Diversified Balanced

David D. Cox serves as Senior Portfolio Manager for Great Lakes Advisors. David joined the firm in 1993 and manages investment portfolios for a variety of clients including high net worth individuals, family offices, guardianships, foundations, endowments, Taft-Hartley Plans, and pension plans. He brings nearly 20 years of experience to his clients and creates investment solutions tailored to meet individual objectives while carefully monitoring portfolio risk. He also sits on the firm's Investment Policy Committee.

David earned a BS in Economics and Accounting from Babson College of Wellesley, Massachusetts. He is a CFA charter holder and is an active member of the investment community, belonging to the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago. David holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 Licenses.

Christy Coon is a Senior Portfolio Manager and has been providing comprehensive wealth management services to clients for more than 27 years. Christy joined Great Lakes Advisors in 2011 and creates investment solutions tailored to each individual’s unique needs. With her deep experience and commitment to service, Christy creates client profiles, works to construct a long-term strategy, and implements a plan to help her clients meet their financial objectives while monitoring portfolio risk. 

Before Great Lakes Advisors, Christy spent time in various roles with J.P. Morgan. She has served as Vice President and Investment Advisor in the Chicago and North Shore Private Wealth Management offices.

Christy received a BS from the University of Nebraska, an MS from the University of Denver, and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner. She holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 65, and 66 Licenses in addition to Illinois Life, Health, and Variable Annuities Insurance Licenses. She is a member of the Greater North Shore Estate & Financial Planning Council and the Investment Management Consultants Association. Christy resides in Wilmette, Illinois.

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and the federally registered CFP (with flame logo), which it awards to individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing certification requirements.

Jason Turner joined Great Lakes Advisors in 2009 and oversees fund selection, asset allocation, operations, and trading for the firm. He heads the fund selection committee responsible for fund evaluation and selection, and the asset allocation committee, setting asset allocation policy and positioning. In this capacity, he directly advises the firm’s Diversified Balanced clients in the setting of asset allocation policy and fund selection.

Before joining Great Lakes Advisors, Jason spent nine years in various roles for Skyline Asset Management and Hewitt Financial Services.

Jason graduated from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business with an MBA with distinction and from North Central College with degrees in Finance and Communications. He also holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 Licenses and lives in Bolingbrook, Illinois with his wife and son.

Steve Rost is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer for fixed income at Great Lakes Advisors. He is responsible for all fixed income products delivered to the firm’s institutional and high net worth clients. He is also a member of the management team that oversees Great Lakes Advisors.

Since joining the firm in 1990, Steve has been responsible for fixed income products as well as the overall management of the company. He also handles all mortgage-backed and commercial mortgage-backed investing for the firm’s clients. Prior to Great Lakes, Steve spent almost six years at Stein Roe & Farnham in Chicago managing the firm’s fixed income portfolios and taxable mutual funds.

Steve earned an MS in Finance, Investments, and Banking from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a BA from the University of Iowa. Steve lives outside of Woodstock, Illinois with his wife and four children.

Emily Li has been a part of the firm for over 15 years. She is directly involved in the management of the firm's fixed-income assets, with particular emphasis on the corporate and treasury sectors of the marketplace.

Prior to joining Great Lakes Advisors, she spent 12 years at Harris Investment Management where she was Chief Financial Officer and then Principal, Portfolio Manager, managing institutional fixed-income portfolios.

After receiving a BA in International Business from National Taiwan University and an MBA from Indiana University, Emily worked in various capacities at Brunswick Corporation and The Quaker Oats Company before entering the investment management business. From July 2000 to June 2001, Emily served as an officer of the CFA Society of Chicago (previously the Investment Analyst Society of Chicago). From July 2001 to June 2005, she was a Director of the CFA Society of Chicago.
 

Richard Rokus is a Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Great Lakes Advisors. He has over 18 years of experience as an investment professional dedicated to fixed income portfolio management.  As a portfolio manager for the firm, Rich is responsible for the management of all taxable short-duration fixed income portfolios. 

Rich has managed numerous fixed income strategies. During his 17 years at M&I Investment Management Corp., Rich was responsible for managing over $18 billion in taxable mutual funds, limited partnerships, and separate accounts. In addition to his portfolio management duties, Rich had oversight responsibility for all fixed income products managed by the firm. He also managed the securities lending trading desk. As a Portfolio Manager of the Marshall Prime Money Market Fund, he received the IBC Money Fund Report award for the highest yielding taxable money market fund in 1998, as well as the Crane Data and IMoney.net awards for the highest yielding AAA-rated taxable institutional money market fund in 2009.

Rich received a BBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Society of Milwaukee.

William Gregg specializes in the management of taxable fixed income securities and helps lead the overall fixed income effort for Great Lakes Advisors. William successfully stewarded the taxable fixed income portfolio through the financial crisis and substantially grew the overall fixed income assets of the firm. He prides himself on providing his clients with significant institutional experience and superior service.

William plays a key role with respect to the leadership and growth of the firm. He specializes in credit, government, and mortgage-backed security markets. He has over 28 years of investment management and research experience in taxable fixed income, which includes eight years leading and growing a successful alternative asset management company. He has presented at numerous conferences as well as published various articles regarding fixed income securities and their derivatives.

William holds a BS in Computer Science and Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He holds a FINRA Series 65 License.

Patrick Morrissey is a Senior Portfolio Manager of Fixed Income for Great Lakes Advisors. He brings over 25 years of investment management experience, including 23 years running tax-exempt mutual funds.

