Carson Private Client

Your Trusted Partner for Life’s Journey. Simplifying Life, Navigating Your Future.

You’ve done the work to build wealth. And for you, freedom is all about optimizing your wealth management so you can enjoy more time, create bigger memories, and have a greater impact.

Experience the Difference a Wealth Strategist Can Make

Retirement Planning Services

Even when there’s more than enough, exiting your business or leaving the workforce means changing your income strategy. Our knowledgeable professional retirement planners work towards developing a plan that supports the lifestyle you’ve worked so hard for.

Charitable Giving Consultants

Our Chartered Advisors in Philanthropy will work towards helping you turn your wealth into a real impact. With proactively planned, tax-efficient giving strategies, our hope is that you’ll be able to support causes you care deeply about, now and as a part of your legacy.

Estate Planning Specialists

Freedom comes from knowing that your impact will outlive you. Our trust and estate planning advisors and attorneys will work alongside you to tailor a plan to work towards ensuring your wealth makes the difference you want it to – for your children, your community, and the world.

Business Coach

Our Certified Exit Planners will work towards ensuring that you optimize the proceeds from the business you’ve worked so hard to build. And if you’re not ready to exit, we’ll walk alongside you with business tax planning, comp and benefits, wealth accumulation models, risk mitigation and more.

Tax Professionals

For you, proactive tax planning is a non-negotiable. And it’s about more than just knowing which account to draw from when. We’ll cover every angle with business planning, corporate benefits, income planning, charitable giving and more.

Investment Management Team

The right investment strategy for you is the one that gets you to your life goals – plain and simple. We’ll make use of every appropriate option – from traditional stocks and bonds, to alternatives like private equity and art.

Financial Planning Team

Every plan starts with you, your unique vision of freedom, and the impact you want to have on the world. How we approach every facet of your financial life is determined by the plan we create together.

Banking Relationship Coordination

Wealth carries with it banking needs that can be complex. Carson Private Client can accommodate your private banking needs through coordination with banking institutions that offer accounts that earn market based interest on your savings and spending accounts, plus access to lending institutions that can assist you with capital needs.

CWM, LLC is not a bank and does not provide banking products or services.

Experience the Difference a Wealth Strategist Can Make

Retirement Planning Services

Even when there’s more than enough, exiting your business or leaving the workforce means changing your income strategy. Our knowledgeable professional retirement planners work towards developing a plan that supports the lifestyle you’ve worked so hard for.

Charitable Giving Consultants

Our Chartered Advisors in Philanthropy will work towards helping you turn your wealth into a real impact. With proactively planned, tax-efficient giving strategies, our hope is that you’ll be able to support causes you care deeply about, now and as a part of your legacy.

Estate Planning Specialists

Freedom comes from knowing that your impact will outlive you. Our trust and estate planning advisors and attorneys will work alongside you to tailor a plan to work towards ensuring your wealth makes the difference you want it to – for your children, your community,
and the world.

Business Coach

Our Certified Exit Planners will work towards ensuring that you optimize the proceeds from the business you’ve worked so hard to build. And if you’re not ready to exit, we’ll walk alongside you with business tax planning, comp and benefits, wealth accumulation models, risk mitigation and more.

Tax Professionals

For you, proactive tax planning is a non-negotiable. And it’s about more than just knowing which account to draw from when. We’ll cover every angle with business planning, corporate benefits, income planning, charitable giving and more.

Investment Management Team

The right investment strategy for you is the one that gets you to your life goals – plain and simple. We’ll make use of every appropriate option – from traditional stocks and bonds, to alternatives like private equity and art.

Financial Planning Team

Every plan starts with you, your unique vision of freedom, and the impact you want to have on the world. How we approach every facet of your financial life is determined by the plan we create together.

Banking Relationship

Wealth carries with it banking needs that are more complex than average. Carson Private Client can handle all your private banking needs, with accounts that earn market-based interest on your savings and spending accounts, plus access to lending institutions that can assist you with capital needs.

One Contact.

One Strategy.

One Optimized Life.

