Thomas A. Zgliniec, CFP®, ChFC®, CAP®, AIF®, AEP®
Vice President, High-Net-Worth Consultant

Thomas is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner with an expertise based in the unique needs of high-net-worth individuals and families, foundations and endowments, and institutional clients. With an expansive background in advanced estate and financial planning, philanthropic planning, executive compensation arrangements, and investment real estate strategies, Thomas assists LPL Financial Advisors with the creation and implementation of a broad-range of planning concepts. His accomplishments include:

• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®)
• Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®)
• Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®)
• Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®)
• Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®)
• California Life and Health license
• FINRA Series 7, 24, and 66 securities licenses
• Member of the Estate Planning Council of San Diego

Patrick J. Herrington, CFP® AIF®

Assistant Vice President As an Assistant Vice President of LPL Private Client, Patrick supports advisors looking to win and retain client opportunities with $5 million or more of investable assets. Since joining the team in January 2013, he has built a multidisciplinary background encompassing the holistic wealth management needs of affluent clients and the specialized needs of institutions such as foundations, endowments and corporations. Additionally, Patrick works on building out the LPL Private Client team’s capabilities as it relates to tools, resources and strategic relationships. Prior to joining the LPL Private Client team, Patrick held multiple positions at LPL Financial spanning back to October 2007. His experience includes advisory platform management, advisory sales and service. During this time, he developed a deep understanding of the independent advisor business, analysis of advisors business structure, portfolio analysis and due diligence. Patrick has cultivated his skill set through first-hand experience, degrees, certifications and his accomplishments include:

• Certified Financial Planner® Practitioner (CFP®)
• Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®)
• California Real Estate Broker
• FINRA Series 7 and 66 Securities Licenses

Patrick earned a BS in both Finance and Accounting with a minor in Economics from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo.

Sonya Nolan, CFP®, MBA

Assistant Vice President Sonya started her career in financial services in 2005. In her current role as Assistant Vice President of Private Client at LPL Financial, Sonya provides sales and marketing support to advisors serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and Institutional clients. In helping advisors win, serve, and retain high-net-worth clients, Sonya advises on issues including sophisticated investment solutions, advanced financial and estate planning, concentrated equity positions, executive compensation arrangements, investment real estate, advanced insurance planning, business exit planning, and philanthropic planning. Prior to her current role, Sonya was a Practice Management consultant to independent financial advisors. She has also served as an Associate Wealth Advisor and Branch Operations Manager at a boutique wealth management firm. Additionally, Sonya spent time working at a large financial management company in New York, where she conducted due diligence on Large Cap U.S. Equity money managers. Sonya graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of Arizona where she double majored in Psychology and Spanish Linguistics. She also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Sonya is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner and holds Series 7, 66, and 24 registrations through LPL Financial.

Michael Watson, CFP®, ChFC®

Assistant Vice President Michael Watson is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner with an expertise based in the unique needs of high-net-worth individuals and families, foundations and endowments, and institutional clients. With an expansive background in financial planning, philanthropic planning, and investment consulting, Michael assists LPL Financial Advisors with the creation and implementation of a broad-range of planning concepts as well as investment portfolio construction. His accomplishments include:

• Certified Financial Planner® Practitioner (CFP®)
• Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®)
• Oregon & California Life and Health License
• FINRA series 7, 63, and 65 Securities Licenses

Mike earned a BS in Finance from Portland State University where he served as the President of the Financial Management Association, and later completed the CFP® & ChFC® programs through the American College. Mike has worked for LPL Financial for 10 years, with his first three years as an Operations Manager and Planning Assistant for an LPL branch office in Portland, Oregon.

Sergio Fernandez, CFP®

Associate Consultant As an Associate Consultant with the LPL Private Client Consulting team, Sergio partners with Financial Advisors to create comprehensive solutions to meet the unique needs and complexities that come with serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients. Sergio supports advisors in developing customized solutions, point of sale support, ongoing research, as well as strategy implementation. Through first-hand experience, and education, Sergio has enhanced his expertise in financial planning, retirement planning, and investment consulting. His accomplishments include:

• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Practitioner(CFP®)
• FINRA Series 6, 7, and 63 Securities Licenses
• CA Life Insurance license

Sergio graduated from San Diego State University, where he majored in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management. In addition to having the CFP® designation, Sergio is currently working towards obtaining the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation. Prior to his tenure with LPL Financial, Sergio was a Financial Advisor with a small broker-dealer, primarily focused on retirement planning with educators.

