Andrew L. Camden

Andrew L. Camden

    • Financial Advisor
    • Managing Director - Investments
    Career
    Prior to joining Wells Fargo Advisors in September of 2015, Mr. Camden had been with JPMorgan’s Private Bank and its predecessors since 1966.  He is the senior member of the Kercheval Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisor’s high net worth team.

    Community
    Mr. Camden’s professional and community memberships include:
    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Board Member
    Detroit Institute of Arts, Emeritus Board Member
    Chairman Emeritus & Board Member, Museum Trustee Association, Baltimore, MD
    Chautauqua Foundation, Chautauqua, NY, Board Member
    Past Chairman and Life Board Member, Planned Parenthood of Michigan
    Past Chairman, Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art, Detroit Institute of Arts
    Past Chairman, Founders Junior Council, Detroit Institute of Arts
    Past Director and Officer, Detroit Artists Market
    Past Co-Chairman, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Art Committee
    Member, Old Newsboys’ Goodfellow Fund of Detroit
    Member, Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit
    Tannahill Planned Giving Advisory Council, Detroit Institute of Arts, Board Member
    Legal, Financial and Network Committees of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
    Henry Ford Cottage Hospital Council of Advisors
    Leadership Detroit Alumni Association
    A Single Sole Suicide Prevention Program, Executive Committee
    Member, The HELM, Planned Giving Advisory Committee 

    Education
    Mr. Camden received his B.A. in Finance from Michigan State University and his M.B.A. from the University of Detroit.  He is a graduate of the National Graduate Trust School, 
    Northwestern University, and he is also a graduate of Leadership Detroit IV.
    Mark Wojtas

    Mark Wojtas

      • Financial Advisor
      • Managing Director - Investments
      Career
      Mark started his career as an associate with National Bank of Detroit in the 401K & Profit-Sharing Group in 1987.  He spent the next eight years in various roles of increasing responsibility and was manager of the department when he left to join the Master Trust Group as a Trust Administrator in 1995.

      Mark joined The Private Banking and Investment Group of what was then First Chicago NBD in 1997.  Over the next 18 years, Mark held several different positions and roles at what is now J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank working with high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients.  He focused on holistic wealth management and provided investment management services, liability management, estate planning and banking services.

      After 28 years with J.P. Morgan, Mark and his closest associates departed from J.P. Morgan and formed a practice at Wells Fargo Advisors.  Mark and his team continue to provide financial services to high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients.  They created a family office environment which provides advice and service to help their clients meet their financial objectives and legacy goals.

      Community
      Mark is a member of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metro Detroit.   He is a past member of Economic Club of Traverse City and Grand Traverse Area Estate Planning Council.  He has participated in numerous, Paint the Town and Habitat for Humanity events.

      Education
      Mark received his B.A. in Fine Art and his M.B.A. from Wayne State University.  He is also a graduate of Cannon Trust School and has earned a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA) designation.
      CA Insurance Lic. # 0M11048, Resident state MI
      Eric Machus

      Eric Machus

        • Financial Advisor
        • Managing Director - Investments
        • PIM Portfolio Manager
        Career

        Eric joined Wells Fargo Advisors as part of the Kercheval Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, after six years at J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank advising high-net worth individuals and families.  As an Executive Director he focused on investments and managing client portfolios within the broader framework of estate planning and wealth advisory. 

        Prior to J.P. Morgan Eric worked as a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at R.H. Bluestein & Co.  In addition, Eric worked for Ford Motor Company on its Finance and Treasury Staff.

        After more than 20 years of investment and finance experience Eric joined with his closest associates in founding the Kercheval Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors.  They provide financial and investment advice and services to high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients.  The Family Office setting enables the combination of individually tailored investment and estate planning strategies orchestrated in concert in an effort to achieve our clients’ financial objectives and legacy goals.

        Education

        Eric received an M.B.A. from the Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University in 2002 and B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado in 1996.

        Community

        Eric has been active with a Detroit youth program Racquet Up Detroit.  He is a past Director and Treasurer of the Birmingham Athletic Club.
        Blake Anthony Ellis

        Blake Anthony Ellis

          • Private Wealth Financial Advisor
          • Managing Director - Investments
          Career

          Blake started his career as an associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Personal Financial Group in 2004.  At PwC, Blake concentrated on tax and estate planning for high-net-worth families as well as tax compliance and planning for flow through entities and other privately owned corporations (not currently offering these services).  Blake also worked with the Investment Advisory Group at PwC which at the time, managed investment portfolios for a select group of clients. Blake earned his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation during his tenure at PwC and now is no longer practicing this service. 

          In 2009, Blake joined J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank.  At J.P. Morgan Blake worked with high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients.  He focused on holistic wealth management and provided investment management services, liability management, estate planning and banking services through affiliate partners.

