Daniel J. Galli CFP®

Principal
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Dan founded Daniel J. Galli & Associates over 30 years ago. His practice includes a wide range of financial planning and investment management initiatives, with a focus on retirement planning for professionals, small business owners, teachers, and individuals.  His passion is helping people answer the three big financial questions: Where am I? Where am I going? How will I get there?

Dan is a well-regarded and well-known presenter and educator, having served in various capacities, such as in the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® programs at both Northeastern University and Boston University. He has also travelled nationally to present educational workshops and employee benefits to employees of various large corporations. Dan is often quoted as a leading voice in the field of retirement planning, in publications such as the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe, Kiplinger’s, CNBC, and CBS MarketWatch.

Prior to changing fields into financial planning, Dan was a public school teacher, teaching third grade in Scituate, Massachusetts for eleven years. He remains passionate about education and about helping teachers and administrators understand their retirement benefits.

He has a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree from Bridgewater State College, both in education. Dan has been a CFP® certificant since 1997 and is also a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU). He holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 66, and 24 licenses.

Dan is a long time, active member of the Financial Planning Association at both the local and national levels. In 2026 Dan is serving as the president of the national FPA. 

Dan lives in Marshfield, Massachusetts and spends his free time trying to keep up with his granddaughter’s social life and his grandson’s middle school basketball team. 

 

Karen E. Van Voorhis CFP®

Director of Financial Planning
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Karen is the firm’s Director of Financial Planning, and joined Daniel J. Galli & Associates in 2019. She advises clients and their families on a wide range of topics including investment management, retirement planning, tax management, estate planning, insurance coverage, college planning, and charitable giving. She manages the firm’s financial planning practice and often presents and teaches on such topics, to professionals, other financial planners, and consumers.

She has worked in the field of financial planning and wealth management for more than 25 years, serving clients at several independent, boutique Boston-area wealth management firms, including six years as Director and then Vice President at Sapers & Wallack in Newton; a year as Senior Relationship Manager at Lexington Wealth Management in Lexington; ten years as Vice President and Relationship Manager at Tanager Financial Services (subsequently Wachovia and then Wells Fargo) in Waltham, and four years at Applegarth Advisory Group in Winchester.

Karen received her bachelor’s degree from Smith College and has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certificant since 2002. She has been an active member of the Financial Planning Association for many years, and currently serves on the board of the New England Chapter as its Membership Director.

Karen grew up in Ohio but settled in the Boston area after college. She is active in the town of Natick and serves in several leadership positions at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church there. She lives in Natick with her husband and their three teenaged children.

Amy Mohan CFP®

Financial Planner
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Amy joined Daniel J. Galli & Associates as a financial planner in 2024, after having worked in the financial industry for more than 20 years. 

She began her career serving institutional investors in various roles before moving into private wealth management. Her most recent role was Associate Advisor at Ameriprise Financial; prior to that she was a Registered Client Service Associate at UBS.

Amy received her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Nazarene College and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®.

Amy lives in South Weymouth, Massachusetts with her husband Chris and their dog Auggie. During the summer they spend most weekends on Balch Lake in New Hampshire, or you can find them hiking in the White Mountains. They also enjoy traveling, live music, and spending time with their friends and families.

John Baker Financial Planning Assistant

John joined Daniel J. Galli & Associates as a financial planning assistant in 2024. He supports the firm’s planners with the development of new financial plans and assists with ongoing financial planning for existing clients. John is passionate about helping clients better understand their financial lives and helping them work toward their goals through the implementation of holistic financial planning. 

Prior to joining DJG&A, John worked as a senior accountant in Ernst & Young’s private client services group. During that time, John focused on tax compliance and planning for high net worth individuals and family offices. John obtained his Certified Public Accountant license before making a career pivot into financial planning.

John received a bachelor’s degree in accounting & finance and master’s degree in accounting, both from Abilene Christian University. He is an active member of the Financial Planning Association, and has ambitions to become a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®

A native Texan, John now calls New England home and resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a former collegiate runner he stills trains and competes in high level races, most notably the 2022 Boston Marathon. John is an active member of Aletheia Church in Boston and volunteers as a member of their guest services team. In his free time, he enjoys reading, hiking, spending time with friends, and exploring the world.

Colleen Richards

Director of Client Relations
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Colleen is Daniel J. Galli & Associates’ Director of Client Relations, and has worked for the firm since 2009. She manages all of the details of the daily running of our office, and consistently provides a high level of attention and service to clients or others who reach out to the firm. Colleen’s role touches all corners of our staff’s and our clients’ daily lives, including scheduling, marketing, financial planning, investment management, connections with outside professionals, and more.

She is fully securities licensed and holds her FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65 registrations.

Colleen was born and raised in Kingston, Massachusetts where she lives today with her husband Ken and their three young adult children Jacob, Jillian and Brody. She spends her weekends on the ocean beach across the street from her home, making her colleagues jealous.  

Lauren Kelebesa

Chief Operating Officer
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Lauren has served as Chief Operating Officer at Daniel J. Galli & Associates since 2018. It’s in this capacity that she provides management insight, leadership initiative, and strategic planning efforts, all of which has resulted in the growth of the firm in recent years.

She was previously the Managing Director of Finance, Operations, and Human Resources for The Phoenix Charter Academy Network, located in Boston.

Lauren received her bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in Boston in 2005. In 2017 she graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern’s School of Business, earning an MBA with specializations in finance as well as in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Lauren, her husband Noble, and their two children live in Hanover, Massachusetts.

 

Linda Austin

Communications and Marketing Consultant
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Linda has been a friend of Daniel J. Galli & Associates for many years, and in 2019 started working part-time for the firm on external marketing and communications. She is the consistency, thoughtfulness, and visual design behind our monthly newsletter, educational webinars, and other events.

Prior to working with DJG&A, Linda worked in the financial and benefits communications field for over forty years. She was the managing consultant of the communications and education practice at The PFE Group (now a Goldman Sachs company), where she developed financial education for employees of both regional and national companies. Prior to The PFE Group, Linda ran her own consulting firm and worked at Mercer, Deloitte & Touche, Employees Communication Services, and The Travelers.

Linda has a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. 

She and her husband David split their time between Burlington, Massachusetts and Overland Park, Kansas, where they have apartments eight minutes away from their children and grandchildren.