John Podesto, AIF®

Associate Consultant As an Associate Consultant with the LPL Private Client Consulting team, John partners with Financial Advisors to help them win and retain high net worth clients by developing customized solutions for their unique investment and planning needs. Whether their client opportunities are individuals, families, or institutions, John supports advisors by helping them develop and present potential strategies, as well as provide ongoing support through practice management guidance and performance reporting capabilities. Prior to joining the Private Client Consulting team in February of 2015, John was a Senior Platform Manager with LPL’s Investment Platform Solutions, in charge of developing and marketing LPL’s open architecture advisory platforms. Prior to that, John spent 4 years cultivating his industry knowledge and consulting skills as an Investment Product Specialist and as an Internal Advisory Consultant. John holds various industry credentials, including;

• Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) designation and
• FINRA Series 7 and 66 Licenses.

John is currently pursuing the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Practitioner (CFP®) designation. Additionally, John earned a BS in Finance from the College of Business at San Diego State University, where he actively participated in their student Finance & Investment Society program.

Megan Chute

Associate Consultant As Lead Associate Consultant for the Consulting team of LPL Private Client, Megan assists Financial Advisors with many aspects of serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients. Megan consults with advisors, prepares sophisticated financial analyses, and serves as a conduit to best-in-class resources from throughout the firm and partnering organizations. In her role as Lead Associate Consultant, Megan is responsible for delivering the high-quality and timely results required by advisors in support of their most demanding clients. Prior to joining LPL Financial, Megan was a Financial Advisor with an independent broker-dealer, and sharpened her skills functioning as a Paraplanner with several successful advisor offices. Megan graduated from University of La Verne where she majored in Business Administration. Megan is currently working towards the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation and holds Series 7, 66 and CA Life Insurance registrations through LPL Financial.

Steven Gensler, CFP®, MBA, MSBA

Vice President, Financial Planning Group Steve is responsible for the training and future enhancements of WealthVision as well as assisting LPL representatives with case design and illustrations. Prior to joining LPL’s home office in June of 2006, Steve was an LPL registered representative for over 5 years. As an LPL OSJ he was responsible for overseeing eleven Advisors and the compliance oversight of several successful FIS programs. As a life long student Steve has earned a BS in Psychology, an MBA, a Graduate Certificate in Personal Financial Planning, an MBSA: Financial and Tax Planning, and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management. He is CFP® Practitioner and is NASD securities licensed 7, 66, and 24 as well as SC Life insurance.

Keith Cervenka, CFP®

Senior Planning Consultant Before joining the Financial Planning Group, Keith had a successful 15 year financial planning career with Ameriprise Financial (formerly American Express Financial Advisors). His client base consisted of mostly engineers, scientists, and retirees. Financial planning was at the heart of his business. Keith created comprehensive financial plans that examined all six areas of financial planning. Keith has strong practice management knowledge for helping advisors transition into providing financial planning services for their clients. He also worked with clients building the “Tax Triangle” and creating income streams for his retired clients within the “Triangle.” Keith used a variety of software including FAS, NaviPlan, Morningstar, and Allocation Master in his practice. From the sale of his own Ameriprise financial planning business in 2009, Keith can assist in exit planning questions and would be a good source to advisors considering selling their own businesses. For those advisors who have client’s in the construction industry, Keith has over 15 years experience in the construction Industry and would be a good resource for planning strategies. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant and has Series 7, 63, and 24 licenses. He also holds a California Life and Health license.

