CRYSTAL LAKE – Ann Mariani-Issel of Wayne recently joined the management team at Dorion Gray Retirement Planning as vice president, chief operations/compliance officer.

She joins DGRP with more than 25 years experience in the financial services industry. Her most recent position was as vice president/CCO of an SEC registered, independent money management firm located in Downers Grove.

Prior to her 19-year career in the investment advisory field, she spent several years learning various aspects of the business. While at the Chicago Board of Trade she was responsible for negotiating disputed commodity trades with the floor brokers. She worked with the vice president of mutual fund sales at a regional broker dealer in Denver and gained experience in back office administration while working for a broker dealer in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.