Financial Advisors, 2026
  • Heritage Wealth Advisors, Barron's Top 100 Private Wealth Management Teams, 2021-2023
  • Erin Scannell, Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2014-2024

Community participation

Finn, Dane, and Anika delivering care packages to homeless
Finn, Dane, and Anika delivering care packages to homeless

Making an Impact in our communities is part of our Mission and we do this in 3 ways: team and individual volunteer work, team fundraisers, and Planned Philanthropic Giving with our clients. As a team, we participate in the KING 5 and Northwest Harvest Home Team Harvest (to raise food and money to feed the hungry in the Seattle area) and the annual weeklong Giving Campaign. Additionally, our CEO, Erin Scannell is part of the Big Brother, Big Sisters organization and has been with his "little brother" for 12 years. He also regularly does financial workshops for kids at local under-privileged elementary, middle, and high schools.

Honored to be recognized in Forbes

All of us at Heritage Wealth Advisors are proud to share that our team has been included on the 2026 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams list. This list recognizes teams who excel at helping clients focus on their long-term financial goals – And we’re proud to say that is our No. 1 priority. Thank you to our clients for your loyalty and for the opportunity to continue to serve you.