Our Team

Scot Landborg

CEO – Senior Wealth Advisor

Phone: (714) 592-7705 ext 4

E-mail: scot@sterlingwpartners.com

Scot Landborg is CEO and Senior Wealth Advisor for Sterling Wealth Partners in Tustin, California. Scot started working as a financial planner in 2000 with a desire to help those closest to him obtain quality financial advice. Since the beginning of his career, Scot has consistently and intentionally worked for independent financial planning firms so he could incorporate his commitment to serve his clients as an investment fiduciary and put his clients’ interests first. His philosophy is to advise his clients with dignity, respect, and professionalism; and only make recommendations that he would make for his own family.

Scot is the host of the retirement planning podcast, Retire Eyes Wide Open, available on both iTunes and Google Play. The show provides tips and strategies to demystify the retirement process for those in or entering retirement. Scot is a regular contributor to Kiplinger and has been regularly quoted in publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Market Watch, Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq and Investopedia. He also formally hosted the nationally syndicated radio show Smart Money Talk Radio.

Prior to founding Sterling Wealth Partners, he served as a senior wealth strategist and head of the investment committee for a wealth management firm. In addition to his partnership at Sterling Wealth Partners, Scot’s additional experience includes his role as CEO of Bradley Investments and Briggs Development and his current role as CEO of Scot Strategy, Inc.

Scot has extensive experience in all facets of financial planning, including retirement planning, income planning, social security planning, charitable planning and legacy planning. In conjunction with this knowledge, Scot also has comprehensive experience in taxes, real estate, and business. He is married to his wife, Shannon, and they have two boys. They enjoy traveling, especially to Scot’s childhood home in Minnesota, and to the Caribbean where they were married.

Susan Green

Wealth Strategist

Phone: (714) 592-7705 ext 6

E-mail: susan@sterlingwpartners.com

Susan Green is a professional Wealth Strategist at Sterling Wealth Partners. She focuses on helping families develop and implement customized financial strategies that address their unique challenges, concerns, and goals. Dedicated to leading clients through life’s inevitable transitions, Susan will develop a personalized financial roadmap for you and your family. Susan’s passion is in helping her clients understand the benefits of ongoing planning as their lives evolve.

Susan focuses on the planning process so that her clients can understand and clarify their options and timing for their decisions. Everything from when to retire, how to allocate their resources, to what issues they’ll face in retirement, and how to protect themselves from major issues. Susan is a licensed insurance professional, she helps her clients evaluate their Medicare choices whether they are new to Medicare or making changes to their coverage during your Initial Enrollment Period, Annual Election Period, or other times such as Special Enrollment Period. Susan works with Medicare Advantage and MAPD plans, Part D, and Medicare Supplement plans.

Susan is committed to providing her clients with the highest level of service. Through proactive planning and by providing the proper tools, information and education, her clients can move forward confidently. She holds Series 7 and 66 registrations and is licensed to sell insurance. Her offices are in Northern and Southern California in order to serve her clients.

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Elle Wenz

Client Service Manager & Business Development Associate

Phone: (714) 592-7705 ext 1

E-mail: elle@sterlingwpartners.com

Elle Wenz is the Client Service Manager and Business Development Associate for Sterling Wealth Partners. Elle comes to us a seasoned investment professional, with over 20 years of experience. She has worked for large and small corporations alike during her tenure—in such areas as client service, compliance, operations, and marketing.

Elle earned her Master of Business Administration from Concordia University in Irvine, California, graduating from the program in May of 2017. Her studies emphasized Investment Research and Compliance. Her extensive education and experience will be utilized to improve our client experience. She works to ensure that all processes, from client onboarding to account opening, runs seamlessly. Elle will be available to assist you with many of your account servicing needs.

When away from the office, she loves to share time with her three girls. Elle especially enjoys going to concerts, movies, and plays with them. She encourages education and the arts with her girls—knowing that there is so much to learn and so much to enjoy in this life. Carpe diem (seize the day)!

Mike Safari

CPA, MSA, CGMA

Phone: 714-617-5045

E-mail: mike@saftax.com

Mike Safari has been providing high level tax strategy and tax preparation services for over 35 years. He is President of his own accounting firm in Tustin. He is also a Professor of Accounting at California State University, Fullerton.

He specializes in tax optimization, planning and strategy. Mike works with high net worth individuals and small businesses with all their tax planning needs. This includes tax preparation, business planning, bookkeeping and financial planning. Mike also has expertise in global tax management strategies.

Mike is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and obtained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Accounting, as well as his Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) from California State University, Fullerton. He also holds his Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation.

He provides essential tax strategy services to many of our clients. Mike understands the importance and role of tax strategy in an ongoing financial plan. He also makes sure our clients stay well informed of changes to the tax code.

