Tony Pizelo, CFA
Chief Executive Officer

As CEO of Pacific West Financial Group, Tony Pizelo is leading our company into a new generation of financial advice and strategy. He is an expert in business economics and his financial industry experience includes: leading independent broker-dealers, managing underwritings and building real estate capital teams.

Since joining Pacific West in 2002, with his strong sense of leadership and vision, Tony has set a course for the team by developing clear goals and direction.

"We have aligned our corporate vision and mission statement to help our representatives achieve their goals," Tony says. "We do so with a family culture and the independent focus of our corporate philosophy -- two elements that are the bedrock of the firm's conviction to set a standard as a 'Beacon of Integrity.'"

Before joining Pacific West, Tony was Chief Financial Officer, Compliance Officer and a Financial Operations Principal with Great Northern Financial Services, a brokerage firm in Spokane, Washington where he also taught MBA classes at Gonzaga University. Prior to that, he was a general manager for an independent broker-dealer.

Tony has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), holds 10 securities licenses and is licensed in life and health insurance. A Spokane native, he is a professional speaker and the author of a finance textbook.

Tony enjoys playing basketball, working out and spending time with his wife, Trish, and four children, Hannah, Samuel, Stephanas and Esther.