Amber Seale
CFP®, CLU®, CFDA™ , CPA
Financial Advisor
Senior Vice President, Investments
Amber has been in the financial services industry for over 20 years. She began her career at Ernst & Young, auditing some of the largest companies in the world. In 2001, she channeled her CPA background and inner spreadsheet to help families plan for their financial future. She enjoys serving Executives, Business Owners,Women, and High Net Worth families who appreciate her high-touch personal approach. She attended the Barron's Top Women's Advisors Summit and her efforts were recognized in 2019 by Forbes “Best-in-State Wealth Advisors”, Working Mother “Top Wealth Advisors”***, and in 2020 Forbes “America’s Top 1,000 Women Wealth Advisors.” ****
Personally, Amber enjoys spending time with her three daughters and does her best to find shoes that everyone likes! When she's not with the girls she enjoys yoga and on rare occasions, a weekend nap. With a passion to learn and a love of people, she and her husband formed Seale Wealth Management. Both met and graduated from the University of Texas in Austin. She graduated summa cum laude with both a Bachelor of Business and Masters in Professional Accounting.
Amber has served in many roles at Highland Park United Methodist Church and was on the host committee for Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center and the Clayton Dabney Foundation (benefiting kids with cancer). She loves participating in the National Charity League with her girls and is the Voice of Hope liaison. Amber was asked to be a panel speaker for Women Doing Well, an organization promoting philanthropic giving and is regularly invited to speak at National Raymond James conferences. She has been awarded a seat on both the firm’s Technology and Executive Councils, which meet with Raymond James top management team quarterly.
Amber has a heart for teaching women and making complex financial terms easy to understand. “It’s been a joy to be invited to teach Basics on Investments at HPISD and in the community over the last 18 years. I love seeing others eyes light up when they understand a topic they never enjoyed," Seale says.
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**Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® and CFP® in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
***The Forbes ranking of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors and Working Mother Top Wealth Advisors, both developed by SHOOK research are based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria and quantitative data. Forbes advisors must have a minimum of 7 years of experience, with Worker Mother Advisors must have a minimum of 5 years of experience with at least one child living under the age of 21 living at home. Ranking algorithm is based on factors like service models and investing process, client retention, revenue trends, compliance records,industry experience and those that encompass best practices in their practices and approach to working with clients. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. These rankings are not indicative of advisor's future performance, are not an endorsement, and may not be representative of individual clients'experience. Neither Raymond James nor any of its Financial Advisors or RIA firms pay a fee in exchange for these awards/ratings. Raymond James is not affiliated with Forbes,Working Mother, or Shook Research, LLC. Out of 29,334 advisors nominated by their firms, 3,477 received the Forbes Best-In-State award. Working Mother received 30,691 Advisor nominations based on thresholds. Final list of the top 400 Advisors was then compiled based upon the quantitative criteria.
****The Forbes ranking of America’s Top 1,000 Women Wealth Advisors, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative and quantitative data, rating thousands of wealth advisors with a minimum of seven years of experience and weighing factors like revenue
trends, AUM, compliance records, industry experience and best practices learned through telephone and in-person interviews. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Research Summary (as of April 2019): 32,000 nominations were
received based on thresholds (9,654 women) and 1,000 won. This ranking is not indicative of advisor’s future performance, is not an endorsement, and may not be representative of individual clients’ experience. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK receive a fee in exchange for rankings.
Raymond James is not affiliated with Forbes, Working Mother, or Shook Research, LLC. Please visit https://www.forbes.com/top-women-advisors/#28abc5bd51f4 for more info.
