Leadership

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2010, Reuben was a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, D.C. and previously served seven years in the U.S. government in a variety of positions, including as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs and as Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He spent eighteen years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was Managing Partner of the firm’s Paris office and of its European Financial Institutions Group in London. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Reuben worked as a corporate attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Reuben received an M.B.A./J.D. from Stanford University and a B.A. in Political Science from Yale College. He is currently a member of the President’s Council on International Activities at Yale University, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, a non-executive director of Barclays PLC, an advisory board member of Tower Brook Capital Partners LLP and a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2005, Austin was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company where he spent seven years in its financial institutions group. His area of expertise at McKinsey included advising asset managers and wealth advisory firms on a broad range of tactical and strategic issues. Before McKinsey, Austin worked in the strategy group at Staples and at Goodale Associates, a niche consulting firm focusing on non-profits.

Austin received an M.B.A. in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in History from Yale College. He is a Director of the Provident Loan Society of New York, one of the oldest nonprofit lending organizations in America.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2008, Jim was a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of a hedge fund at Bear Stearns Asset Management. He joined the Investment Banking Department of Bear Stearns in 1997 and subsequently served in its Asset-Backed Investments Department, at Silverback Asset Management (an external hedge fund) and at Bear Stearns Asset Management. He previously worked at S.G. Warburg (a predecessor firm to UBS Investment Bank) from 1988 to 1997, in Tokyo, London and New York.

Jim is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst^SM charter holder. He received an A.M. in Regional Studies - East Asia from Harvard University and a B.A. (magna cum laude) in Economics and Political Science from Yale College.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2001, Yvette was a Senior Associate in the Financial Services Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, a New York law firm, where she specialized in the structuring of registered and private investment vehicles, as well as investment advisory and investment company regulatory matters.

Yvette received a J.D. from Fordham Law School and a B.A. in History and Political Science from New York University. She is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1999, David spent over three years with Stein Roe & Farnham, as Portfolio Manager of the Stein Roe International Fund and Stein Roe Emerging Markets Fund.

David is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He received an M.B.A. with Distinction in Finance from Cornell University and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He serves on the Board of Trustees and Chairs the Investment Committee of St. Barnabas Hospital and serves on the Advisory and Investment Committees of the Studio in a School Association.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2007, Tim was an associate in the financial services group of Dechert, LLP, an international law firm. Tim's major areas of practice include business and securities law, with a focus on private investment funds and investment adviser compliance.

Tim received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2001, Liz was a partner in the Private Clients Group at White & Case, LLP, where she practiced from 1983.

Liz received an L.L.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from the Harvard Law School and a B.A. in English from Yale College. She is extensively involved in non-profit organizations, including positions as President of United Neighbors of East Midtown, Vice President and Secretary of Episcopal Social Services, Secretary of FWWB (Friends of Women’s World Banking)/USA, a board member of the Cancer Schmancer Foundation, a board member of Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, and a member of the Yale Development Board. She is also a director of CPA®16 and CPA®17, which are real estate investment trusts advised by WP Carey & Co. LLC.

Prior to joining Rockit in 2009, Mark was a Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at WealthTrust, where he was responsible for acquisition development and strategic relationships with other wealth management firms. Before joining WealthTrust, Mark was a partner and Chief Operating Officer for Homrich & Berg, Inc, where he was responsible for the direct management of client service, technology, operations and finance. Mark has also served as the Chief Operating Officer at Lydian Wealth Management and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Trust Pell Rudman.

Mark received a B.S. in Finance/Investments, Entrepreneurial Studies and Communications from Babson College.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2008, Loraine was at U.S. Trust for 37 years where she served across a range of senior-level positions, with a critical role in growing the company's various high wealth businesses. In her last position, she served as Managing Director and Principal of U.S. Trust's Multi-Family Office Group, where she advised the company's wealthiest clients with the most complex needs and developed the company's ultra high net worth business into a national platform.

Loraine received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.B.A. in Economics from Pace University. She is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a Vice President and Trustee of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York and Trustee of the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2011, David was the Chief Financial Officer at Silvercrest Asset Management Group, a registered investment adviser, where he was responsible for all corporate and fund functions. He previously spent 18 years with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he last held the position of Audit Director in the private equity and asset management practice.

