Kevin W. Higginbotham

Kevin Higginbotham is Managing Partner and Senior Wealth Management Advisor at OpenArc Corporate Advisory, where he also serves as a Board Member. With decades of experience in wealth management, Kevin brings strategic insight and a client-first approach to helping individuals, families, and institutions navigate complex financial landscapes.

A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Kevin served on active duty during the Gulf War and is a recipient of the Navy Achievement Medal. His leadership and discipline continue to shape his professional philosophy and commitment to excellence.

Kevin has earned national recognition for his work, including being named to Barron’s Top 1200 Financial Advisors list in 2023 and 2024. His team was also honored on Forbe’s’s Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams list (2025), Forbes’s America’s Top Wealth Management Teams – High Networth (2024), Top 100 Institutional Consulting Teams list (2023), and Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams list (2024, 2025).

Since 1999, Kevin has lived in the Atlanta area and currently resides in Johns Creek, Georgia, with his wife Cherice and their daughter Sophia. He and Cherice are active supporters of the Atlanta Children’s Shelter, March of Dimes, and the Boys & Girls Club. Outside of work, Kevin enjoys golf, tennis, cycling, and traveling.

The Barron’s Top 1200 Financial Advisors list, developed by Barron’s (a publication of Dow Jones & Company, L.P.), covers the period from September 30, 2021 to September 30, 2022 and was released on March 10, 2023 for the year 2023. For the year 2024, it covers the period from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2023 and was released on March 11, 2024. Neither OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC nor any of its advisors pay a fee in exchange for this recognition. For more information, please visit https://www.barrons.com/advisor/report/top-financial-advisors/1000/2024.

The 2025 Forbes’s Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams list, developed by Shook Research, covers the period from March 31, 2023 to March 31, 2024 and was released on January 09, 2025. The team name was Global Corporate and Institutional Advisory Services from Merrill Wealth Management. Neither OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC nor any of its advisors pay a fee in exchange for this recognition. For more information, please visit https://www.forbes.com/lists/wealth-management-teams-best-in-state/?sh=4cdcfa3076f2

The 2024 Forbes’s America’s Top Wealth Management Teams – High Net Worth was developed by Shook Research, covers the period of March 2024 for nomination of advisors and teams and was released in November 2024. The team name was Global Corporate and Institutional Advisory Services from Merrill Wealth Management. Neither OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC nor any of its advisors pay a fee in exchange for this recognition. For more information, please visit https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-wealth-management-teams-high-net-worth/

The 2024 and 2025 Barron’s Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams list, developed by Barron’s (a publication of Dow Jones & Company, L.P.), covers the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 and was released in May of each year. The team recognized was Global Corporate and Institutional Advisory Services. Neither OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC nor any of its advisors pay a fee in exchange for this recognition. https://www.barrons.com/advisor/report/top-financial-advisors/private-wealth/2025?page=1&mod=faranking_2025

The Barron’s Top 100 Institutional Consulting Teams list, developed by Barron’s (a publication of Dow Jones & Company, L.P.), covers the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 and was released on May 11, 2023. The team recognized was Global Corporate and Institutional Advisory Services, Global Institutional Consulting. Neither OpenArc Corporate Advisory, LLC nor any of its advisors pay a fee in exchange for this recognition. For more information, please visit https://www.barrons.com/advisor/report/top-financial-advisors/institutional/2023?page=1.