Guest Speaker _______________________________________________________________________

Private Wealth Advisor, Executive Director - Morgan Stanley 

Jim Geraghty has more than 28 years of experience working with ultra high net worth individuals, providing highly customized financial advice and investment solutions. Jim is currently a member of the Morgan Stanley Chairman’s Club, an exclusive membership for the Firms top 1% advisors, and has been recognized as one of America’s Top Advisors by Barron’s for each of the past six years. He was also recognized as one of the Top 10 Advisors in Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal in 2008. 

After receiving his B.A. from Brown University in 1985, Jim began his financial services career with Kidder, Peabody & Company. From 1994 to 1999, Jim worked for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette before joining Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management in 2001.

Jim is involved with numerous causes that benefit disadvantaged youth throughout Massachusetts and beyond. He serves as a board member and Chair of the Advisory Committee for the United Teen Equality Center, for which he was awarded the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award in 2014.  He was honored as a “White Man Who Can Jump,” receiving the 2014 Get Konnected! Director’s Community Leadership Award, given to white, male business leaders who are diversity game changers.  

 Jim serves on the board of the Robert F. Kennedy
Children’s Action Corps as Vice-Chairman, the board
of the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Agency and the
advisory board of Youth Link Boston. He  is also a
longtime board member and advisory board
member of UTEC. He is an active supporter of the
American Ireland Fund and has held a seat on the VIP
Committee for the Morgan Stanley Foundation. Jim is
currently the Co-Chair of the Jackson Square
Recreation Center Project.

A hockey player with great passion for the game, Jim is
the founder and current board member of the
Massachusetts Children’s Hockey Foundation and was
an assistant coach for the Irish national hockey team.