David received a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. David is a Certified Public Accountant in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Ohio, a Chartered Accountant in South Africa, and a Certified Information Systems Auditor.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2001, Liz was a partner in the Private Clients Group at White & Case, LLP, where she practiced from 1983.

Liz received an L.L.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from the Harvard Law School and a B.A. in English from Yale College. She is extensively involved in non-profit organizations, including positions as President of United Neighbors of East Midtown, Vice President and Secretary of Episcopal Social Services, Secretary of FWWB (Friends of Women’s World Banking)/USA, a board member of the Cancer Schmancer Foundation, a board member of Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, and a member of the Yale Development Board. She is also a director of CPA®16 and CPA®17, which are real estate investment trusts advised by WP Carey & Co. LLC.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2011, Joe was a Managing Director at TAG Associates LLC, where he worked in the Family Office Services Group for TAG’s high net worth clients. Before joining TAG, Joe served as a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he advised the partners of the firm on their individual income taxes, estate and gift taxes, and financial planning matters. Joe has extensive experience in the areas of income tax compliance, tax research, and financial planning for high net worth individuals. During his 31-year career at Goldman Sachs, he developed and managed the Estate Tax Planning Group while the firm was still a partnership, and for several years, The Goldman Sachs Family Office after the firm became a public company.

Joe received a Certificate in Financial Planning from New York University, an M.S. in Taxation from Long Island University and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Baruch College.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2010, Matt was with several institutional investment-advisory firms, including Strategic Investment Group where he was responsible for more than $1.2 billion of globally diversified assets, and Calvert Group, a leader in socially responsible investing. He also worked as an economist with the Federal Reserve Board and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates.

Matt is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder and a Certified Financial Planner™ professional. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Yale College, both in Economics. Matt is on the board of directors and investment policy committee of the Forward Association, a nonprofit founded in 1898, and is on the investment committee of the Wallace Global Fund, a private foundation.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1987, Jane was a Tax Supervisor with Coopers and Lybrand.

Jane is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional. She received an M.B.A. in Accounting/Tax from Babson College and a B.S. in Chemistry from Brown University. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the Family Office Committee of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1998, Tamar was highly respected in the arts administration field, having served for five years as Orchestra Manager of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

She received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.B.A. in International Business from Hofstra University.

Mike joined Rockefeller in 2009 and has held senior level investment advisory positions since 1996. Before that, he served as a Jesuit Scholastic, a Professor of Management, a consultant to refugee and disaster relief agencies globally, an ESL instructor for the UN and a VISTA volunteer.

Mike holds a Certified Financial Manager (CFM) designation and an Executive Certificate in Financial Planning from Georgetown University. He received his MBA from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business (Honors), Masters’ Degrees in Divinity (M.Div.) and Theology (Th.M.) from the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, CA (Honors), and a B.S. in Business Management from Fairleigh Dickenson University. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma (International Honor Society), Alpha Mu Alpha (National Honor Society). Mike volunteers with and serves on the boards of various non-profit institutions.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1998, Victoria was with Morgan Stanley International in Tokyo and London from 1993 to 1998, Jardine Fleming Securities in Tokyo from 1990 to 1993 and International Financial Markets (a hedge fund) in London from 1988 to 1990. She also worked at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and at Cleary Gottlieb as a tax and corporate attorney. She has extensive international experience, having worked in Tokyo for eight years and in London for four years. She is proficient in Japanese, which she studied as an undergraduate.

Victoria is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. She received a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. from Harvard College. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2011, Pam was a Principal and Business Development Officer with Bessemer Trust Company, where she led client-acquisition strategy and sales in New England. Pam previously worked as a Senior Vice President at Fidelity Investments working closely with sales, client service and internal operations teams to serve the needs of wealthy families.

Pam completed the Securities Industry Association (“SIA”) Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and received a B.A. in Government from Georgetown University. She is a Trustee and former Board Chair of the Crittenton Women’s Union. Pam also serves on the Board of the Boston Estate Planning Council.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1989, David held positions at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., and Kidder Peabody & Co.

David received a B.B.A. in Finance from Pace University.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2004, Mark spent six years at the Boston-based, wealth management firm of Atlantic Trust/Pell Rudman where, in addition to advising clients, he directed business development and served on its Executive Committee. He previously worked in the private client groups of Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse First Boston and Bear Stearns Asset Management.

