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2014 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Ric Edelman
Ric Edelman

Chairman and CEO, Edelman Financial Services, LLC
Three times ranked the #1 Independent Financial Advisor in the nation by Barron’s, is Chairman and CEO of Edelman Financial Services. Ric hosts weekly radio and television shows that air nationwide. He is also a #1 New York Times best-selling author, having published seven books on personal finance. His eighth book, The Truth About Retirement Plans and IRAs, a #1 national bestseller, was published in April 2014. Edelman Financial Services manages more than $12.75 billion for more than 24,000 individuals and families. To learn more about Ric visit EdelmanFinancial.com


Sallie Krawcheck
Sallie Krawcheck

Chair of Ellevate Network and Ellevate Asset Management
Sallie Krawcheck is chair of Ellevate Network and Ellevate Asset Management. In 2013, the former CEO of Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch and US Trust purchased the professional women’s network, previously known as 85 Broads. Krawcheck has been one of the most influential executives in financial services. A rabid Tar Heel fan, Krawcheck spends time advising start-ups and focusing on education-oriented philanthropy.


SPEAKERS

Nicholas Alonso
Nicholas Alonso, CFA

Portfolio Manager, Multi Asset, PanAgora Asset Management
Nicholas Alonso is a portfolio manager within the multi asset group. He is responsible for quantitative model research, development and enhancements for PanAgora’s Multi Asset strategies. Alonso joined PanAgora from Mellon Capital Management (formerly Franklin Portfolio) where he was a Quantitative Analyst primarily responsible for research and management of Market Neutral Equity portfolios. He is a CFA charterholder.


Sumanta Biswas
Sumanta Biswas, CFA

 

Assistant Portfolio Manager and Vice President at Polaris Capital Management, LLC in Boston.
Sumanta Biswas works with PCM Founder Bernie Horn in portfolio management, conducting fundamental analysis of potential investment opportunities. Previously, he was an officer of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Biswas received a master’s in finance from Boston College in 2001, and an MBS from Calcutta University in 1996.


Isaac Braley
Isaac Braley

President, Director of BTS and Portfolio Analyst
Isaac Braley joined BTS Asset Management in 1999. He has served as a significant contributor to portfolio analysis, to the creation of the popular Alpha Strategic Asset Allocation Portfolios, and Multi-Strategy Portfolios at BTS. Braley is head of distribution for the organization. He actively attends industry investment and research conferences speaking on topics regarding portfolio design and behavioral finance.


Brody Browe
Brody J. Browe

Executive Director, Portfolio Specialist, Franklin Square Capital Partners
As an Executive Director and Portfolio Specialist for Franklin Square’s current offerings Mr. Browe is a subject matter expert. He serves as a key member of Franklin Square’s investment team and is involved in fund development and management. In his role he works closely with GSO / Blackstone. Mr. Browe brings extensive knowledge of the capital and credit markets from his previous roles. 
Prior to joining Franklin Square, Mr. Browe served as a Managing Director at Stark Investments, a $14 billion global alternative investment firm. At Stark he was a member of the investment team for their direct lending strategy. Prior to Stark Investments, he spent nine years as an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.


Cory Clark
Cory Clark

Head of Research and Due Diligence, DALBAR, Inc.
Cory Clark is the head of DALBAR’s Research and Due Diligence group, where he is responsible for research, due diligence audits, consulting and other advisor solutions. For the past 8 years, Cory has worked with record keepers, broker/dealers, investment managers and RIAs to assist in their compliance with regulatory requirements and improve operational efficiencies. Cory is the author of numerous reports including DALBAR’S Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior. Cory holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is currently studying law at New England Law | Boston.


John Collins
John Collins, CIMA®, ChFC®

National Key Accounts Director, Advisor Sales
John Collins joined Oberweis Asset Management in June 2011. With over 20 years financial service experience, John earned a BS in economics with honors from Rockford College and holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst and Chartered Financial Consultant professional designations.


John Dolfin
John Dolfin

Director of Research, Steben & Company, Inc
John Dolfin, CFA, is Director of Research at Steben & Company. Dolfin joined the Firm in August 2011 with over 10 years experience in financial markets and 7 years in due diligence and allocaiton to alternative strategies. Dolfin earned his bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 1993 and a masters in economics from Yale University.