Roger Moulton Jr., CFP®, MSPFP

Senior Planning Consultant Roger’s professional experience extends from over a decade at a major wire house where he assumed progressive roles which included northeast fixed income coordinator and financial consultant. As a financial planner, Roger has worked with families, their charitable entities, their business entities, multiple younger and older generations, and the clients’ circle of advisors including; CPAs, Attorneys, business partners, office managers and assistants. His extensive experience includes the following areas: Investments, Tax planning, Wealth Transfer, Philanthropy, Cash flow planning, Retirement planning, Advanced Estate Planning, Education funding options, Insurance needs analysis, Real Estate buy/sell decision. Roger earned the degree of Master of Personal Financial Planning from Bentley University and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. As a financial consultant, Roger holds series 5, 7, 63, 66 and 24 licenses.

Van Truong, MSF, CFP®

Senior Planning Consultant Van has 9+ years of combined experience in accounting, financial analysis and wealth management. Prior to joining the Financial Planning Group in August of 2012, Van spent the previous five years with Wells Fargo Family Wealth. She worked with financial advisors and investment professionals providing advisory services to high and ultra high net worth family relationships with an average of $25MM investable assets. Van’s passion in the planning field has helped her gain extensive knowledge in the variety planning areas including philanthropic, educational, retirement, and investment planning. Van is an active member of the Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts. Van also serves on the Career Development Committee. She delicates her time and effort toward supporting the FPA of MA to promote the profession and to build a strong professional community. Van received her B.A. in Business Management (2002) and M.S. in Finance (2003) from Clark University both with honor with a minor in Mathematics. In additional to her Certified Financial Planner ™ license, Van holds FINRA Series 65 license and is a licensed Real Estate Agent in Massachusetts. Van is of Chinese decent and was born and raised in Vietnam. She speaks fluent Vietnamese and Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin). Van believes that her cultural background has enriched her life personally as well as professionally.

William Boggs, CFP®

Senior Planning Consultant Bill started his financial planning career in 2005 as an independent advisor with Securities America, and later with Securian Financial and Merrill Lynch. Bill brings to LPL his broad-based experience and his passion for financial planning. Bill specializes in the areas of estate planning, taxation strategies, and college planning. He has a strong knowledge of and understanding of veterans’ benefits after serving over 21 years in the Marine Corps and Navy. A graduate of the University of San Diego, He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant. He has served on the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). He spent the last two years on the Membership and Programs Committees of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). He currently serves on the board of Support the Enlisted Project (STEP), an organization providing emergency financial grants and transition assistance to junior enlisted military members and their families. In addition to his CFP® Certificate, Bill has Series 7, Series 66, Series 24 and CA Life Insurance licenses, but his Commercial Pilot License is the one he prefers to use the most.

Steven Dishman, CFP® CRPC®

Senior Planning Consultant Steven has 8 plus years of combined experience in financial analysis, retail brokerage and financial consulting. The majority of his career has been spent in various roles with MetLife and Ameriprise Financial as a financial advisor, Wachovia Securities/Wells Fargo Advisors working as a performance analyst, retail brokerage trader and a financial consultant. Prior to coming to the Financial Planning Group in 2014, Steven worked as a Financial Relationship Counselor utilizing retirement planning tools to consult Wells Fargo 401k participants. Steven specializes in the areas of retirement planning, investment planning, and brokerage operations. He is a financial planning advocate and works with advisors who are adding fee based planning and hourly consulting to their business models with practice development and management ideas. Steven earned a BS in Finance from Virginia Tech in 2006. In addition to his CFP Certificate, Steven has the CRPC Certificate and Series 7, 63, 65 and 24 licenses.

Michael Chau

Senior Client Services Consultant Prior to joining the Financial Planning Group in October 2013, Michael worked in the Account Transfers department at LPL. During this time processed ACAT, non-ACAT and mutual fund requests. Through the use of LPL programs and applications, Michael monitored the overall completeness process up to completion and ensured standard criteria. Michael also worked in the Commissions/Quantitative Analysis department at LPL Financial. While in Commissions, he supported regulatory requests and inquiries. In addition, Michael assisted in training newly hired temps and off-shore representatives. Michael graduated from the University of San Diego with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration – Finance. While attending USD, Michael was extremely involved with extra-cirricular activities while strengthening his leadership abilities.

