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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)18 years in industry

Melissa Cox

Advisor at EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

Youngstown, OH | STRUTHERS, OH | GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 7, 2008 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Current firm: EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Dec 13, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 18derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Dec 13, 2007
First registration: May 7, 2008
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MELISSA ANN CONTI|MELISSA ANN CONTI|MELISSA ANN CONTI|MELISSA A CONTI|MELISSA A COX
IAPD individual key: 5213457

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 22, 2024	n/a	yes	Youngstown, OH\|STRUTHERS, OH\|GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Current employment
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Feb 22, 2023	Dec 24, 2023	no	Minneapolis, MN\|Struthers, OH	Previous registration
HBKS WEALTH ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Aug 27, 2015	Jan 13, 2023	no	CANFIELD, OH	Previous registration
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 2, 2015	Aug 24, 2015	no	HERMITAGE, PA\|ERIE, PA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	May 28, 2010	Feb 27, 2015	no	CANFIELD, OH\|PITTSBURGH, PA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	May 7, 2008	Jan 2, 2009	no	PITTSBURGH, PA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Dec 24, 2023	Apr 22, 2024	120	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
HBKS WEALTH ADVISORS	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Jan 13, 2023	Feb 22, 2023	40	Firm change	RIA to ibd
PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	HBKS WEALTH ADVISORS	Aug 24, 2015	Aug 27, 2015	3	Firm change	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Feb 27, 2015	Apr 2, 2015	34	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
6363:112058:OH:2023-12-15	Dec 24, 2023	Apr 22, 2024	STRUTHERS, OH	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 22, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 22, 2023 to Dec 24, 2023factForm ADV
→ HBKS WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 27, 2015 to Jan 13, 2023factForm ADV
→ PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 2, 2015 to Aug 24, 2015factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 28, 2010 to Feb 27, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 24, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Melissa Cox left Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc for Empower Advisory Group, Llc (registered 2024-04-22)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jan 13, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Melissa Cox left Hbks Wealth Advisors for Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc (registered 2023-02-22)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago