Confidence in Your Tomorrow

As you journey through life, your wealth impacts the path you travel. Every path will have twists and turns, peaks and valleys, but life shouldn’t be spent worrying about what is around the next bend in the road. Your focus should be on those you are traveling the journey with, and the beauty that is surrounding you. We want to help you identify your unique financial destination and empower you to navigate the journey with simplicity and confidence, while enjoying the parts of life that matter most.

As a team of seven Financial Advisors with offices located in Chattanooga, Nashville, and Franklin, Tennessee, BrightView Capital serves clients with a wide range of needs. We specialize in creating sophisticated tailored solutions for some of the most complex financial circumstances. Whether you are a corporate executive or an entrepreneur, an heir or a benefactor, a high-net-worth individual or someone who aspires to become one, we have the experience and resources to help accomplish your vision for the future.

Meet Our Team

What Makes BrightView Capital Unique

WE ARE
THOROUGH

With over 250 years of combined experience, our team has seen the ups and downs of the market and life’s twists and turns. We utilize a full array of financial tools needed to weather these storms. This enables you to grow, protect, and tax-efficiently distribute the wealth you have worked so hard to build.

WE ARE
COLLABORATIVE

Being a Northwestern Mutual Private Client Group member enables us to offer the attention of a boutique firm with elevated wealth management services. combined with the strength and resources of a Fortune 90 company.

As we collaborate with the other specialists in your corner, such as attorneys and accountants, our aim is to support their valuable work and bring synergy to your strategies so even the smallest details are fully coordinated and aligned with your goals.

WE ARE
ATTENTIVE

We care about what matters most to you. By asking the right questions, we uncover your hopes, needs, and fears. We’ve built a motivated team who are passionate about helping busy people get important things done and are committed to making the planning experience as simple and enjoyable as possible. We have one goal. Yours.

WE ARE
GENERATIONAL

Solid planning and consistent implementation allows you to spend time and energy on the people and passions that are most important. We’ve thoughtfully built a team of multi-generational leaders to provide faithful consistency for you and your family or business, both today and for generations to come. We are committed to building enduring relationships, helping to instill financial confidence, and fostering lasting legacies for the families and businesses we serve.

WE ARE
SPECIALIZED

We’re skilled at navigating complex financial situations, and we’ve spent decades researching and developing strategies so we can provide the best guidance for you. In a fast-paced world, you deserve advisors who stay ahead of the game and are always striving to grow and expand their expertise.

WE ARE
RECOGNIZED

We are proud to celebrate the Forbes rankings of our founding advisors as Top Financial Security Professionals.

Continuing to be ranked in the top 100 since the inception of this award, John Sterner ranked #1 in Tennessee and #46 nationally for 2024. Al Waldrop was ranked again, as #4 in Tennessee on the 2024 Best-In-State list.

John Sterner was also ranked on the 2024 Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list. These accolades speak to the great honor it is to partner with you and your family.

Forbes Top Financial Security Professionals 2024

Forbes Best-In-State Top Financial Security Professionals 2024

Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors 2024

Forbes "Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professionals" list (July 2023, 2024) was based upon data as of 12/31/2023. Forbes Top Financial Security Professionals list (July 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), based upon data as of 12/31/2020, 12/31/2021, 12/31/2022, 12/31/2023. Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors ranking (April 2024) was based on data as of 6/30/23. All research and rankings provided by Shook Research, LLC. Northwestern Mutual & its advisors do not pay for placement on 3rd party rating lists, but do pay marketing fees to these organizations to promote the rating(s). Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success.