Our Team
Wesley Pritchett is a proven competitor on two of the toughest fields in America—big-time college football and Wall Street. An All-American linebacker and the leading tackler on Notre Dame’s 1988 National Championship team, Wesley built a reputation for discipline, precision, and relentless preparation—traits he carried directly into a 30+ year career advising elite families, business owners, and top-tier athletes. After playing in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, and Atlanta Falcons, Wesley transitioned to Wall Street, where he built a highly specialized advisory practice in institutional fixed income, complex wealth strategy, and multi-generational planning. For three decades, he has worked inside the highest levels of finance, collaborating with traders, investment desks, real estate families, and high-net-worth clients who demand detail, structure, and results. Wesley and his team run a championship-level planning process designed to uncover opportunities, eliminate inefficiencies, and build financial systems that help prepare for taxes, markets, lawsuits, and life changes. His areas-of-focus span SLATs, ILITs, GRATs, Dynasty Trusts, Family LLC/FLP structures, Family Banks, tax-efficient insurance strategies, entity planning, NIL financial systems, and long-term legacy engineering. Wesley is the father of two Division I football players—one at Georgia Tech and one at the University of Alabama—and a third son at Salisbury School in Connecticut excelling in football and lacrosse. This gives him rare, real-time visibility into athlete households, recruiting dynamics, and the financial pressures families face in today’s evolving NIL landscape. Wesley brings one belief to every client: “Structure wins. Discipline protects. Strategy builds.”
We collaborate with other Janney specialists, as needed, who have in-depth experience in specific disciplines. Together, we can assess your unique situation, analyze difference strategies, and develop a plan fit for your unique needs and goals.
Michael leads the Wealth Strategy team at Janney, focusing on helping Financial Advisors serve the financial planning needs of Janney’s most complex clients.
He was previously with Osaic, where he led a team delivering advanced planning solutions to financial professionals as a Vice President in the High Net Worth Planning Services Group. Prior to Osaic, Michael served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Pennsylvania’s 150th District in Montgomery County. Before being elected to public office, Michael held senior leadership positions at Vanguard and was a partner at a Philadelphia-area law firm specializing in estate and business planning. Michael began his career in financial services as a certified public accountant in the tax department at Deloitte & Touche in Philadelphia.
Michael earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, a J.D. from Widener University School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law. He holds the Series 7, 24, 51, 63, and 65 licenses. Michael currently resides in Royersford, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Amy, and their four children.
Shurdonna is a Vice President and Director of Janney’s High Net Worth Consulting Group, where she leads a team focused on delivering a comprehensive wealth management experience for individuals, families, business owners, executives, professional athletes, and other clients with complex financial needs. She partners with Financial Advisors to bring together the firm's specialized resources and expertise, delivering tailored solutions aligned with clients' long-term objectives. By coordinating specialists across investment management, estate and trust planning, tax strategy, asset protection, charitable giving, lending, business owner solutions, executive services, and alternative investments, she helps provide integrated guidance designed to address the evolving needs of high-net-worth clients and their families.
Shurdonna brings more than 18 years of experience in investment management and wealth planning. Prior to her current role, she served as Assistant Vice President and Wealth Strategist, supporting advanced planning initiatives across Janney's Mid-Atlantic region. In that capacity, she partnered with Financial Advisors and their clients on sophisticated planning matters involving estate and wealth transfer planning, asset protection, retirement planning, tax planning, and charitable giving.
Before joining Janney, Shurdonna served as a Financial Advisor with Vanguard Personal Advisor Services®, where she managed investment portfolios and served as the primary advisor to high-net-worth individuals and families, providing comprehensive wealth management guidance across investment strategy, financial planning, and long-term wealth stewardship. Earlier in her career, she was a Financial Advisor Associate within Vanguard Asset Management Services, supporting many of the firm's most complex ultra-high-networth clients through portfolio construction, investment analysis, and comprehensive financial planning. She also participated in Vanguard's Accelerated Leadership Development Program, completing rotations in the firm's International Client Services, Retirement Plan Services, Education Savings Group, and Retail Investor Group.
Shurdonna is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional and holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 licenses. She earned her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law and a B.S. in Finance from Morgan State University’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management. Shurdonna is an active leader in her region's nonprofit community, serving on the board of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens and participating in its finance, DEI, and strategic planning committees. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, an international service organization.