Sharon’s mission is to provide clients with comprehensive financial advice and portfolio management – delivered with the highest level of professional integrity and personal service.
 
As a Managing Partner, Sharon is dedicated to helping her clients reach their financial and income goals. She takes pride in understanding each of her clients' unique needs and develops a custom investment plan that incorporates the objectives of managing, preserving, and distributing assets over a lifetime. It is her priority to provide excellent service, straightforward personalized strategies, and financial education – always striving to build long-term relationships based on mutual trust and respect.

Sharon began her career in the financial services industry 30 years ago and joined a predecessor of Wells Fargo Advisors in 1996. Sharon earned her B.S. in International Affairs from the University of Colorado.  

In 2012, she earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certification.  This certification identifies individuals who have met the rigorous experience and ethical requirements of the CFP® Board and have successfully completed coursework on financial topics in the following areas: general principles of financial strategies, insurance planning and risk management, employee benefits planning, and retirement and estate planning strategies. CFP® certificants also agree to meet ongoing continuing education requirements.

In 2021 Sharon earned her Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®). A CDFA® professional is a financial professional skilled at analyzing data and providing expertise on the financial issues of divorce. The role of the CDFA® professional is to assist the client and their attorney to understand how the decisions he or she makes today will impact the client’s financial future. CDFA® professionals also agree to meet ongoing continuing education requirements.

Sharon and her husband, Derick, reside in Lakewood, CO with their two children, Caleb, and Jordan. As Colorado natives they enjoy walking their dogs, camping, golfing, skiing and getting out for local dining and entertainment.

Sharon’s hobbies include baking, knitting and spending many hours reading books and listening to podcasts.

CA license 0I80205. Resident State CO.

Chris Parsons is a managing partner at Highlands Wealth Management and his passionate hobby of bicycle racing is an analogy that dovetails with his advice to clients. Just as a bicycle needs to be in motion, investing requires us to keep moving forward, through actions, decisions, and our own personal choices. The road is filled with obstacles and undulations, but with personalized guidance from someone with experience, it may be possible to smooth it out.

Chris has been in the world of finance since he started working as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in 1994. Since then, he’s had experience with good and bad market cycles. That experience has led him to work with many different clients and to understand their priorities and preferences, while aiding them in managing, preserving, and distributing their assets over a lifetime.

Chris received a B.A. degree in Political Science from Whittier College and has coursework in financial planning from the University of Colorado. Chris continues taking classes to ensure he’s current on the latest developments in Estate Planning Strategies, Long-Term Care, retirement planning, and insurance.  Chris’s philosophy in bike riding is: “You don’t stop riding when you get old. You get old when you stop riding.” He feels the same about learning.

In college, Chris played 4 years of varsity soccer and lacrosse and now he races bicycles competitively, having won 5 Colorado State Championships. In each of these sports, the team works toward a common goal of winning. Chris puts that wisdom and experience into his relationship with clients. Working together with his clients leads to success in much the same way it does in sports.

As you can imagine, the bike Chris races doesn’t have a basket on the front, but in working with clients, he puts them out front, where he can focus on them, their needs, risk tolerance, goals and visions. Setting a course forward, he knows he must listen to them, understand their needs, and serve them well over the long term.

Wishing you clear skies and a smooth ride!

Derick Starkey began his career in telecommunications, working in the underground and aerial field. He was involved in installing cable TV infrastructure to several of Colorado’s newest real estate developments in the 1990’s. Later, he moved into business telecommunications, engineering business telephone systems and telecommunications infrastructure. In 2011 Derick became a telecommunications manager, managing telecommunications systems and infrastructure for several government agencies.

Derick joined the Starkey Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors in 2021 before transitioning to Highlands Wealth Management of Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network in 2024. He is using his project management and customer service experience to support the team in business management, marketing, and day to day functions. He especially enjoys working with people and developing lasting relationships.

Derick is a Colorado native and enjoys playing softball and spending time with his family, camping, fishing, hunting, skiing, golfing, and traveling. He is also a member of The Rocky Mountain Bonsai society and shows some of his trees during the annual Bonsai show at the Denver Botanical Gardens.