Ryan Donovan
Ryan Donovan

Vice President of Business Development, Orion Advisor Services, LLC
Ryan Donovan joined Orion Advisor Services with the goal of empowering advisors in the northeast and furthering Orion’s regional presence. Prior to joining Orion, Mr. Donovan was a Vice President with Citigroup where he was responsible for developing bespoke front, middle and back office solutions for institutional investment advisors. Mr. Donovan is privileged to have been engaged by many of the industries leading institutional investors and work as a strategic partner to address their complex business challenges.


Andrew Dudley
Andrew Dudley, CFA

Senior Portfolio Manager, Context Asset Management
Andy is an industry veteran with more than 23 years of experience in fixed income investments and portfolio management at Fidelity and Putnam. As Senior Portfolio Manager for Context, he is responsible for investment policy, portfolio construction and manager selection for the Context Alternative Strategies Fund. Andy is a CFA and earned an MBA from University of Chicago and BA from Yale University.


Ubong "Bobby" Edemeka
Ubong "Bobby" Edemeka

Managing Director, Income & Infrastructure Portfolio Manager, Jennison Associates
Ubong "Bobby" Edemeka joined Jennison Associates in March 2002. Before joining Jennison, Edemeka was a sell-side research analyst on the US Power & Utilities team at Goldman Sachs, an analyst on the global utilities team of SSB Citi Asset Management Group, a division of Citigroup, and an analyst for the Prudential Utility Fund (now Prudential Jennison Utility Fund) at Prudential Investments in 1997 after completing Prudential's investment management training program. Bobby received his BA in government from Harvard.


Mark E. Eveans
Mark E. Eveans

CFA, CIC, President, Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager, Meritage
Mark Eveans leads the Meritage Value Equity investment style. He has over 40 years of experience managing institutional and private portfolios, preceded by four years as an institutional security analyst.  Eveans served for 11 years as a Managing Director for Reimer and Koger Associates, Inc., where he led the Core Value Group.  He was the chief portfolio manager and chairman of the Stock Selection Committee for Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago. He is past president of the Kansas City Society of Financial Analysts. He received his B.A. and M.B.A. in finance from Wichita State University with Honors.


Robert D. Ewing, CFA
Robert D. Ewing, CFA

Co-Head of U.S. Equities Investment Management, Putnam Investments.
In this role, he is responsible for the strategy, research process and development, staffing and career development, and group-level investment performance for the U.S. Equities effort. In addition, he is Portfolio Manager of The Putnam Fund for Growth and Income. He joined Putnam in 2008 and has been in the investment industry since 1990.


Patrick Galley
Patrick Galley

Chief Investment Officer, RiverNorth
Patrick Galley serves as chief investment officer and portfolio manager of RiverNorth. Galley heads the firm's investment team and oversees all portfolio management activites. He also serves as the president and chairman of RiverNorth Funds. Prior to joining RiverNorth, Galley was vice president at Bank of American in the Global Investment Bank's Portfolio Management group.


Mark Green
Mark Green, CFA

Oxford Financial Group, Ltd.
Mark Green has spent over 20 years developing traditional and nontraditional investment strategies, including hedge funds, private equity, real estate and illiquid investments. His expertise includes econometric modeling, market analysis, strategic and tactical asset allocation, development of investment policy and guidelines, risk management and manager evaluation and selection.


Bernard Horn
Bernard R. Horn Jr.

President and Portfolio Manager, Polaris Capital Management, LLC
Bernard R. Horn Jr. is president and portfolio manager of Polaris Capital Management, LLC, a leading Boston-based global value equity firm.  He founded Polaris in April 1995. He is frequently profiled in national publications and serves as a TV commentator and guest conference lecturer.  Horn worked for MDT Advisers, Inc., Freedom Capital Management and Horn & Company. Horn is a graduate of Northeastern University and holds a master’s degree in management from M.I.T.


Bruce Kahn
Bruce Kahn

Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Insight Capital Management
Bruce Kahn has over 25 years of experience in environmental and investment reasearch and management. Before joining Sustainable Insight Capital Management, Kahn was a director in Deutche Bank's Asset Management division where he acted as an investment strategies conducting high-level analytical research on sustainable investing including clean tech, water and agricultural-based investment and ESG/SRI strategies.


Mike Kane
Mike Kane

Co-Founder, CEO, and CIO of Hedgeable
Mike formerly was at Spruce Private Investors, a $3.5 Billion Outsourced CIO for wealthy families. Prior to Spruce, Kane was at Bridgewater Associates, a $150 Billion Alternatives Manager credited with the creation of portable alpha and risk parity techniques.


