PATRICIA A. BELL Patricia Bell is a Senior Vice President-Investments with Merrill Lynch in the Short Hills, New Jersey, office. She joined Merrill Lynch in 1980 as a Financial Consultant and recently celebrated 25 years with the firm.
Ms. Bell's team currently manages approximately $500 million in assets. Her business focuses on extensive high-net-worth wealth management including, but not limited to, estate planning, charitable giving, retirement planning, wealth transfer and tax management.
Ms. Bell was featured in R.J. Shook's 2005 book, The Winner's Circle IV, Wealth Management Insights From America's BEST Financial Advisors (Chapter 5), and in 2004 and 2005 made Barron's list of the Top 100 Financial Advisors in the country. She was also featured in the 2005-2006 Financial Resources Guide from Garden State Woman Magazine and the March 2005 issue of New Jersey Monthly.
Ms. Bell is a Trustee on the Board of the Montclair Art Museum and on the Board of Trustees of the Garden State Arts Center Foundation. She is also on the Board of the Women's Fund of New Jersey. Ms. Bell has twice been honored with the YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award, and in 2005 she received an Advocate for the Arts Award from Aljira, a Newark New Jersey based Contemporary Art space.
Ms. Bell graduated from of the University of Colorado where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Economics and spent her junior year at the University of Lancaster, England. Ms. Bell has a 18-year old son, Douglas, who attends Tufts University in Boston.
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