Christy Charise

After earning her B.S. at Cornell University, Christy started her career at Goldman Sachs in their Fixed Income Division, and spent time covering both rates and credit sales and trading.  Leaving to pursue an MBA, she was selected as one of Cornell Business School’s 26 Park Leadership Fellows, in recognition of professional and academic excellence, dedication to community service and demonstrated leadership.

After completing her MBA, she joined Bain & Co. as a strategy consultant in their New York office, covering clients in both the general practice and their private equity group.  She later joined a CT-based, boutique consultancy, Casey Quirk, to focus exclusively on strategy work for public and private asset managers and hedge funds.

The practice boasts consistent Forum, Eastern Region Top 10 and Northwestern Mutual Top 20 awards as well as being named among Worth Magazine’s Leading Advisors.  Justin’s practice was named among the inaugural Top 10 5-Star Pathfinder practices in the country – one of only 3 with $2m in each insurance premium and GDC – and was ranked #54 in the country among the Forbes Top Financial Security Professionals and #3 in Connecticut on their Best-In-State rankings for 2022.

Outside Saugatuck Financial, Christy’s consulting and coaching work has spanned from helping advisors in their first 5 years multiply their production, to improving and redesigning well-established top practices and their teams for continued, thoughtful growth.  She has also provided strategic consulting, facilitation, training, redesign, and transition support to both MD’s and MP’s alike.

Christy has completed the life coach training program through Robbins-Madanes Training, having studied under Tony Robbins and Chloe Madanes, as well as the curriculum required for certification as a Board Certified Coach through the Center for Credentialing and Education.

In her work with over 1500 financial advisors, she is most proud of the consistent 5-Star ratings and review from clients, and both the tangible and intangible results that work consistently drives.

Christy holds a BS from Cornell University and an MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell. She loves living in Westport, CT with her husband, two children, Austin and Ashley, two rescue bunnies and two mini-golden-doodle pups!  Aside from spending time with family and friends, Christy loves traveling, cooking, and a good cup of coffee.