DeAnne Steele

DeAnne Steele is a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Advisor for Northern Trust in San Diego. She has over 30 years of wealth management experience and is committed to helping high net worth individuals, families, executives, business owners and foundations navigate change with confidence and meet their lifetime goals. At her core, DeAnne enjoys solving complex financial puzzles and building things—whether it’s a financial portfolio or a dynamic team—and thrives on solving challenges that help drive client and organizational success.

With extensive national experience across brokerage, fiduciary, and private banking platforms, her expertise includes developing comprehensive, tailored solutions that meet diverse client needs, driving business growth, and speaking and writing on topics such as economic trends, market dynamics, portfolio construction, impact investing, belonging, and financial empowerment for women. Prior firms include Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Private Bank and BNY Mellon where she worked in New York and co-managed a large cap growth mutual fund and has appeared on Reuters and Bloomberg Television.

DeAnne is passionate about live music and theater in San Diego, about financial empowerment for women as they create and inherit greater wealth, and to helping those less fortunate especially our youth and senior communities.

2025

DeAnne earned her MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from UCLA.

DeAnne has earned her Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations.