Scott MacDonald is a Senior Vice President-Wealth Management, Senior Financial Advisor and earned the Certified Special Needs Advisor designation. Mr. MacDonald also earned the Senior Portfolio Manager designation in the PIA Program. He has been with Merrill Lynch over 28 years. Mr. MacDonald has been featured in a variety of publications on serving clients with disabilities, including the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Oakland Tribune, The Street.Com, AdvisorOne and a cover story in On Wall Street Magazine. He has been a consulting author and editor of attorney training manuals related to Special Needs Trusts. He has lectured extensively for various Bar and Consumer Attorney Associations, the Special Needs Alliance, the National Guardianship Association and the Professional Fiduciary Association of California. 

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At Merrill Lynch, our Advisors take a dynamic and individualized approach to helping clients address their financial needs. One that combines knowledge, experience and acumen with a deep understanding not just of a client’s goals, risk tolerance, liquidity needs and objectives, but of their lives, family, interests and passions. It’s an approach based on “know-how” and “know-you”, and truly reflects our philosophy of working closely with clients to help them live the lives they want and plan for the future. 

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