Mike enjoys time with his extended family in Southern California. He also enjoys traveling and volunteering in the community.

Bruce Gleit

Attorney

Phone: 714-640-2490

E-mail: bgleit@lawgb.com

Bruce Gleit is an attorney who, with over 26 years of experience, has focused his practice in the area of estate planning. Bruce is one of our strategic partners offering clients assistance with estate planning, probate, conservatorships, estate/trust litigation, and general business formation and transactions.

He grew up in northern New Jersey and received his Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany. He then attended the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, earning his J.D. degree. In 1993, he became a member of the State Bar of California after he and his wife relocated to California.

Bruce is a member of the State Bar of California’s Trusts & Estates and Business Law sections, as well as the Orange County Bar Association. He remains very active in continuing legal education to stay current in the latest developments.

His goal is to provide the best personalized services to his clients. That includes creating the best planning for their future and resolving any difficulties they may have.

Bruce is married to his wife Marsha. He enjoys tennis on the weekends and is an avid fan of both the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Yankees.

Angela Jugon

Director of Marketing & Client Services

Phone: (714) 592-7705 ext 5

E-mail: angela@sterlingwpartners.com

Angela is the Marketing Coordinator and Financial Services Assistant at Sterling Wealth Partners. She coordinates many of our seminar marketing events in the community. Her other focus is to manage the client experience from the moment a client comes into the office, to the ongoing services they receive throughout the year. Additionally, Angela helps coordinate client events and helps fulfill requests clients may have with their accounts. She also manages our social media and other marketing campaigns.

Angela has extensive marketing and service experience and she holds a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts in Creative Photography from Cal State Fullerton.

When not taking family and event photos, Angela loves planning events personally and professionally. This ranges from birthday parties to informational seminars. She has volunteered for local organizations including the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, and the Eastvale Chamber of Commerce.

In her time off, Angela enjoys spending time with her boyfriend and fur babies. Also, a longtime Disney fan, she frequents Disneyland a few times per month. In addition to Disneyland, she enjoys going to movies and staying up-to-date with the latest Hollywood releases.

Lindsay Aguilar

Client & Financial Service Assistant

Phone: (714) 592-7705 ext 2

E-mail: lindsay@sterlingwpartners.com

Lindsay is a Client & Financial Service Assistant at Sterling Wealth Partners. She is responsible for engaging and communicating with clients, assisting our Advisors with daily tasks including market and portfolio analysis, preparing for marketing events, and managing office work.

She has a substantial background in customer service management, and she is extremely passionate about further improving and developing client relationships. Lindsay became interested in the personal financial industry during her tenure as a Material Damage Telephone Claims Representative at a regional insurance company. Lindsay is in the early stages of learning the necessary information to obtain multiple series licenses. She hopes to use the knowledge and experience at Sterling Wealth Partners to advance her career opportunities.

Outside of the office, Lindsay spends quality family time with her Fiancé and their two daughters. She enjoys hiking, camping and traveling to new places. In addition to her love for the outdoors, she is heavily involved in the fine arts including singing, piano and numerous styles of dance.

Trevor Perez

Media Production Assistant

E-mail: trevor@sterlingwpartners.com

Ever since Trevor was a kid, he’s always known what he’s wanted to do. He has always enjoyed entertaining audiences, as well as his family and friends, whether it was through videos, filmmaking, or live performances and he’s grown up with a passion to work in the film industry.

From the time span of elementary to college, Trevor took a few acting and voice acting classes, performed in many stage shows, improv shows, and short films, and he took up an interest in directing and videography along the way. He is currently majoring in film studying cinema, television, and radio at Saddleback College.

Due to his social skills and videography work, Trevor has found a way to surround himself with film industry professionals and network with the people he’s always looked up to and dreamed of working with. He started as a videographer for DisneyExaminer in 2015 and since then has filmed countless special events for Disneyland, Walt Disney Studios, The Oscars, ASIFA Hollywood, The Annie Awards and more. Because of his drive for his passion and his connection with Disney and other industry friends, Trevor has also been able to do some personal work for people that he’s admired such as Richard M. Sherman (The Sherman Brothers), Tevin Campbell (“A Goofy Movie”), and more. He also earned himself the role of Dick Van Dyke’s (“Mary Poppins”) personal videographer for his shows and events.

When Trevor isn’t running around filming events, Trevor loves writing and coming up with new ideas for personal projects and short films that he’d like to accomplish in the near future when the time comes around. In his free time, you can find Trevor napping in his bed, enjoying trips to Disneyland, and spending time with his friends, family, and girlfriend.

Trevor is very excited to bring in some of his vision and entertain the clients of Sterling Wealth Partners and help them leave with a memorable experience.

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