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Schedule for the Day

10am Registration
11:30am Shotgun Start
5:00pm Cocktails
6:00pm Gala Dinner & Auction

Honoring Joe Reap

For 27 years Joe Reap has been with Morgan Stanley and its predecessors. Joe leads a team that helps affluent families and individuals address the complex challenges of managing significant wealth. He has been honored to be a member of Morgan Stanley’s esteemed Presidents Council for ten years and was named a Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisor from 2020-2025*. In addition, he served as a member of the NY Plaza’s branch management team for three years. Prior to his financial services career, Joseph was founder of J.R. Industrial Catering serving as President for 15 years.

Joe is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s Regional High School and moved on to William Patterson University to study business and finance. Highly active in his community, he serves as a board member of the American Cancer Society, chairing their golf and gala committees. Joe has also been a Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus and a board member of the Ramsey Education Foundation. He and his wife, Karen, are proud recipients of the Morgan Stanley Community Leadership Award.

Outside of work, Joe enjoys fishing, traveling, golf, and is a member of the Eagle Oaks Golf Club in New Jersey and the Classics Golf Club in Naples, Florida. Joe and his wife Karen live in Manasquan, New Jersey and have two grown daughters, Stephanie and Ali. Stephanie and her husband, Matthew have two sons, Santino and Carmine. Ali and her fiancé George are getting married this year.

*2020 – 2025 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors

Source: Forbes.com ( 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024,2025). Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors ranking awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022. 2023, 2024, 2025. Each ranking was based on an evaluation process conducted by SHOOK Research LLC (the research company) in partnership with Forbes (the publisher). This evaluation process concluded in June of the previous year the award was issued having commenced in June of the year before that. Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC nor its Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors paid a fee to SHOOK Research LLC to obtain or use the ranking. This ranking is based on in-person and telephone due diligence meetings to evaluate each advisor qualitatively, a major component of a ranking algorithm that includes client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations, and quantitative criteria, including assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criterion. Rankings are based on the opinions of SHOOK Research LLC and this ranking may not be representative of any one client’s experience. This ranking is not indicative of the Financial Advisor’s future performance. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is not affiliated with SHOOK Research LLC or Forbes. For more information, see www.SHOOKresearch.com.