Kateryna Skliarenko is an Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Bank of America Private Bank based in Melville, New York. Kateryna provides personalized investment guidance to help families, individuals and business owners pursue their wealth management objectives. She assists clients in establishing goals, developing an overall investment approach, implementing solutions, and helping clients monitor their progress towards goals.Kateryna is committed to helping clients preserve, grow and manage their wealth during their lifetimes and for future generations. She believes in building client relationships based on the highest levels of professional integrity, with an emphasis on listening carefully and communicating clearly without financial jargon. Her areas of focus include both traditional and alternative investments. For clients seeking to pursue investments that represent responsible corporate behavior and sustainable competitive advantages, Kateryna can also offer Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing strategies. She can structure investment portfolios consistent with clients’ values and invest in businesses or organizations that deliver tangible positive environmental impact or social benefit alongside a financial return.Kateryna joined the Private Bank in 2022 as a Portfolio Manager Senior Associate. In that role, she assisted five portfolio managers in researching, developing and delivering personalized investment strategies for clients. Previously, she was a Financial Solutions Advisor at Merrill. Kateryna earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Poland and an MBA degree in Finance at Stony Brook University in New York. In addition, Kateryna earned the Chartered SRI Counselor™ designation.Born and raised in Ukraine, Kateryna speaks English, Russian and Ukrainian. She lives in the Hamptons with her husband. She enjoys traveling and getting to know people from diverse backgrounds. Kateryna believes that her experience living in different countries, and her passion for learning about other cultures, helps her connect with clients and better understand the values that may motivate their wealth management decisions.*Some or all alternative investment programs may not be in the best interest of certain investors. No assurance can be given that any alternative investment’s investment objectives will be achieved.*Impact investing and/or Environmental Social Governance (ESG) investing has certain risks based on the fact that ESG criteria excludes securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons and therefore, investors may forgo some market opportunities and the universe of investments available will be smaller