          After six years with J.P. Morgan, Blake and his closest associates departed from J.P. Morgan and formed a group through Wells Fargo Advisors.  As a Private Wealth Financial Advisor, Blake and his team continue to provide financial services to high-net-worth and ultra-high net worth clients.  They created a family office which provides advice and service to help their clients meet their financial objectives and legacy goals.  He leverages access to Wells Fargo affiliate products and services such as Wealth Planning, Private Banking, Trust and Fiduciary Services, and Insurance as well as various customized and more traditional lending products.
           
          Community

          Blake has been actively involved with the Detroit Institute of Arts for close to a decade.  He served on the DIA’s Founders Junior Council board for six years where he was Treasurer and President for two years.  Blake also had the unique experience of serving on the Search Committee for the new Director of the DIA.  Blake currently serves on the Investment Committee for the museum.  The Henry Ford Estate Committee is another group in which Blake previously volunteered.  The committee worked on fundraising and friend raising efforts for the Henry Ford Estate in Dearborn, MI.  Furthermore, for years Blake volunteered for the intercity youth program, Racquet Up Detroit.

          Education

          Blake received his B.A. from Indiana University with a triple major in Finance, Accounting, and International Studies and graduated Magna Cum Laude.  He received his M.B.A from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
          Noah Robinson

          Noah Robinson

          • CPWA
          • Financial Advisor
          • First Vice President - Investments
          Since starting his career in 2004, Noah has built extensive experience in wealth management for high-net-worth individuals, multi-generational wealth planning and comprehensive investment planning. Noah focuses on wealth management, concentrated stock strategies, philanthropic planning, trust and estate planning strategies.

          Noah is a First Vice President – Investments with the Kercheval Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors. The Kercheval Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors’ clients are high-net-worth families, business owners, corporate executives, multi-generational families and non-profit foundations. Advanced planning requires a collaborative effort. The Kercheval Financial Group works with their client's most trusted advisors in order to provide sound and effective advice. Throughout the team's career, they have assisted with the implementing complex legacy planning techniques for some of the wealthiest families in Michigan and around the country, from basic, to sophisticated legacy planning strategies, such as taking advantage of discounts associated with minority interests in family LLCs, managing cascading grantor retained annuity trusts, establishing generation skipping trusts, funding charitable tax advantaged trusts and countless other techniques.

          Noah earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Michigan State University, his Masters of Science in Finance from Walsh College and holds the Certified Private Wealth Advisor® (CPWA®) designation. He holds his Series 7 and 65 registrations along with life, accident and health insurance licenses.

          Noah resides in Royal Oak, Michigan along with his wife, Zeina, and their three daughters: Audrey, Gabrielle and Sophie. He serves on the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation’s advisory council, board member for Blessings in a Backpack Michigan – Royal Oak, and is a former President of the Rotary Club of Royal Oak.
          F. James Robinson III

          F. James Robinson III

            • Client Associate
            Career
            Rob started his career in the Commercial Loan Dept. as a loan officer trainee at National Bank of Detroit. After successfully completing the 2 year program, he spent 2 years as a Regional Lending Officer before joining the International Division in 1980. His 13 years in that division included 5 years on the Mexico desk and 8 years in the International Corporate Group. In 1993, Rob accepted a position in the Middle Market Corporate lending group, which had established an office in Schaumburg, ILL in 1990. In late 1995, Rob was transferred back to Michigan to work in the Private Bank and Investment Group at First Chicago—NBD Bank as a Trust Officer. 

            Over the next 20 years, Rob worked as a trust administrator and wealth transfer advisor for long established clients of NBD Bank, Bank One, and ultimately JPMorgan Private Bank.  In December, 2016, after 39 years with JPMorgan and predecessor organizations, Rob joined the Wells Fargo Advisors Grosse Pointe Farms office – reuniting with several individuals that he had worked closely with during the last 20 years at JPMorgan. Rob was primarily raised in Grosse Pointe Farms, and returned to the community in 1976 after completing his Graduate Business School degree. 

            Community
            Rob is a long-time member of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metro Detroit and the Detroit Historical Society. He is a past member of the Rotary Club of Grosse Pointe and the Detroit Economic Club. He is also currently involved in committees related to several programs for expansion and membership initiatives at the Country Club of Detroit. 

            Education
            Rob received his BA in Psychology at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. and his MBA from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He is also a graduate of Cannon Trust School.
            Ariana Dickerson
            Senior Client Associate
            Mary Cox
            Senior Registered Client Associate
            Maureen Tarquinio
            Senior Registered Client Associate
             
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            Ariana, Mary, and Maureen are an integral part of our group. Mary and Maureen joined Wells Fargo Advisors to be part of our team and had previously worked with us at JPMorgan Private Bank and its predecessors. Ariana joined the team in 2020 and previously supported many other teams within Wells Fargo Advisors.  Together they have over 85 years of combined experience in providing service to our clients. Ariana, Mary, and Maureen manage our clients’ on-going requests for money movement, account opening and maintenance, statement requests and tax information.