Mark received an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B. in American History from Harvard College. He is active in alumni affairs at Milton Academy, his high school alma mater. Mark is a Director of Admirals Bank and a Director of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1989, Larry was Vice President of Advisory Services with Independent Financial Services, Inc.

Larry is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State and is also a Certified Financial Planner™ professional. He received an M.S. in Accounting from New York University and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Larry is a founding board member and past-president of the Westchester/Rockland Chapter of the International Association for Financial Planning.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2009, Louise was a portfolio manager and a Managing Director with J.P. Morgan Private Bank where she managed the large capitalization U.S. equity model portfolio for domestic clients. She previously worked as an equity analyst and portfolio manager at Brundage, Story and Rose.

Louise is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. She received an M.B.A. in Finance from the Pace University Graduate School of Business, an M.F.S. from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a B.A. in Biology from Colgate University.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2003, George was with J.P. Morgan Private Bank where he worked with clients in the greater New York area while also serving as manager of their Greenwich, CT office. His career with J.P. Morgan began in 1989 in their Trust Department as a Fiduciary Manager before becoming a Client Advisor/Senior Private Banker. Prior to that, he practiced law with Burns & Levinson in Boston, MA.

He received a J.D. from Boston College School of Law and an A.B. in Economics from Brown University. George serves as the Vice Chairman of the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund, is a trustee of The Bancroft School in Worcester, Massachusetts and is a trustee of the Kallinikeion Foundation.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2008, Loraine was at U.S. Trust for 37 years where she served across a range of senior-level positions, with a critical role in growing the company's various high wealth businesses. In her last position, she served as Managing Director and Principal of U.S. Trust's Multi-Family Office Group, where she advised the company's wealthiest clients with the most complex needs and developed the company's ultra high net worth business into a national platform.

Loraine received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.B.A. in Economics from Pace University. She is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a Vice President and Trustee of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York and Trustee of the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2004, Paul spent nine years in the Washington office of the Boston-based, wealth management firm, Atlantic Trust/Pell Rudman where, in addition to advising clients, he served on the firm's Asset Allocation and Multi-Manager Committees. Prior to Pell Rudman, Paul worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Private Client Division of NationsBank.

Paul is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He received an M.B.A. in Finance from George Mason University and an A.B. in Economics from Georgetown University. Paul is a member of the Washington Society of Investment Analysts and the D.C. Estate Planning Council.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2012, Ray was a Senior Managing Director for Bernstein Global Wealth Management. At Bernstein, he served in a number of roles, including as a senior portfolio manager and as head of the Wealth Management Group, which provided investment planning and asset allocation research and advice to clients. Most recently, he headed the Boston Office for the private client business. Ray previously spent twenty-four years at J.P. Morgan in corporate finance, M&A, and underwriting capacities in New York, London, and Tokyo.

Ray received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering/Computer Science with distinction from Northwestern University. He also served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. He is a former Trustee and Board Chair at The Spence School in New York and currently is a Director of The Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1999, David spent over three years with Stein Roe & Farnham, as Portfolio Manager of the Stein Roe International Fund and Stein Roe Emerging Markets Fund.

David is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He received an M.B.A. with Distinction in Finance from Cornell University and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He serves on the Board of Trustees and Chairs the Investment Committee of St. Barnabas Hospital and serves on the Advisory and Investment Committees of the Studio in a School Association.

Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Richard was most recently a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager with U.S. Trust Company, where for over 20 years he was responsible for over 45 individual client relationships as well as overseeing a mutual fund. Richard also spent three years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya, East Africa, teaching English and developing an adult education school, as well as curriculum materials.

Richard holds a B.A in English from Dartmouth College.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2011, Ronan served as the Head of North American Business for Allied Irish Bank Investment Managers, where he led sales programs in the U.S. focusing on global and international equity strategies. Ronan was previously a Managing Director in the Client Relations Group for Epoch Investment Partners where he developed and implemented a focused public fund sales effort for their U.S. equity strategies. He also worked as a Managing Director for Bear Stearns Asset Management and as an Executive Vice President and Director of Institutional Sales for Hartford Investment Management.