Your Carson Wealth Strategist will work with you to organize your complex financial life and become your one, always-accountable point of contact at the helm of your financial ecosystem. We work with you to set the strategy, then take the complexity of managing multiple financial relationships off your plate.

75%

of business owners would exit today

if their financial security were assured.

18%

of business owners have talked to someone

whom they consider an expert in exit planning.*

*Source: The BEI 2017 Business Owner Survey

How We Work Together

Assess

Deep dive to understand your complete financial ecosystem.

Protect

Ensure the long-term preservation of wealth to support your lifestyle.

Optimize

Bring every facet of your financial life into harmony with your goals.

Your Wealth Strategist is your financial coach and a conduit to a team of knowledgeable professionals aligned to your unique plan. The result? You get more of your time back and enjoy the certainty of knowing that everything is being managed the right way.

Though the strengths you possess as an entrepreneur are enviable (such as intense focus and pinpointed concentration), these qualities oftentimes don’t lend themselves to successful wealth management. Allow your wealth strategist to utilize their unique strengths to align your goals with the bigger picture – so you can focus on being the CEO of your life.

You’ve built an extraordinary life so far. Let’s figure out how you can enjoy it more.

How We Work Together

Your Wealth Strategist is your financial coach and a conduit to a team of experts aligned to your unique plan. The result? You get more of your time back and enjoy the certainty of knowing that everything is being managed the right way.

You’ve built an extraordinary life so far. Let’s figure out how you can enjoy it more.

Assess

Deep dive to understand your complete financial ecosystem.

Protect

Ensure the long-term preservation of wealth to support your lifestyle.

Optimize

Bring every facet of your financial life into harmony with your goals.

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

Meet Your Team

We are a team of dedicated professionals with the singular focus of taking the burden of managing a complex financial ecosystem off your shoulders.

Paul West

CFP®, CAP®
Managing Partner

Alex Jensen

CFP®, CPWA®, AEP®, CEPA
Director, Carson Private Client Wealth Strategy

Kyle Hatch

CFP®
Director, Carson Private Client Wealth Strategy

Blake Peterson

CEPA
Wealth Advisor

Chris Brostrom

CFP®
Senior Wealth Planner

Peggy Monahan

Director, Carson Private Client

Gabbi Caito

Paraplanner

Molly Bredensteiner

Private Client Manager

Bailey Staiert

Associate Private Client Manager

Empowerment through Financial Strategies

It’s about more than money.

“Wealth isn’t always about money,” says Managing Partner Paul West, CFP®, CAP®, CExP. “It’s about how you feel, and how you maybe transfer your values and belief systems to your family, friends, and many of your other trusted professionals.”

Achieve empowerment through a customized strategy that considers every facet of your life.

Insights

The Glass Half Full: Bonds, Shaken & Stirred (Ep. 012)

The Glass Half Full: Bonds, Shaken & Stirred (Ep. 012)

In this episode of The Glass Half Full, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, Chief Macro Strategist at Carson Group, dig into one of the most overlooked stories in today’s market: bond yields are rising sharply, and every...

Can I Afford to Retire Early?

Can I Afford to Retire Early?

Wondering if the time is right to clock out once and for all? While the idea can seem tempting, we believe you don’t want to be hasty.   Take our quick quiz to help you determine whether you’re adequately prepared to retire early—or if you may need to keep...

A New Opportunity for Families: Understanding ‘Trump Accounts’

A New Opportunity for Families: Understanding ‘Trump Accounts’

A new savings opportunity is coming for families with children, and it has already generated significant attention among financial planners, parents, and employers alike. Known as “Trump Accounts” (also referred to as 530A accounts), these new tax-advantaged...

What’s an ETF? Your Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds

What’s an ETF? Your Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can help diversify portfolios and manage risk. Whether you need new strategies or you’re considering ways to refine your allocations, understanding ETFs and how they work can be an essential component of modern portfolio management. Here’s...

First Quarter 2026 Recap

First Quarter 2026 Recap

As we move through the early months of 2026, our team has enjoyed a meaningful start to the year—both in the office and out in the community. From travel and events to client engagement and continued growth, here’s a look at what we’ve been up to in the first quarter....