Kathy Hobart:  

After High School, I attended Mt. Hood CC, then went on to Oregon State (joined Delta Gamma Sorority there - had fun and kept track of other DDHS grads who also attended OSU.) After College I moved to Seattle and started my career with Frederick & Nelson (one of Seattle's major department stores.) I was in their Executive Training Program which lead to a buying position. Great job, crummy hours - and traveled to most major cities. Loved the travel as you might imagine. Young, single, seeing the world and all.....being wined and dined at the most amazing places! Moved back to Portland and worked as a Buyer for Meier & Frank for a couple of years, then off to Phoenix. Married my first husband Roy whom I'd met while we were both working for Frederick & Nelson - he was a Store Managaer there. As a Buyer, it was pretty easy for me to move with him, following his career. After Phoenix, was a stop in Michigan before we returned to the Northwest. Roy's career was set, he was promoted to Director of Stores, back at Frederick and Nelsen of all places, which was his dream. I decided there had to be more than Retail - and it was my turn to figure things out. I knew I wanted to some how make a difference in the world or in peoples lives. Oh to be young and dream........ I'd always enjoyed math, people, and planning, however it seemed I never had any time for myself or my friends or family working in Retail. You work all the Holidays and three day weekends because those are prime sales events! It had gotten old after, 8 years!! I joined Egghead Discount Software when they were just getting started and prior to them going public as the Director of In Store Presentation. That was a transitional position while I was figuring out what I really wanted to do. It seemed natural to change careers and to enter the financial services field. So in 1987 I joined Dean Witter which became Morgan Stanley, then moved in 1999 to PaineWebber which becaume UBS. Was promoted to Senior Vice President when I joined the firm, and that had been one of my milestone goals! Recently (Feb. of 2009) I joined Smith Barney which then became Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Along the way I took time to earned an advanced professional designation through the Investment Management Consultants Association & The Wharton School. (Always have enjoyed learning new things.) So - what they say is true "what goes around, comes around." I've come full circle!! I'm back at Morgan Stanley. My recent move has enabled me to move my practice to the Eastside of Seattle, from downtown Seattle. Saves me an hour each day in commute time since Chuck and I live out in Snoqualmie on "The Ridge". Boy, a lot has changed in 23+ years in the industry!! I still have a passion for my profession and love what I do! I basically help people live a worry free life. (Give me a call or Google my name to visit my website if you would like to have a conversation with me about how I might be able to help you!) May 2018 my Team and I moved to our final destination - Raymond James. We were recruited to open their new branch (opening Fall if 2018) ...Expand for more