Ronan received a B.B.S. in Marketing from Dublin City University. He serves as an elected board member of the Connecticut Public Pension Forum.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2004, Jimmy served as a Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Strategist and Senior Technology Analyst at the U.S. Trust Company of New York, where he led technology equity research and co-managed a technology fund. He previously served as a Senior Marketing Representative and an Advisory Systems Engineer at International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) from 1985 to 1994, where he was responsible for client relationship management, business volume and profit attainments at major international financial services and banking accounts.

Jimmy is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He received an M.B.A. in Finance/International Business from New York University and a B.S. (summa cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society. Jimmy serves on the Investment Committee of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1987, Nancy worked for Webber & Doepke, a real estate investment company.

Nancy received an M.B.A. in Finance from Adelphi University and a B.A. in Business Administration from Saint Michael’s College. In 2005, she received an Honorary Degree from Saint Michael’s College. Nancy is a former trustee of Saint Michael’s College and currently serves as a member of the college's endowment fund investment committee. In addition, she chairs the investment committee of the Society of Saint Edmund, is a member of the finance committee of the Rockefeller Family Fund, and is a Trustee for the Cornelia Connelly Center, a middle school for girls on the lower east side of New York City.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 1997, Joyce worked for ten years as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Director of Socially Responsive Investment Services at Neuberger Berman. She was previously with Manufacturers Hanover Trust as a Vice President and Group Head of the Personal Trust Investment, Private Banking and Securities Division and served at Union Trust Company as a Senior Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager and Manager of Research.

Joyce is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. She received a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. She serves on the Board of the Carbon Disclosure Project USA, the Advisory Committee for the Socially Responsible Investment Fund of the Haas Business School at the University of California at Berkley, the Advisory Board of the Heron Foundation's Community Investment Index, and the International Corporate Governance Network Working Group on Non-Financial Reporting. Joyce is a former Chairman of the Social Venture Network and also served on the Investment Committee of the United Methodist Church, the board of FTSE4GOOD USA Advisory Committee and several non-profit organizations.

Prior to joining the firm in 2011, Mark was a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Wasmer, Schroeder & Company, a taxable and tax-exempt fixed income manager based in Naples, Florida. Before assuming that role, Mark was an Assistant Portfolio Manager with ING Investment Management, where he executed trading in taxable strategies and formulated portfolio strategy for municipal bond investment mandates.

Mark is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder, and has a B.A. in Finance from the University of Kentucky.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2011, John served as Chief Operating Officer of Franklin Street Partners, an independent wealth management firm based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. John previously worked as a Managing Director in the Investment Management Division of Goldman Sachs, as well as of the Commodities Corporation, which was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 1997.

John received an M.B.A. from the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. John serves as a Trustee of the National Humanities Center, a board member of the Institute for the Arts & Humanities at UNC, as President of the Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation and as a member of the Board of Governors of UNC Press.

Prior to joining Rockefeller in 2008, Jim was a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of a hedge fund at Bear Stearns Asset Management. He joined the Investment Banking Department of Bear Stearns in 1997 and subsequently served in its Asset-Backed Investments Department, at Silverback Asset Management (an external hedge fund) and at Bear Stearns Asset Management. He previously worked at S.G. Warburg (a predecessor firm to UBS Investment Bank) from 1988 to 1997, in Tokyo, London and New York.

Jim is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst^SM charter holder. He received an A.M. in Regional Studies - East Asia from Harvard University and a B.A. (magna cum laude) in Economics and Political Science from Yale College.

Prior to joining Rockit in 2009, Mark was a Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at WealthTrust, where he was responsible for acquisition development and strategic relationships with other wealth management firms. Before joining WealthTrust, Mark was a partner and Chief Operating Officer for Homrich & Berg, Inc, where he was responsible for the direct management of client service, technology, operations and finance. Mark has also served as the Chief Operating Officer at Lydian Wealth Management and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Trust Pell Rudman.

Mark received a B.S. in Finance/Investments, Entrepreneurial Studies and Communications from Babson College.

Prior to joining Rockit Solutions in 2008, Susan was a Director at Citibank Private Bank where she was responsible for Sales and Marketing for Preferred Custody. Susan was also a Vice President at JPMorgan Chase in the Private Bank and headed the Family Wealth Client Service Group.

Susan holds a B.B.A. in Business Education from Pace University.