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Registered advisor
Diane Kathrine Taylor
Certified Financial Planner
Feed of 09/15/2026
Also filed as Diane Katherine Hvizdak
At current firm
0 y
since May 11, 2026
In the industry
24 y
since Jun 27, 2002 (earliest exam, job or registration)
Prior registered firms
5
IAPD previous registrations
State registrations
1
current, as an IAR
Firms today
1
current registrations
Exams
S63
IA exams only
Book size
not public
not estimated here
Signals
1
dated events on this person
Registration history
IAPD current and previous registrations
- Merit Financial Advisors BD affiliated currentsince May 11, 2026 · Alpharetta, Ga
- Summit Financial, LLC BD affiliatedJan 3, 2019 to May 8, 2026 · Livingston, Nj
- Summit Equities Inc formerApr 24, 2017 to Dec 27, 2018 · Parsippany, Nj
- Freedom Wealth Advisors, LLC unclassifiedJun 22, 2010 to Aug 31, 2012 · Boca Raton, Fl
- Shapiro Financial Security Group, Inc. independent RIAMay 26, 2006 to Feb 28, 2011 · Hazlet, Nj
- Hamel Associates,Inc. independent RIAJun 27, 2002 to Jan 20, 2006 · Livingston, Nj
Moves
a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere
- Summit Financial, LLC to Merit Financial Advisorsleft May 8, 2026, registered May 11, 2026 (3 days) · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to another · moved with a team
- Summit Equities Inc to Summit Financial, LLCleft Dec 27, 2018, registered Jan 3, 2019 (7 days) · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank · moved with a team
- Freedom Wealth Advisors, LLC to Summit Equities Incleft Aug 31, 2012, registered Apr 24, 2017 (1697 days) · Other
- Shapiro Financial Security Group, Inc. to Freedom Wealth Advisors, LLCleft Feb 28, 2011, registered Jun 22, 2010 (-251 days) · Other
- Hamel Associates,Inc. to Shapiro Financial Security Group, Inc.left Jan 20, 2006, registered May 26, 2006 (126 days) · Other
Signals
- Diane Kathrine Taylor left Summit Financial, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2026-05-11)May 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Transition signals
Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.
Provenance
- Source
- IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Firm class
- Broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
- Years in industry
- 24derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
- Not published
- disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address