The Private Trust Company N.A. (PTC) is an affiliate of LPL Financial. PTC manages trusts and family assets for high net worth clients and is licensed in all 50 states under its 1995 national banking charter to administer the trusts and implement the estate plans of affluent families. The bank does not engage in lending or deposit taking; it specializes solely in providing fiduciary solutions. As its primary mission, PTC provides trust services to clients of LPL Financial advisors as well as to local clients in Cleveland, Ohio, where it is headquartered. PTC is also the custodian of all of the LPL Financial IRA accounts.

Ben Foreman

Vice President & Business Development Officer Ben Foreman is Vice President and Business Development Officer for The Private Trust Company, an LPL Financial affiliate. With more than 20 years in the trust and investment industry, Ben supports the evaluation, approval and onboarding of trust relationships. After graduating from East Carolina University with a degree in finance in 1985, Ben began his career with Wachovia Bank. Throughout his 30 year career he has supported a broad range of services within the financial services industry including banking, investments and trust. Ben has served on the boards of the Greenville Foundation and the Durham/Orange Estate Planning Council. Ben lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife Roslyn, their twin sons, Hank and Bill and their yellow Labrador retriever, Allie. In his free time he enjoys hiking, tennis and whitewater kayaking.

Building Solutions for Complex Cases

The Insurance Consulting Team partners with advisors to develop and implement strategies for affluent families and business owners looking to meet a variety of complex financial goals. Areas we have expertise in include:

• Estate planning
• B-Trust leverage
• Asset and income maximization
• Gifting strategies
• Buy-sell funding
• Executive bonus arrangements
• Key person
• Private Financing
• Split dollar plans
• Supplemental Retirement Plans
• Non-qualified deferred compensation

David P. Boekeloo, JD, MST, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®

David Boekeloo has over 20 years experience providing advanced wealth and estate planning to high-net-worth clients and businesses. David has substantial experience in all aspects of life insurance, estate, charitable, business, retirement, executive benefits and financial planning. David has a law degree, master’s degree in taxation, is a Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner, a Chartered Life Underwriter® and a Chartered Financial Consultant®.

The LPL Financial Research Team

LPL Financial Research works continuously to help your team at Weaver Wealth Management interpret and adjust to the latest developments in the world’s capital markets. The team consists of seasoned and accomplished industry veterans, comprising one of the largest and most experienced research groups among independent brokerage firms. For more information about the LPL Research team’s beliefs, roles and strategies, download this comprehensive brochure.

MARC ZABICKI, CFA
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT; CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

Marc is responsible for directing the firm’s comprehensive investment research efforts, including guiding the firm’s investment model management, manager research, and macro strategy. He chairs the firm’s Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee.

Prior to joining LPL Financial, Marc served as founder and chief investment officer for Bower Hill Capital Management. Prior career roles include: Senior Market Strategist for Ameriprise Financial, strategist and analyst roles at H&R Block Financial Advisors, and Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, respectively.

Marc has 30 years of experience in the investment industry, and received his BS degree in Economics from Florida State University. He’s also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and has the Series 7, 16, 24, 63, 65, 86, and 87 licenses.

GARRETT FISH, CFA
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF MODEL PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Garrett Fish serves as LPL Financial’s Head of Model Portfolio Management. Garrett is responsible for leading LPL's investment management process, managing multiple investment mandates, and driving the adoption of LPL Research's centrally-managed effort. He is a member of LPL Financial’s Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee.

Prior to joining LPL, Garrett was with JPMorgan Asset Management in New York where he was a lead portfolio manager in large-cap core equities, multi-asset, and ESG strategies. Previous to his longtenured work at JPMorgan, Garrett was a U.S. equity portfolio manager in London with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and in Hong Kong with Jardine Fleming Asset Management. Garrett received a BA in Japanese History from Bates College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

He currently holds the Series 7, 63, and 3 licenses.

