Our Team

Chris is an Executive Vice President of Wealth Management and the lead partner of the Ozazewski/Decker/Plunkett Wealth Management Group of Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC. In 2000, Chris became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) certificate and has furthered his industry knowledge by obtaining his Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist™ (CRPS®) and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®). He utilizes that training and various wealth management strategies to tailor financial plans for clients, corporations, business owners and non-profits.

Chris began his career at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc in 1995 and spent 14 years there, ultimately managing the Bel Air branch. Chris moved his practice to Wells Fargo in 2009 in partnership with Eric Decker. After partnering with Libby Plunkett at Wells Fargo, the team found a home at Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC in the fall of 2019. Chris graduated from McDaniel College, formerly Western Maryland College, in 1987 with a B.A. in Business and Communications. 

In his personal life, Chris is a past Board Member for the United Way of Harford County. Chris continues to actively mentor many individuals in the financial planning professional. He is married to his wife, Beth and they have two adult daughters, Alexandra, and Ava.

Libby brings 40 years of financial services experience to the team. She is dedicated to helping individuals and small businesses manage their wealth by recommending investment strategies based on her clients’ goals and objectives. Her belief is that it takes more than a single planning session to put wealth to work in support of life goals; it takes a process. Her extensive experience – throughout major shifts in the markets – enables her to help her clients structure balanced portfolios and to stay on course throughout all market and economic environments.

Libby began her financial services career at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith. In 1994, she joined A.G. Edwards and Sons, later acquired by Wells Fargo, where she worked for 25 years before joining Janney. Libby earned her bachelor’s degree in Business & Finance and Economics from Mount Saint Mary’s College and her Master’s Degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance, from Loyola College. She holds the Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA®) designation.

Committed to helping her community prosper, Libby is actively involved with St. Margaret Parish, Rockfield Foundation, Chesapeake Professional Women’s Network and Bel Air Rotary. Libby is part of a Women’s Giving and Mentoring Circle, committed to help high-achieving young women with economic need reach their goal of attending a college prep, faith based high school. She is also a member of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Women’s Interactive Network at Janney. Outside of the office, she enjoys group fitness, running, biking, and spending time with family and friends.

With 20 years of industry experience, Eric can provide recommendations to clients to help them plan for their future. Eric maintains a focus in the areas of wealth transfer strategies, retirement, investments, insurance, and education funding planning. He joined Janney after serving 10 years at Wells Fargo Advisors, moving there in 2009 after working for Legg Mason/Smith Barney since 2001.

Eric served the United States Marine Corps and Reserve for 12

years as an Infantry Staff Non-Commissioned Officer. Within that time, in 1986, he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration/Organizational Management from the University of Toledo. Eric also earned the Accredited Asset Management Specialist℠ (AAMS®) designation from the College of Financial Planning. Eric most recently earned the Certification for Long Term Care (CLTC®) designation to help our clients plan for life’s unexpected events, by educating you on the potential solutions to source funding for long-term care needs and design a plan to mitigate these risks, tailored to your unique circumstances

and financial picture.

Eric was a past Board Member of Fallston Recreation Soccer and past HSA Member of St. John the Evangelist in Hydes, MD. In Eric’s personal life, he loves running, exercising, golfing, endurance races, crabbing, and cooking. He especially enjoys spending time with his lovely wife, Kathy, and their three adult children, Max, Ryan, and Sarah, when they come back to town. 

As a Senior Registered Private Client Associate, Janet’s primary responsibility is to maintain a professional and organized environment, along with account administration, trading, and operational needs. She also organizes and plans all client events and marketing needs for the team. She is a dedicated professional, helping the teams’ clients with their financial needs and providing the highest quality of client service.

Janet began her financial services career in 2000 at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc as a Registered Sales Assistant with Chris Ozazewski’s practice. In 2009 the team joined Wells Fargo Advisors and ultimately Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC in 2019. Prior to financial services, she worked in the banking industry as a Branch Sales Manager for PNC Bank.  Janet is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Women's Interactive Network at Janney.

Janet graduated from Gwynedd Mercy University, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in marketing and finance. Outside the office, Janet enjoys reading, yoga, walking, and spending time with her family and friends.     

Ellie has joined our team at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC as a Financial Advisor Associate. She recently graduated from Janney’s Financial Advisor Development Program which is designed to help cultivate the necessary skills to build a successful financial advisory business. She will now continue working as a Financial Advisor on the Ozazewski/Decker/Plunkett Wealth Management Team helping our clients plan for their futures.

Ellie graduated from Lindenwood University, in Saint Charles, MO

with a Master's in Business Administration. For her undergraduate degree she earned a Bachelor of Science from University of Maryland, College Park.

Ellie was most recently with T. Rowe Price as a Client Engagement Associate where she specialized in assisting clients with their retirement plans. Before T. Rowe Price, Ellie was with Bankers Life Insurance Company as a Retirement Advisor and Insurance Sales Representative.

Ellie’s passion is lacrosse, and she was an NCAA Student Athlete

and NCAA Academic All-Conference Honoree while at Lindenwood University. She was also President of the Women’s Club Lacrosse at the University of Maryland.

Ellie is a member of the Chesapeake Professional Women's Network

and the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Women's Interactive Network at Janney.