Simpkins Wealth Management Group
of Wells Fargo Advisors

Marcia Simpkins joined the predecessor firm of Wells Fargo Advisors in 1979 after
beginning her career in the Management Development program at Procter & Gamble.
During her over 40 year tenure with the firm and through several mergers she was
promoted to Investment Officer, Vice President, Senior Vice President, and then
Managing Director in 2008.

Her experience in the investment field and her education prepared her to work with
individuals and corporations in building, maintaining and increasing wealth. After
earning an undergraduate degree in English from the College of William and Mary in
Virginia, Mrs. Simpkins continued at William & Mary studying for two Masters degrees
concurrently. In 1977 she was awarded an M.Ed. in Counseling and in 1978 a Masters of
Business Administration.

Mrs. Simpkins has been honored by the Business and Professional Women’s Club as
Young Business Woman of the Year and has appeared in Who’s Who in Business &
Finance. She has been an active volunteer and Board Member of organizations
supporting historic preservation, children, and youth.
Outside the office she enjoys travel, reading, gardening, and spending time with her
family.

Crawford Simpkins is a 2012 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia receiving a B.S. in Economics and Commerce and a minor in Rhetoric. During his career at Hampden-Sydney Crawford served as a member of the Student Court and as a Resident Advisor. He represented Hampden-Sydney at the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) conference in the Bahamas, presenting his research “NationalDefense.com, the Risk of Too Much Internet Security”. Crawford joined Wells Fargo Advisors in 2012 as an Operations Clerk in Louisiana. In 2013 he was promoted to Financial Advisor trainee. Later that year he joined the Washington, DC office as a permanent member of Simpkins Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors.

In his spare time Crawford devotes his time to meticulously planning his next backcountry ski and SCUBA trips. He finds that by committing to high-risk activities outside of the office, it allows for a more risk averse mindset to investment planning.

First day with the firm: June 18th 2012.
S&P 500 closing on June 18th 2012: 1,344.78

With early childhood roots in San Francisco, Marla grew up in Lafayette, LA where she graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1993 with a Bachelor’s degree in English. 

Marla joined Wells Fargo Advisors in 2016 as a Senior Registered Client Associate and brings over 20 years of client service experience to the Simpkins Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors.  Throughout her financial services career, Marla has served in the areas of Operations and Compliance and maintains the Series 7, 9, 10, and 66 Securities Registrations.  Her most rewarding role has been as a team member with the Simpkins Wealth Management Group since the fall of 2020.

During her spare time, Marla enjoys penning letters to her grandson, reading biographies, and serving the community through her local church.  Marla also volunteers for DC-127, a non-profit organization providing advocacy and wraparound services to under-resourced parents and grandparents in the Washington DC metro area. 

Marla lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband Don, a software engineer and US Navy retiree.

Urna Naranbat was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and moved to the United States in 1999 as a teenager. After living in Arlington, Virginia and graduating from Yorktown High School, Urna moved to Maryland to attend Montgomery  College to study business and accounting. In 2010 while at Montgomery College she was recruited as an intern for the Washington office of the Wells Fargo Advisors predecessor firm Wachovia Securities to work with the Simpkins Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors. After her internship, Urna joined the firm permanently in 2014 as a Client Associate and was later promoted to Registered Client Associate - Officer. Her responsibilities include the preparation of client Portfolio Reviews, managing client communications and both domestic and foreign funds transfers.

Ms. Naranbat currently lives in Silver Spring, MD with her husband and their three daughters.