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Current Employers
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED 2026-01-13
MD RA APPROVED 2025-12-02
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-01-13
  • MD RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-02

Branch Locations

12099 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Washington DC 07/2021 09/2022
Washington & Lee University Lexington VA 08/2017 05/2021
Traveller Lexington VA 10/2018 05/2021
King George Co. Department Of Economic Development King George VA 07/2019 08/2019
King George Co. Department Of Economic Development King George VA 07/2018 07/2018
Vector Marketing King George VA 07/2017 Present
King George High School King George VA 08/2013 05/2017
Washington & Lee University Store Lexington VA 01/2018 12/2018
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Washington DC 09/2022 10/2024
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Silver Spring MD 11/2025 Present
North American Language And Cultural Assistant Program Madrid 10/2024 06/2025
Bank Of America, N.A. Silver Spring MD 12/2025 Present
  • 07/2021 → 09/2022
    Washington, DC
  • 08/2017 → 05/2021
    Washington & Lee University
    Lexington, VA
  • 10/2018 → 05/2021
    Traveller
    Lexington, VA
  • 07/2019 → 08/2019
    King George Co. Department Of Economic Development
    King George, VA
  • 07/2018 → 07/2018
    King George Co. Department Of Economic Development
    King George, VA
  • 07/2017 → Present
    Vector Marketing
    King George, VA
  • 08/2013 → 05/2017
    King George High School
    King George, VA
  • 01/2018 → 12/2018
    Washington & Lee University Store
    Lexington, VA
  • 09/2022 → 10/2024
    Washington, DC
  • 11/2025 → Present
    Silver Spring, MD
  • 10/2024 → 06/2025
    North American Language And Cultural Assistant Program
    Madrid
  • 12/2025 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    Silver Spring, MD
Previous Registrations
  • 2021-11-10 → 2025-05-02
    Washington, DC
    Washington, DC
    Washington, DC
    New York, NY
    Dahlgren, VA
    Bethesda, MD
    Washington, DC
    Washington, DC
    Washington, DC
    Potomac, MD
    Washington, DC
    Gaithersburg, MD
Other Businesses

For profit or not for profit: For profit Name of outside business organization: Vector Marketing Investment related: No Address of business:1116 East State Street, Olean, New York 14760-6228 Nature of business: Kitchen Knife Sales Compensation for Activity (Yes/No only): Yes Position, title, associationIndependent Contractor Start date of relationship: 7/1/2017 Number of hours devoted: 10/yr Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: Hold sales appointments and place orders for Cutco kitchen knives. Currently almost only place orders for past clients if they contact me asking to order new knives. Very infrequent, no regular time commitment I*514900 For profit or not for profit: Entity For Profit Name of outside business organization: Vector Marketing Investment related: N Address of business: Olean, New York, 14760-6228 Nature of business: ["Corporation"] Position, title, association: ["Consultant/Independent Contractor"], Start date of relationship: 7/27/2021 Number of hours devoted: 10 hour(s) Yearly Number of hours devoted during trading hours: 0 Duties: , Independent Contractor. Place orders for Cutco kitchen knives, primarily with previous clients who contact me to place an additional order. No expectations from the company, but at times previous clients contact me (infrequently) and have me place orders for them. This will be only reactive and I will not be soliciting BOA/Merrill clients

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2021-11-08
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2021-11-08
Other Names
  • Franklin John Rinko
  • Franklin Rinko

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