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Michelle Mahoney, CFP®

Examiner · DISC type sc
Senior Vice President at CAPTRUST
📍 West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Michelle is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Manager at CAPTRUST, specializing in tax-focused, holistic financial planning. A Certified Financial Planner with a BBA from Iowa State University, she co-founded the all-women firm Generations Wealth Management in 2009, merging with CAPTRUST in 2022 after building it for over a decade.

Outside of work, she is an active community member, involved with Financial Executive Women (DSM FEW) and serving on the Blank Park Zoo investment committee. Michelle enjoys traveling, paddleboarding, and hiking in National Parks with her family and friends.

After two decades in corporate America, she co-founded her own successful wealth management firm as a working mom.

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Experience
38 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President
Job Level
Leadership
Location
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Personality Overview

How Michelle shows up

Status Quo Seeker
Overcautious
Late Adopter

They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Michelle cares about

Holistic Wealth Management
Her core professional focus involves creating streamlined and tax-efficient portfolios to meet clients' personal, family, and charitable goals.
Female Entrepreneurship
She co-founded an all-women firm, Generations Wealth Management, with her business partner after they both spent two decades in corporate America as working moms.
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Career

Work history

11-2022
Senior Vice President
CAPTRUST
10-2009 - 11-2022
Co-Owner
Generations Wealth Management
9-1995 - 5-2009
Vice President
Wells Fargo Private Bank
1-1989 - 4-1995
Vice President, Corporate Finance
Deutsche Bank North America
6-1987 - 1-1989
Accounting Specialist
GE Client Business Services
In the press

Media appearances

Making Sense of Cents – Interview with Michelle Mahoney, CFP®, Senior Vice President at CAPTRUST. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Education
1983 - 1987
BBA
Iowa State University - Ivy College of Business
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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