Dana Locniskar is Managing Director and Private Wealth Advisor at Merrill Private Wealth Management. Since joining Merrill Lynch in 1970, he has built an investment group with extensive experience in wealth management for high-net-worth individuals, family offices and institutions. He focuses on wealth management, concentrated stock strategies, philanthropic planning, estate planning and trust services. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Locniskar is highly involved in community and philanthropic activities and is an avid volunteer for more than 25 years with Cornerstone Schools.
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Locniskar works with business owners, corporate executives, philanthropists and charitable foundations with their most complex financial and investment challenges.
Their multi-generational legacy team helps client families streamline the complexities of significant wealth.
Their structure and approach nurture each family's long-term legacy through customized advice and guidance.
RECOGNITIONS
Forbes America's Top Wealth Advisors, 2016–2024
Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2018–2024
Forbes America's Top Wealth Management Teams, 2025
Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams, 2025
Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2009–2024
Financial Times Top 400 Financial Advisors, 2013–2014, 2017–2020
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT