First Light Wealth Advisors is an independently owned, fee based, wealth management firm providing planning and investment advisory services. Our recommendations are objective and centered on assisting clients with achieving their goals. Our professionals collaborate with you to develop, implement and monitor a financial plan tailored to meet your distinct needs.
We strive to define clear and realistic goals to meet the unique and exacting needs of our clients. There’s no ‘one size fits all’ here. We work closely with each and every relationship to help them better envision their financial future.
Before making any recommendations, we take the time to truly know our clients and make it a priority to build meaningful partnerships with those who have entrusted their future with us.
Our process consists of:
With decades of experience, we understand the importance of preserving and growing wealth and will partner with you to provide guidance, advice and solutions every step of the way.
Our focus is to partner with our clients to protect their assets and provide them with peace of mind. We maintain a philosophy of attentive client service and preserving capital while providing meaningful growth opportunities. We coordinate a diverse range of customized services into a comprehensive and cohesive goal-driven plan that includes a concierge-style approach to:
As a true solution provider, we help prioritize goals and guide our clients to stay on track to meet them. Ultimately, we define our success by the successes our clients. We take pride and care deeply about the specific needs of each client and have the depth and experience to meet those needs.
I actually began my business career with my own swimming pool construction firm shortly after college. I’ve always had an interest in finance and helping business owners like myself. I built my career as financial advisor with Northwest Mutual that spanned over 30 years, and was awarded one of the first “under 30 agency owners”. Most recently, I’ve managed an Ameriprise Financial Service office in northern NJ.
My personal interests include spending time with my family and on a tennis court working on my serve.
I’ve been fortunate to receive early guidance from my father, and followed in the family tradition in the financial advice industry. My focus is to guide our firm’s operations and strategy. My goal is to ensure that we’re serve clients with the highest level of personal support while leveraging the technology most effective and efficiently.
I received my education from Seton Hall University, and Bergen Catholic High School. My personal interests include boating/offshore fishing and I am a licensed captain.
Milly DiGangi joined FLWA in 2017, bringing with her over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. As the Operation Manager she supports and maintains the day-to-day operations of the firm in a variety of capacities including a full range of administrative support, client onboarding, account maintenance and reporting.
In her free time, Milly enjoys boating, hiking, working out and spending time with her friends, family and furbaby.
Leveraging Our Partnerships
At First Light Wealth Advisors we have assembled the right alliances to best serve your needs. Learn more about these valued partners below.
Schwab Advisor Services, is the custody, trading and support services of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”) and is the leading provider of those services to independent investment advisors. Since 1987, Schwab has provided independent advisors with the platform, products, programs and resources they need to serve their clients and grow their businesses efficiently and effectively. As a registered broker-dealer and a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), Schwab is subject to certain regulations intended to protect assets held in brokerage accounts maintained at Schwab. Schwab wants clients to have the highest level of confidence when doing business with them, so they offer this guarantee The Schwab Security Guarantee – Schwab will cover 100% of any losses in any of your Schwab accounts due to unauthorized activity.
Learn more about how Schwab protects for your securities here.
Founded in 2007, RIA WorkSpace is a division of InhouseCIO with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, servicing RIA and financial advisory clients nationwide. We are a team of professionals focused on providing security, cloud, and managed IT services and platforms customized to the wealth management industry. Our passion is to provide personalized enterprise-level IT services to small- and medium-sized RIA and financial advisory firms that are largely ignored and underserved. We redefine wealth management IT services by utilizing “Fortune 500” strategies paired with our Managed IT and Cloud Platform powered by Microsoft, which is tailor-made for RIAs and financial advisors to proactively manage and support their IT infrastructure. No matter the size of your RIA or financial advisory firm, we provide a complete solution offering proactive IT services, top-level security, and responsive IT support.
Learn more here.
Founded in 2003, Redtail Technology is a leading provider of web-based Client Relationship Management (CRM), compliant text messaging solutions (Redtail Speak), paperless office, and email archiving solutions in the financial services industry. The company is dedicated to helping advisors efficiently grow their firms by providing them with the core technologies that drive their day-to-day operations, offering low cost and easy to implement applications and integrating with many of the industry’s most widely used applications. As a pioneer in the financial technology industry, Redtail is committed to providing advisors exceptional customer service and strives to contribute in meaningful ways.
Learn more here.
Morningstar Advisor Workstation is a leading provider of independent investment insights in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers and owners, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data.
Learn more here.
MarketCounsel Consulting is the leading business and regulatory compliance consultancy to the country's preeminent independent investment advisers throughout all stages of their lifecycle. From its roots in 2000, MarketCounsel has been steadfast in its mission to deliver solutions to the most substantial challenges faced by entrepreneurs in this fast-growing and highly-regulated industry and it has emerged as one of its most effective advocates. From the initial launch of an adviser to its regulatory compliance management platform, and from its business growth to its succession strategies, MarketCounsel consistently delivers trusted counsel within an extraordinary service experience by leveraging the finest minds in the industry, advanced technologies and sound business processes.
Learn more here.
Orion is a wealthtech powerhouse delivering an integrated suite of fully connected, disruptive technology and investment solutions on an open architecture platform. Their tech-enabled fiduciary process empowers to connect planning goals to investment strategies, and help achieve each investor’s unique definition of financial success.
Learn more here.
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While every conversation is different, you should expect to cover some general information and get a sense of what it’s like to collaborate with us.
A Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) is an advisor or firm engaged in the investment advisory business and registered either with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or state securities authorities. RIAs have a fiduciary duty to their clients, which means they have a fundamental obligation to provide suitable investment advice and always act in their clients' best interests.
A fiduciary is a person or organization that owes to another the duties of good faith and trust. The highest legal duty of one party to another, it also involves being bound ethically to act in the other's best interests.
Many independent advisory firms are owned by the individual advisors who run them, so they forge deep, personal relationships and have a strong sense of accountability to their clients.
Source: Schwab Advisor Services: 5 key benefits of independent financial advisors