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As president of LPL Financial, Ms. Stearns provides strategic direction and oversight to some of the corporate shared service areas, which include business technology services, broker/dealer support services, corporate marketing, product management, Custom Clearing Services, acquisition integration, registered investment advisor (RIA), strategic planning, and human capital. Ms. Stearns joined the company in 1996 as the Chief Information Officer (CIO). During her role as CIO she built out BranchNet, which provides advisors with technology platform access to help manage and streamline their daily business processing. Some of the unique features BranchNet offers are access to exclusive research, client account statements, commission information, and the ability to place trades. She was promoted to COO in July of 2005 and to president in February of 2007. Ms. Stearns was instrumental in building and packaging the Custom Clearing Services offering to provide back end support services to broker/dealer organizations. Prior to joining LPL Financial Ms. Stearns worked at Charles Schwab for fourteen years in a variety of leadership roles which included, operations, managing surveillance, internal control, and credit. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago, and holds her Series 7, 24, 27, and 63 licenses. | 