Al Procaccino II, Founded Castle Financial in 1992
Certified Financial Fiduciary®, Certified Financial Planner™, Certified Fund Specialist®, Certified Digital Asset Advisor™, former awarded 5 Star rated Morningstar Institutional Money Manager and President, Chief Compliance Officer of Castle Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor with the SEC.
Al has been active in the financial services industry since 1980 and has had the pleasure of helping both individuals and corporations manage their wealth. He is dedicated to providing clients with the highest level of expertise and professionalism.
Over the years, Al has conducted financial, retirement, and estate planning seminars for esteemed corporations such as Procter and Gamble, IBM, TRW, IFF, General Dynamics, Siemens Private Communications, and the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. His work for the NJ State Chamber earned him an honorable mention in Who’s Who. Al has also served as a consultant on a Merv Griffin television production documenting the stock brokerage process.
Prior to Castle Financial, Al directed the Retirement Group at Cowen and Company as a Partner of the firm, served as Vice President and Branch Manager at Dean Witter Reynolds located in 5 World Trade Center, New York City, and was a Senior Vice President and the Retirement Group Strategist at Oppenheimer & Company.
On a personal note: Al is happily married with two wonderful daughters and resides in Rumson, NJ. He loves his pets and enjoys music, reading, swimming, biking, cooking, college sports, golf, model railroading, and chess. Al is passionate about supporting charities, serving on the Board of Room in Our Hearts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families whose homes have been affected by crisis.
Martin Phillipps, LMFT-Licenses Marriage and Family Therapist has been working with family firms and private businesses for over 40 years. He is now associated with Castle Financial, focusing on wealth and legacy planning. His consultation projects have included crisis management in family firms, organization assessment and succession planning in collaboration with financial and legal professionals. Martin is a New York State licensed marriage and family therapist and a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Since 1971 he has developed and managed several mental health programs at Richmond University Medical Center, including those for the Department of Defense, family therapy programs and medical family therapy in oncology. He has been an adjunct professor at St. John’s University. He has chaired the Health and Wellness Committee at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda and continues to serve on the Program and has presented a workshop on the reconciliation process at Monmouth University. Martin maintains a private practice in family and medical family therapy, in addition to consulting to family firms and privately-held firms. He has presented workshops on family businesses at the annual meeting of AAMFT and chambers of commerce and has received several awards and recognition for his work throughout his career.
Al Procaccino with former Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, and Korey Bauer of Bauer Capital Management LLC.