Colin Lake
Colin Lake

National Sales Director, RS Investments
Colin Lake is National Sales Director for RS Investments and is responsible for leading the firm’s retail sales team. He helps financial advisors retain their best clients and attract new affluent clients. Lake delivers keynote presentations and leads breakouts that show financial advisors how to create business efficiency. Before joining RS Investments in 2008, Lake held various positions of increasing responsibility at PLANCO/The Hartford from 1994 to 2008.


Colin Lake
John LaPann

Founder, Federal Street Advisor
Federal Street Advisors' founder, John LaPann, brings more than 30 years of high level investment and planning experience to his role as chairman. An acknowledged industry leader, LaPann was recently ranked as one of the nation's Top 30 Independent Financial Advisors by Barron's and was selected by Wealth Manager magazine as the top wealth manager in the country in 2008.


Catherine LeGraw
Catherine LeGraw

Ms. LeGraw is a member of GMO’s asset allocation team. Prior to joining GMO in 2013, she worked as a director at BlackRock. Previously, Ms. LeGraw was an analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. She received her B.S. and her B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a CFA charterholder.


Michael Miller
Michael Miller

Co-Chief Investment Officer, Wellesley Investment Advisors, Inc.
Michael Miller, co-chief investment officer of Wellesley Investment Advisors, Inc. and co-manager of the firm’s convertible bond mutual fund, is responsible for convertible research and product development, analyzing and monitoring portfolio holdings, and communicating performance, portfolio and fund data. Miller frequently speaks at national investment conferences educating investors about the convertible bond asset class.


Brendan Murray
Brendan Murray

Senior Investment Director, Putnam Investments
Brendan Murray is a senior investment director in Putnam's Global Investment Strategies group, dedicated to Global Asset Allocation products, responsible for developing and launching new products. Prior to this role, he served as investment director and team leader within Fixed Income. Murray, who holds his FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses, has been in the investment industry since he joined Putnam in 2002.


Mark Painter
Mark R. Painter, CFA

Portfolio Manager, Stanley Laman Group
Mark serves as a portfolio manager for Stanley Laman Group, Ltd. Painter has over 9 years of experience as a portfolio manager for Stanley Laman Group across many asset classes including growth equities, dividend equities, fixed income, international equities, and risk managed equities. Painter is also the lead portfolio manager for the American Real Estate Income Fund and AR Capital Dividend and Value Fund.


Margie Patel
Margie Patel

Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, Wells Capital Management
Margie Patel is managing director and senior portfolio manager with Wells Capital Management's Fundamental Equity group with more than 30 years experience managing various fixed income and equity funds. She served as a senior vice president and portfolio manager with Pioneer Investments and as vice president with Third Avenue Funds and Northstar Investment Management. Patel received a B.S. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.


Edward Perkin
Edward Perkin

Vice President, Eaton Vance Management
Edward Perkin is a vice president and chief equity investment officer of Eaton Vance Management. He is responsible for all equity disciplines, including U.S. and global equity portfolios. He joined Eaton Vance in April 2014 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London. Perkin earned a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a CFA charter holder.


David Satchkov
Daniel Satchkov

Founder and President, RiXtrema
Prior to founding RiXtrema, Daniel Satchkov worked as an Associate Director of Risk Research at FactSet, where he was responsible for researching and developing software products in the areas of risk measurement and risk reporting. He holds BS and MBA degrees from the University of the Pacific.


Dan Thibeault
Dan Thibeault

CIO, CEO, GL Capital Partners
Dan Thibeault is the CIO and CEO of GL Capital Partners. He leads GL’s Investment Committee and serves as head portfolio manager for its global macro and non-traditional fixed income mutual funds and hedge fund. Thibeault worked at Goldman Sachs and GE Capital and received his MBA from Harvard University and BA from Dartmouth College.


Alex Umansky
Alex Umansky

Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Baron
Alex Umansky joined Baron in 2011 as a portfolio manager. He was a co-manager of the Morgan Stanley Opportunity, Global Opportunity, International Opportunity, International Advantage, Information, and the Small Company Growth Funds and was lead manager of the Institutional Technology Strategy and the Technology Fund. Umansky graduated from New York University with a BS in finance, information systems and Mathematics.


Michael Winchell

CIO and Managing Member, Larkin Point Investment Advisors LLC
Michael Winchell is CIO and managing member of Larkin Point Investment Advisors LLC. He was portfolio manager and principal of Mariner VCL Asset Management and served as managing partner of Hunter Partners LLC and COO of Bear Wagner Specialists LLC. Winchell graduated from UNC Greensboro in 1978 and earned an M.A. in English in 1980 and an M.A. in economics from North Carolina State University in 1982.


 

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