JEFF BUCHBINDER, CFA
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF EQUITY STRATEGIST

As Vice President and Chief Equity Strategist, Jeffrey (Jeff) Buchbinder is a member of the LPL Financial Research Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee. He is a key contributor to the LPL Research tactical mutual fund, exchange-traded product (ETP), and separately managed account (SMA) portfolios and develops and articulates equity strategy views.

Mr. Buchbinder regularly communicates market strategy to LPL Financial advisors and is a speaker at LPL Financial conferences. Mr. Buchbinder contributes to Research’s flagship publications such as the Weekly Market Commentary, Outlook, and Global Portfolio Strategy.

Prior to joining LPL Financial in July 2003, Mr. Buchbinder worked as an equity research associate for Sanford C. Bernstein in New York and Deutsche Bank in Boston. He has more than 20 years of investment experience.

Mr. Buchbinder earned his MBA with a concentration in finance from Duke University, and a BA from Northwestern University in economics. He received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001 and is also a member of the CFA Institute. He currently holds Series 7, 63, and 87 licenses.

SCOTT FROIDL, CFA
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, INVESTMENT ANALYST

As an Assistant Vice President and Investment Analyst on the Investment Manager Research Team, Scott Froidl is a member of the LPL Financial Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee. He covers U.S. large cap equity managers and is a key contributor to the LPL Research centrally managed portfolios.

Prior to joining LPL Financial in 2021, Mr. Froidl performed investment analysis with the Wells Fargo Investment Institute and Stifel and began his career as a financial advisor at Prudential Securities in 1996.

Mr. Froidl has earned his BS in Sales and Marketing from Lindenwood University.

DR. BARRY GILBERT, PhD, CFA
VICE PRESIDENT, ASSET ALLOCATION STRATEGIST

As Vice President with LPL Financial Research, Dr. Gilbert helps develop our overall asset allocation and investment strategy and is a voting member of the Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee. He plays a leadership role in the collaborative development of LPL Research’s market views and chairs several model portfolio committees. In addition, he develops quantitative methods to enhance portfolio management, provides innovative macroeconomic analysis, and contributes broadly to LPL Research publications.

Dr. Gilbert combines a background in thought leadership with a pragmatic and disciplined approach to portfolio management. Prior to joining LPL in 2013, he worked at Axiom Valuation Solutions valuing private firms and prior to that worked at a long/short hedge fund supporting implementation of a quantitative portfolio management strategy. He has taught finance and economics in the MSF and MBA programs at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business. He has also taught philosophy, the history of ideas, and writing and rhetoric at Harvard University, Trinity College, and Boston University, and has served as a visiting research fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria, an international think tank in politics and economics.

Dr. Gilbert is a CFA charterholder and holds a PhD in philosophy from Boston University, an MA from the Pennsylvania State University, and a BA from Haverford College.

ADAM TURNQUIST, CMT
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF TECHNICAL STRATEGIST

As Vice President and Chief Technical Strategist, Adam Turnquist is responsible for the management and development of the technical research product within LPL Research. In this role, he provides LPL Financial advisors and their clients with actionable market insight and technical strategy across asset classes. Adam is also a member of the LPL Financial Research Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee and is a key contributor to the overall strategy of the LPL Research Technical Equity model portfolio.

Prior to joining LPL Financial, Adam served as Vice President at Piper Sandler where he worked as a technical research analyst covering U.S. and global equity markets, fixed income, foreign exchange, and commodities. Prior to that role, he worked as a fixed income trader. Adam has more than 15 years of investment experience.

Adam earned an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and a BBA in Financial Markets Finance from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He also holds the Chartered Market Technician designation and Series 7, 63, 86, and 87 registrations.

JASON HOODY, CFA
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGER RESEARCH / HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE INVESTING

As Senior Vice President and Head of Investment Manager Research & Sustainable Investing, Jason Hoody is a member of the LPL Financial Research Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee. He leads the traditional third-party investment manager team’s research efforts and chairs the Sustainable Investing Model Portfolio Committee.

Prior to joining LPL in 2015, Mr. Hoody performed financial analysis with the US Department of Commerce, BB&T, Dixon Hughes Goodman, KPMG, and an independent registered investment advisor (RIA). He began his financial services career in 2000.

