Our Team

Meet Our Team

Vonie Bright

Teams

  • Wealth Management

Locations

  • Seattle

Roles

  • Wealth Manager
  • Wealth Strategy Group

Vonie Bright, CFP®

Wealth Manager

With a passion for providing families with financial guidance, Vonie began her career over 30 years ago when she got her first job in the financial services field as a student intern while she attended the University of Washington. Since then, Vonie has worked in virtually all aspects of the business, both on her own and within a team with the single objective of helping clients achieve their goals. Vonie especially enjoys working with women investors, helping them make sense of the noise and collaborating with them as she creates their personalized long-term financial plan and investment strategy.

Vonie holds a degree from the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and has Life, Disability and Long-Term Care Insurance Licenses in the State of Washington, and a graduate of the CFP® Certification Professional Education Program. Vonie Bright is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. Vonie serves on the Board of Trustees of Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center as Treasurer and is a member of the East King County Estate Planning Council.

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®. CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and CFP® in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.

THE MOST TREASURED THINGS I OWN

The 100-foot-tall Big Leaf Maple tree in my backyard. The view standing under its gigantic leaf canopy is spectacular!

ONE PIECE OF ADVICE

Goals are accomplished one step at a time. Just focus on the next thing in front of you.

HOBBIES

I love hanging out with my husband, daughter and spunky orange tabby Milo. I also enjoy cooking, traveling, volunteering in the community and trying to stay one step ahead of the weeds in my flower garden.

COLDSTREAM SHAREHOLDER

Coldstream is an employee-owned financial services firm. We believe that by having broad employee ownership, we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent – in turn furthering our mission of enhancing people’s lives.

Recent Article Contributions

January 2, 2026

New Gifting and Contribution Limit Changes For 2026

It is a new year and with that comes new contribution and gifting limits from the IRS.  As you begin to plan for the year ahead, we’ve highlighted some key changes in 2026 to be aware of for retirement accounts, health saving accounts, and gifting. Individual Retirement Accounts The annual contribution limits for traditional and [...]

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Contributions from: Vonie Bright, CFP®

September 2, 2025

What to Know About Hospice Care

Serious illness and the imminent passing of a family member or close friend can be one of the most challenging and heart-wrenching times in a person’s life. Luckily, the ability of healthcare professionals to work alongside patients and family members as they face these difficult moments is rising to the challenge. Hospice is one of [...]

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Contributions from: Vonie Bright, CFP®

June 24, 2025

Invest in Women: Well-Being at Any Age

We are grateful and honored to have cultivated such a remarkable community of women who attend Coldstream’s Invest in Women events. We hope everyone came away from our most recent event, Healthy Aging, as inspired and informed as we did. The discussion centered on what for many may be sensitive and intimate issues, and it [...]

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Contributions from: Anne Marie Stonich, CFP®, CPA, Becky Wilcox, CFA®, MBA, FRM®, Vonie Bright, CFP®