About Me
Chris Sakas
Managing Principal
Branch Manager
Chris provides comprehensive holistic wealth planning. He focuses on building trust with clients and utilizes a diverse set of skills and experiential learning to help achieve their goals.
For nearly two decades Chris has helped clients address their financial concerns and develop strategies by focusing on each individual’s specific needs. With extensive experience throughout his career in banking and finance, Chris has dedicated his career to delivering the personalized investment planning services his clients deserve.
Chris began his career on the banking side of finance and developed a high level of broad based experience that his clients have found beneficial to have in their financial advisor.
Having worked for regional banks to national banking institutions, Chris has collected a vast amount of proficiencies that have built a strong knowledge base to work from. After starting a successful career at Oppenheimer & Co. in 2000, Chris spent two decades developing his fundamental investment knowledge at national investment firms like Wells Fargo Advisors in 2018 before helping pioneer Pintler Wealth Management Group in 2022 through Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.
Chris’s passion for learning and teaching grows each day. He enjoys educating clients and younger generations about finance, liability management, and investments. Most recently he spent 6 years on the board of trustees for Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma, WA. Chris earned his bachelor’s degree in business from Pacific Lutheran University and played a variety of sports while there. Later in his career earned his master’s degree from Seattle University.
Chris spends his free time with his wife Kallie and their two dogs – Zula and Ponee. They both like to stay very active, whether it’s mountain biking in the hills, fly fishing one of the Montana rivers, or snowmobiling in the mountains. Chris enjoys all snow sports and spent over a decade as a ski instructor at Stevens Pass Ski Resort in Washington.
