Bruce S. Stuart is a financial advisor employed by a major Wall Street brokerage firm in San Francisco, California. He is a broker of record for the city of Berkeley, he is the chief advisor for one of the city's difered compensation plans, which serves 2,000 city employees. A frequent speaker on retirement planning issues, he addresses audiences of government employees, including fire, police, housing, recreation, financing, and public work departments. He is an honors graduate of Cornell University and Albany Law School, where he took specialized coursework in state and local government. He is an attorney in California and New York.