Investing Aligned with Your Values and the Planet's Future
Alpenglow Advisors is a Vermont based, fee-only, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). We offer climate-focused, sustainability-oriented wealth management for individuals and families, action sport athletes, content creators, activists, and executives who work and play in mountain environments. Where you invest matters.
We are fiduciaries: we are legally obligated to put your interests first, and the only money we earn comes directly from you. We never accept commissions, referral fees or payments from product providers.
Our Philosophy
Capital deployed with conviction.
Sustainability solutions can help investors align their portfolios with their own values.
Our sustainability strategies combine a climate-focused approach with time-tested portfolio design and management — because we believe long-term financial wellbeing and environmental stewardship are not in conflict. They are inseparable.
The sustainability strategies we implement analyze companies not only for financial performance but for their environmental impact, governance practices, and alignment with a low-carbon future. We reject the notion that values-based investing requires sacrificing returns.
Climate science identifies greenhouse gas emissions as the primary driver of climate change. Through a systematic process, our sustainability solutions seek to reduce emissions exposure using carbon footprint metrics. We evaluate emissions based on two carbon footprint components — a company's current emissions and potential emissions from fossil fuel reserves.
Select strategies aim to reduce each sustainability strategy's overall carbon footprint compared to those of broad market indices or similar strategies that do not have a climate or emissions focus. Our sustainability approach's objective is to meaningfully reduce exposure to high emitters while emphasizing companies that outperform sector peers based on carbon-focused sustainability criteria.
As a fiduciary, we are legally and ethically obligated to act in your best interest — always. That means transparent fees, no commissions, and advice that is genuinely yours.
What We Offer
Comprehensive guidance, built around your life.
Wealth Management
Ongoing, personalized investment management with a sustainability lens. We build and maintain diversified portfolios designed to grow your wealth while reflecting your values and risk tolerance.
Sustainable Portfolio Construction
For these sustainability solutions, we implement strategies that systematically integrate financial considerations with sustainability-driven environmental and social considerations. These strategies aim to reduce carbon footprint exposure across markets and within industries while pursuing higher expected returns in a cost-effective and diversified way.
Financial Planning
Comprehensive planning covering retirement, tax strategy, estate considerations, and major life transitions. We help you see the full picture and make decisions with clarity and confidence.
About the Firm
Rooted in Vermont. Committed to the long term.
Alpenglow Advisors was founded on the belief that financial advice should be honest, independent, and aligned with the values of the people it serves. We are based in Vermont — a state with a deep tradition of environmental stewardship and civic responsibility — and that ethos shapes everything we do.
As a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor, we have no financial incentive to recommend any particular product. Our only obligation is to you. We work with a select number of clients to ensure every relationship receives the attention and care it deserves.
Many advisors call themselves "fee-based," which can still include commissions on insurance, annuities or mutual funds. Fee-only is different. A fee-only advisor is paid solely by clients, never by the products they recommend. That removes the conflicts of interest that can quietly cost investors thousands of dollars over time.
We are registered with the States of Vermont, New Jersey, and California and operate under the fiduciary standard — the highest duty of care in the financial advisory profession.
- No commissions
- No product sales quotas
- No hidden revenue-sharing
- Fiduciary duty on all advice
Managing Director
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan brings over two decades of experience in private banking and wealth management to Alpenglow Advisors. His career spans some of the most respected names in financial services, including JP Morgan Chase, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch, as well as fin-tech pioneer Personal Capital.
That breadth of experience — across bulge-bracket institutions and innovative technology-driven platforms — informs a practice built on rigorous analysis, client-first advice, and a deep understanding of how wealth is built and preserved over time.
Get in Touch
Let's start a conversation.
We work with a limited number of clients and welcome inquiries from individuals and families who share our commitment to thoughtful, values-aligned investing.
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