Stuart M. Miller, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®
Principal
StuMiller@MillerMcCurry.com
Stu graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BS in business and spent three years at the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh working on a Ph.D. in public finance.
Stu and his wife of 48 years, Linda, have two sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren. One family lives in Mt. Lebanon and one in Ossining, New York. Stu and Linda agree that the two seminal events in the Miller family was raising their children on Wellesley Road in Highland Park and spending 15 consecutive summers attending the Deer Valley YMCA camp. The Deer Valley experience continues to be an annual,
whole- family event. They have spent the past 32 years in Fox Chapel and now also own a condo in Naples, Florida.
Stu has many hobbies, including tennis, reading, and adult studies in history, cultural development, and in particular as related to Jewish history and development. Stu often quips that his primary hobby is “board member.” He has had extensive participation in not-for-profit boards and in most cases as an officer. He is the chairman emeritus of the Board of East End Cooperative Ministry, the past president of the Pittsburgh Public Theater and has been on the board of the Cultural Trust, the Pittsburgh Opera, Family Services of Western Pennsylvania, Temple Sinai, and the Fox Chapel Racquet Club.
He started his financial services career 44 years ago specializing in planning for closely held business, including succession planning, estate planning, and fringe benefit planning. In 1992, he joined a regional financial advisory firm and became a senior stockholder. In 2003, he was instrumental in spinning out the high-net-worth practice of that firm and created a new firm specializing in counseling high-net-worth individuals. MillerMcCurry is a further specialization. (See the Philosophy tab.) He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM professional and holds the Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®) and Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®) designations.
Daniel P. McCurry, CFP®
Principal
DMcCurry@MillerMcCurry.com
Dan graduated from John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio, with a B.S.B.A. in accounting, where he also completed his Masters in Business Administration graduate degree.
A native of Pittsburgh, Dan grew up in Gibsonia, the son of a kindergarten teacher and a high-school principal/football coach. He, and his wife Liz, now reside in Valencia, with their two young daughters. Convincing Liz to marry him was a feat in and of itself, but getting her to leave her South Hills roots and build their family in the North Hills of Pittsburgh was an even bigger accomplishment.
Outside of work, Dan enjoys watching college football, playing hockey, and working in his yard in the spring and summer. Before the arrival of his daughters, Dan spent seven years coaching 12-year-old youth football players for the North Hills Youth Football Association, with his father at his side for three of them. His pride and joy though, is spending the vast majority of his free time with his daughters and family.
Dan is currently a member of the Pittsburgh Foundation’s Young Professional board. Previously, he served on the board of directors for the Crisis Center North and has been involved with Big Brothers and Big Sisters as a mentor.
Dan began his financial services career 22 years ago in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as an associate at a multi-family office serving the needs of ultra-high-net-worth families. His focus was on cash flow and tax planning, as well as tax preparation for both entities and individuals. In 2005, Dan returned to Pittsburgh to work at a regional financial advisory firm, where he would spend the next 15 years. In his role, he worked closely with Stuart Miller in all facets of financial planning and investment management and developed a friendship and bond that led to the founding of Miller McCurry. Dan is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM professional.
Joe DeNardo, CFP®
Financial Advisor
jdenardo@millermccurry.com
Joe graduated from California University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s of Science in Sport Management, and received his Certificate in Financial Planning from Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies. He joined Miller McCurry in 2020, bringing with him a decade’s worth of account management experience in the corporate world.
Joe started his professional career at DICK’S Sporting Goods headquarters in merchandising, working with vendors and stores in the custom golf equipment business. In 2014, Joe joined the Pittsburgh Pirates, consulting business leaders across the region on PNC Park’s premium and hospitality areas. After witnessing a few playoff runs, Joe was presented with the opportunity to bring the Topgolf experience to the Pittsburgh market in 2018, where he specialized in the venue’s corporate and charitable accounts. Finally, in 2020, Joe took a “leap of faith” and pursued the profession that had piqued his interest ever since graduating college, leading him to Miller McCurry. Joe is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Joe’s name is instantly recognizable to most natives as the namesake to his grandfather, who served the population as chief meteorologist at WTAE-TV for over 35 years. Joe is a lifelong citizen of Moon Township, and currently resides in the area with his wife Leah, their son Matthew, and their Miniature American Shepherd, Levi.
Away from work, Joe enjoys golfing, supporting all of the Pittsburgh sports teams, reading up on the latest automotive trends, and taking walks with his family and dog. Joe is currently the treasurer of the Moon Parks Foundation, serves on various committees at Montour Heights Country Club, and is an active supporter of The Salvation Army’s Project Bundle-Up.
Tara Kovach, CFP®
Financial Advisor/CEO
tkovach@millermccurry.com
Tara joined Miller McCurry in 2020 as the Director of Operations. In that capacity she manages the individualized needs of clients and oversees all operational aspects of the company.
Tara earned her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification in 2022 and acquired her insurance licensing the same year. She is also a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh.
As a financial planner she offers her clients highly personalized service with a holistic approach to wealth management, collaborating with tax and legal professionals to seamlessly connect all aspects of a client’s financial world to ensure that they are synchronized.
Prior to joining Miller McCurry, Tara served as the Director of Production at Pittsburgh Opera where she was charged with direct supervision of all the company’s production operations, establishing long range plans and deliverable milestones, maintaining a dedicated system to manage their timely delivery; preparing initial expense estimates and ongoing revisions and forecasts; and preparing and implementing plans and schedules for all aspects of rehearsal and performance with a high degree of flexibility to respond to changing conditions. She managed the work of a diverse group of individuals comprising managers, designers, directors, and represented stage personnel and negotiated favorable collective bargaining agreements. Before joining the administrative staff at the opera, Tara was a freelance stage manager working throughout the country.
Tara brings her enthusiasm for creative, complex problem solving from the theater to wealth management to help her clients meet their goals.