Michael J. Hecht

Michael is a graduate of Stockton State College in New Jersey where he earned a BA in Accounting and started in the financial services industry in 1997 with PaineWebber.  Michael has his Series 7, 63, and 65 registrations through LPL Financial as well as his Life and Health insurance licenses.  He joined LPL Financial in 2007 where he has been an Independent Investment Advisor for the last seven years.  Over the last 17 years, Michael has focused on the financial needs of the members of the FDNY and several police and fire departments throughout the state of New Jersey.  Michael is a member of LPL's Chairman's Club, which is an award recognizing the top advisors in the company.

Michael and his wife Terri, live in Cranford, New Jersey with their two children, Christopher and Elizabeth.  As a family, they enjoy going down to the beach, rooting for the Yankees and Giants, and traveling.  Michael keeps busy at work and in his community.  He coaches softball, baseball and football for his children.  Michael and his family are active parishioners at St. John the Apostle Church.  He is on the Board of Trustees for the Lord Stirling School in Basking Ridge, NJ, which helps students that can not succeed in the mainstream school systems.   In addition, he is on the Board of Trustees of the Cranford Juvenile Conference committee which hears the cases of minor juvenile offenders.  Lastly, Michael is the President of the Cranford Parents Wrestling Club, which raises funds for scholarships and other needs for the wrestling community in his town.