Humble STEWARDS, Hungry Learners, Better Together

True success comes from putting others first, continually growing, and building strong collaborative relationships. These guiding principles shape every conversation, strategy, and decision.

  • Hilltop continuously evaluates and adopts cutting-edge financial technology to deliver innovative solutions. Our favored tools are those that make a difference in our clients’ lives by improving efficiency, enhancing insights, and making it easier to do business

  • You deserve the reassurance of individual attention from a dedicated advisor and the efficiency of a team approach. We’ve built our team to give you both.

  • Hilltop is a Registered Investment Advisor regulated by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). This means we have a fiduciary responsibility at all times, prioritizing our clients’ interests above our own. The only compensation Hilltop receives comes from advisory and financial planning fees. We do not sell products to clients or accept commissions from vendors, and we minimize activities that could create conflict of interest

  • We work directly with other professionals to strategize and implement your plan. If you need a referral, just put our network to work for you. We have active relationships with accountants, estate attorneys, retirement plan administrators, lenders, insurance agents, business advisors, business attorneys, and more

FINANCIAL ADVISORS

You will have a primary advisor, but our team works together to give you
a seamless experience.

Ben Yeager
Chief Executive Officer,
Partner & Senior Advisor
ben@hilltopwa.com

Rusty Eriksen
President, Partner
& Senior Advisor
rusty@hilltopwa.com

Chris Hostetler
Partner & Senior Advisor
chris@hilltopwa.com

David Wise
Partner & Senior Advisor
david@hilltopwa.com

Brittany Brinckerhoff
Partner & Lead Advisor
brittany@hilltopwa.com

Sofia Pina
Associate Advisor
sofia@hilltopwa.com

Alex Rankin
Financial Advisor
alex@hilltopwa.com

Stephen Neubig
Financial Advisor
stephen@hilltopwa.com

Ryan Wickersham
Associate Advisor
ryan@hilltopwa.com

operations TEAM

Wesley Pitman
Partner, Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Operations
wesley@hilltopwa.com

Justin Borreggine
Client Service Team Lead
justin@hilltopwa.com

Max Buico
Senior Client Service Associate
max@hilltopwa.com

Lola Sneddon
Client Service Associate
lola@hilltopwa.com

Dawn Black
Office Manager
dawn@hilltopwa.com

Alice Clements
Client Experience Associate
alice@hilltopwa.com

Madelaine Pierce

Madelaine Pierce
Marketing Specialist
madelaine@hilltopwa.com

INDEPENDENT and

INTERGENERATIONAL

Since 1989, Hilltop has helped clients weather global financial crises and countless personal life events. In an era when most client–advisor relationships were driven by product sales, founders Don Rutledge and Deborah Hining chose a fee-based financial planning approach—grounded in trust, long-term partnership, and advice tailored to the individual, not the transaction.

As franchise owners with a national brokerage firm, they began crafting a team built on mentorship and shared responsibility, a culture we carry forward today. In 2016, we became a fully independent, fee-only firm to further align our advice with what matters most to our clients.