Mr. Hoody earned his MS in finance from Johns Hopkins University, an MA in international affairs from American University, and a BS in political science from Clarkson University. He received the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2007 and is also a member of the CFA Institute. Jason has also received the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute and the Sustainability and Climate Risk Certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

DR. QUINCY KROSBY, PhD
CHIEF GLOBAL STRATEGIST

Dr. Quincy Krosby is LPL Financial’s Chief Global Strategist. In this role, she provides a well-rounded perspective on global capital markets with an emphasis on the macro-economic environment and central bank policy.

Previously, Quincy was the Chief Market Strategist at Prudential Financial, and global investment strategist at Deutsche Bank asset management. She also held global capital markets positions at Credit Suisse and Barings.

Before coming to Wall Street, Quincy Krosby was a U.S. diplomat, serving in Washington and United States embassies abroad, including a posting as energy attaché at the U.S. Embassy in London. In addition to numerous assignments at the U.S. Department of State, she served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and represented the United States to the International Monetary Fund, positions which require confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

Quincy studied at the London School of Economics where she earned her master's and doctoral degrees. She currently holds the series 7, 63 and 24 licenses.

Quincy is frequently quoted in the financial press and appears often on business television.

LAWRENCE GILLUM, CFA, CAIA
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, FIXED INCOME STRATEGIST

Lawrence Gillum, Assistant Vice President, is LPL’s Fixed Income Strategist and is a voting member of the LPL Research Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee. Mr. Gillum is responsible for guiding fixed income strategy within the firm’s discretionary model portfolios as he is the key fixedincome thought-leader in LPL Research’s flagship publications. Prior to joining LPL Financial, Mr. Gillum served as a Director at Raymond James where he oversaw fixed income research within the firm’s discretionary model platform. He has over 20 years of investment experience. Mr. Gillum earned his MBA from The University of North Carolina, KenanFlagler Business School and a BA from the University of Florida. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. He currently holds the Series 7 license.

DR. JEFFREY ROACH, Ph.D
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF ECONOMIST

Dr. Jeffrey Roach is the firm’s Chief Economist and he also serves as a voting member of LPL Research’s Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee; where his ability to relate economic conditions with financial market outcomes is highly-valued. Jeff’s broad experiences on an institutional trading floor and in portfolio management, make him an engaging speaker for any audience. Prior to his current role at LPL Financial, Jeff was a Senior Economist with Visa where he focused on macroeconomic forecasting for both internal stakeholders and external clients who were in a diverse set of industries. He started his career as a Senior Economist on Bank of America’s corporate trading floor. While on Bank of America’s corporate trading desk, his group was responsible for internal economic research that was closely guarded and periodically sent to FOMC officials.

In order to facilitate cutting edge research, Jeff maintains frequent contact with Federal Reserve economists, Wall Street analysts and other leading economists from around the world. Dr. Roach is a contributor to the financial press, as well as a sought-after speaker, and has presented economic research as far away as Italy’s Ministry of Finance in Rome and Office of National Statistics in the UK.

Dr. Roach earned both a PhD and a MA in Economics from Clemson University and a BS in Mathematics from Bob Jones University. He also received a visiting research appointment at Harvard University.

GEORGE SMITH, CFA, CAIA, CIMA
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, PORTFOLIO STRATEGIST

As Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Strategist with LPL Financial Research, George Henry Smith is a member of the Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee contributing to LPL Research’s overall asset allocation and investment strategy. He contributes to the development of LPL Research’s market views and is chair of the Tactical Model Portfolio Committee, which manage inhouse models across different platforms. In addition, he assists in the development of quantitative methods to enhance portfolio management and contributes broadly to LPL Research publications. Prior to joining LPL Financial Research Mr. Smith was the manager of the LPL Financial Overlay Portfolio Management Group. Before joining LPL Financial Mr. Smith gained extensive portfolio management and asset allocation related experience at international companies in the United Kingdom including Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) & The Northern Trust.

Mr. Smith is a CFA, CAIA and CIPM charter holder and has a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. He currently holds series 7 & 63 registrations.