Meet your Mesirow Wealth Management team

We serve our clients through a personal, individualized approach to reaching financial goals, helping build comprehensive wealth plans and guiding important financial decisions through changing markets.

Brandon Kerndt

AAMS®

Managing Director, Wealth Advisor
Wealth Management
Ankush Dhanda
Client Relationship Specialist
Wealth Management
Sumit L. Desai

CFA

Managing Director, Director of Research
Wealth Management
Rebecca Solomon

J.D., LL.M.

Senior Vice President, Estate Planning Specialist
Wealth Management

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We invest in what matters

Helping students become successful adults

For many years, Brandon was actively involved with College Bound Opportunities (CBO). Their mission is to mentor, empower and inspire, first-generation scholars to overcome barriers, graduate college and achieve success in life.

Through his past association with CBO, he mentored a student, Nic Roti, through high school and college and has stayed in touch ever since. Nic is now the host of Just Another Year Chicago, a Chicago Bears podcast trending on youtube.

Giving back to his alma mater

Brandon is an active member of the University of Illinois Football Alumni and spends time participating and supporting various alumni activities throughout the year.

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Financial planning insights

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Legacy checklist

This checklist is designed to help guide you through a variety of tasks when you lose a loved one

Four reasons to start investing your HSA assets

If you can afford to cover your family’s health care costs out-of-pocket (without spending your Health Savings Account (“HSA”), consider investing those HSA assets instead!

IRA tax smarts

Your IRA most likely represents a significant portion of your long-term retirement savings and can also play an important role in annual tax planning.

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