Private Wealth Advisors: Fort Worth

Matt Kline is an Executive Director, Senior Private Client Advisor with over a decade of experience advising high net worth families, endowments, and foundations.  As a Private Client Advisor, he acts as a trusted partner to his clients, providing comprehensive and holistic wealth management services, to help meet their financial goals. He is responsible for coordinating a team of professionals to deliver investment management, banking, lending, and estate planning solutions.

He joined Texas Capital Private Wealth Advisors in 2022. He has extensive experience in managing both sides of the client's balance sheet. Prior to joining he was a Portfolio Manager and Private Client Manager at Bank of America Private Bank. He started his career at JPMorgan, as a Commercial Banker, advising non-profit, higher education, and healthcare institutions.

Matt is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) Charterholder and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® (CAIA) Charterholder. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with bachelor's degrees in Accounting and Finance.

Steve is the Chief Investment Officer for Private Wealth Advisors. He is responsible for the strategy, construction and performance of client portfolios and trusts. With over 30 years of portfolio management experience, Steve joined Texas Capital Bank from Communities Foundation of Texas where he managed investments and helped to raise the Foundation’s performance to among the highest in their peer groups of universities and foundations. Steve earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Math from the University of Texas at Austin, a Masters in Business from Texas State and a Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s School of Law. He is an attorney, CFA® and CMT® charter holder.

Carson Anderson is Executive Director, Private Banking Advisor for Texas Capital. His role provides tailored lending solutions and meeting deposit needs for private wealth clients.

Carson joined Texas Capital in October 2022. Previously, he held roles with Wells Fargo Advisors and Morgan Stanley Private Bank. He has 18 years of experience in private baking.

Carson earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Tech University and a Master of Business Administration from Tarleton State University. Carson is Series 7 and 66 certified.

Bradford Hutchins is an Executive Director and Private Client Advisor in Fort Worth.  Bradford has over 20 years of dedicated experience serving high net worth clients. He is passionate about providing a truly customized wealth management plan that aligns to his client’s unique priorities, including asset management, financial planning, and trust & estate planning through facilitating introductions to additional Texas Capital Bank partners to deliver a truly tailored financial plan.  In believing client’s real priorities lie beyond just their net worth, this guides Bradford’s approach to building client relationships, so he can better personalize solutions to meet unique client goals
 
Brad joined Texas Capital Bank from PNC where he served as a Senior Relationship Specialist, working with high-net-worth clients, coordinating the team effort in helping client’s reach their unique goals and objectives. Brad spent most of his career at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch serving in multiple roles all focusing on high-net-worth clients.

Michael E. Maeker is Executive Director, Senior Investment Advisor for Private Wealth Advisors at Texas Capital. In his role, he helps present, implement, rebalance and monitor the firm’s high-net-worth clients’ investment plans.

Michael joined Texas Capital in November 2023, bringing to his role 25 years of experience providing ultra-high-net-worth clients with optimal assistance in retirement planning, estate planning, investment advice and tax strategies. Previously, he served as vice president, financial consultant for Fidelity Investments where he provided first-class service to ultra-high-net-worth clients with complex wealth management needs and managed a practice totaling over $3 billion in assets under administration. Prior to that, he served in escalating roles at Fidelity Investments. During his tenure, he won the Practice Management Institute award and Best of the West award. He was also a two-time Excellent in Action winner, a 16-time Achiever winner and six-time recipient of the President’s Circle Award.

Michael earned a Bachelor of Science in family financial planning at Texas Tech University. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®️) and holds a Life and Annuities Insurance License as well as Series 7, 63, 65, 9 and 10 licenses.

Eric Hyden joined Texas Capital Bank in 2021 as an Executive Director, Senior Private Client Advisor in the Private Wealth Advisors group. Together, with a team of experienced advisors, Eric delivers comprehensive wealth management advice and services, including concierge private banking, mortgage financing, investment management and trust and estate administration. The advice is integrated by the development of a customized financial and wealth transfer plan designed specifically for each family. Eric’s role on the team is to seamlessly manage the overall relationship, coordinate with the family’s attorneys and tax counsel, as well as to provide expertise on wealth advisory, investment management, credit and fiduciary services. With over 33 years of experience, Eric assists his clients in achieving their financial goals and objectives.

Prior to joining Texas Capital Bank, Eric spent three years as a Private Banker at BBVA/PNC, three years at Comerica Bank as a Client Advisor and twelve years at JPMorgan as a Senior Trust Advisor. Eric is active in the Fort Worth community and current serves as a board director for the Sportsmen’s Club of Fort Worth and Carter Bloodcare Foundation. He also serves on the Regional Council of Make-A-Wish North Texas.

Eric received his bachelor’s degree in General Business at Southern Methodist University – The Cox School of Business in 1984 and earned his MBA at Texas Christian University – Neeley School of Business in 1987. He is a CFP®, Certified Financial Planner.

Sharon Fontenot is Vice President, Senior Fiduciary Officer for Private Wealth Advisors at Texas Capital. Together with a team of experienced advisors, she offers tailored solutions and guidance to high-net-worth individuals and affluent families at every life stage. Her passion lies in providing exceptional service and building deep, meaningful relationships with both her clients and colleagues.

Sharon joined Texas Capital in July 2022, bringing to her role more than 30 years of extensive industry knowledge and expertise in all areas of trust administration. Previously, she served as a senior fiduciary officer with PNC where she was responsible for the management and oversight of a book of complex trust relationships. Sharon was recognized as a PNC Market Allstar in 2022 for her commitment and dedication to her clients and the organization. Prior to joining PNC, she spent more than 19 years at JPMorgan Chase where she served as a team leader for the Texas market and as a fiduciary advisor serving high-net-worth individuals and their families.

Sharon is a Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor. She is a member of the Tarrant County Probate Bar Association and the Dallas Estate Planning Counsel.