Maura Brown

Maura Brown serves as Vice President for Highland. She started in the financial services industry in 1986. Maura specializes in financial, business, and estate planning.

Prior to Highland, Maura spent several years in distribution management developing financial advisors in their practices as a Managing Director. During that time, she also served as president of the local Life Underwriters Association, as well as the General Agent and Managers Association (GAMA). She attended Advanced Estate and Business Planning courses at UCLA. In addition, Maura spent several years as a regional vice president helping advisors craft strategies for their clients to protect their clients’ existing assets and efficiently transfer wealth to the next generation.

Maura holds the designations of Chartered Financial Consultant® and Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF). She holds her state insurance license, as well as FINRA Securities Industry Essential, and the Series 6, 7, 9, 10, 26, and 63.

Maura was widowed at an early age and learned the value of having a solid plan in place firsthand. She’s passionate about making sure advisors and their clients have a good understanding of how a long-term illness may affect their ability for their family to be financially secure into retirement. Maura believes that properly protecting existing assets against the various risks in retirement is the key to a well-funded retirement and to maximize wealth transfer to the next generation.