Prior to joining Great Lakes, Patrick served as Managing Director of Tax-Free Investments at Bank One Investment Advisors Corp., now JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management. There, he managed 11 Tax-Exempt Mutual Funds with $15 billion under management. Most recently, Patrick acted as Managing Director and Head of Tax-Exempt Investments at FSI Capital where he developed, marketed, and managed tax-exempt alternative investment strategies.

Patrick holds a BS in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and is a member of the Chicago Municipal Analysts’ Society.

Scott Schneider is a Fixed Income Analyst for Great Lakes Advisors with more than eight years of industry experience. He assists the firm’s fixed income group supporting both taxable and tax-exempt fixed income investment strategies. Scott supports the group in a variety of capacities from analysis to client support. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at SMW Trading Company, Inc., trading equity, interest rate, and commodity futures.

Scott graduated from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 2001 with a major in Economics.
 

Edward Calkins is a Senior Managing Director at Great Lakes Advisors where he has played an instrumental role in the development of the firm’s unique approach to equity management. Ed currently leads the value equity approach, assists in managing client relationships, and participates in business development. He is a member of the management committee and a Board Member of Great Lakes Advisors.

Ed started at Continental Bank in 1973 after graduating with an MBA with distinction from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and earning a BS with honors from Saint Louis University. He is a member of the CFA Institute and its Chicago chapter and serves on the DePaul University Finance Advisory Board. Ed has also been a guest speaker at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

Wells Frice is a Managing Director and Senior Equity Portfolio Manager with more than 23 years of investment experience in various markets with an emphasis in common stocks. Having been at Great Lakes Advisors for over 13 years, he is involved in the management of the firm's equity assets and client relationships.

Previously, Wells served as a Senior Equity Analyst and Deputy Director of Equity Research at First Chicago NBD, and most recently an Equity Portfolio Manager.

Wells is a graduate of Lake Forest College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is a member of the CFA Institute and The Investment Analysts Society of Chicago. He is an elected member of The Board of Education of Mundelein Elementary School District #75, and serves as a Referee Instructor for the American Youth Soccer Organization in his home town of Mundelein, Illinois.
 

Huong Le serves as a Senior Research Analyst for the Large Cap Value product and as a risk specialist for Great Lakes Advisors.

Prior to joining the firm in 2002, Huong was involved in pharmaceutical research at Evanston Hospital, advertising at Foote, Cone & Belding, and retirement plans at Charles Schwab and Wayne Hummer Investments.

Huong holds a BS from Northwestern University in Biology and Psychology and an MBA with concentrations in Analytical Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago. She is a CFA charter holder and is a member of the Investment Analyst Society of Chicago and the Global Association of Risk Professionals. She also holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 Licenses.

Gary Lenhoff is Managing Director of Equities at Great Lakes Advisors. He is a member of the Investment Committee as well as the Portfolio Manager responsible for Great Lakes Small Cap Equity strategy. He brings more than 25 years of industry experience managing both large and small cap portfolios.

Gary began his career as an Analyst with Prudential Investment Company where he eventually managed a $3.3 billion portfolio of leveraged buyout and equity investments. He then served as a Portfolio Manager for Anderson, Hoagland & Company in St. Louis from 1993 to 2000, managing an $800 million Large Cap portfolio. Subsequently, Gary helped build a team of seven analysts at Bricoleur Capital Management, where he assisted in growing a long/short equity portfolio from $450 million to over $1.3 billion in assets. Most recently, he was Chief Investment officer at Ironworks Capital Management, responsible for all aspects of security selection, portfolio construction and risk management.

Gary became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1993 and is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago. He received a BA in Economics from the University of Rochester and an MBA from the University of Michigan.  He resides in Northbrook with his wife and three children.

Benjamin Kim has over 17 years of stock analysis and selection experience in a number of industries. He serves as a Senior Research Analyst for the Small Cap Portfolio, responsible for equity investments in the Industrial, Technology, and Materials sectors.

Prior to joining Great Lakes Advisors, Ben was an Investment Analyst at Harris Associates and a Securities Analyst for Skyline Asset Management.

Ben holds a BS in Accounting from Indiana University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago. Ben is a CFA charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.

Bryan Engler is a Research Analyst where he acts as the health care, consumer discretionary, and consumer staple analyst. Bryan employs rigorous fundamental research in seeking attractive investment opportunities. Prior to joining Great Lakes, Bryan served as a Corporate Advisor at Thomson Reuters consulting a number of public executive teams on matters concerning capital structure and corporate strategy.

Bryan holds a BA in Political Science and English from Tulane University.

Thomas R. Kiley serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Great Lakes Advisors and is an active member of both the firm’s Management Committee and its Board of Directors.

Prior to joining Great Lakes, Tom was Managing Director/Principal at Bear Stearns Asset Management, where he managed the public fund and Taft-Hartley business group. Prior to this, he co-founded Continental Investment Group, an institutional asset management marketing firm focused on providing investment strategies to a diverse group of clients. Tom began his career as a bond underwriter/trader at First Chicago Corporation.

Tom earned his MBA in Finance from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to that, Tom graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Tom is a Trustee and serves as President of a suburban Illinois Police Pension Fund. He is a member of several associations, including The Economic Club of Chicago, The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, The National Conference of Public Employee Retirements Systems, The Illinois Public Pension Fund Association, and The Resource Center for Religious Institutes. He is also a committee member for The Annual Rerum Novarum Award and a Regional Board member of the American Ireland Fund.

Tom is a Director of Wintrust’s Old Plank Trail Community Bank and serves as a guest lecturer on Business Ethics and Socially Responsible Investing for the MBA program at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

Mike Howard is the Director of Client Service and Sales where he serves as the institutional business development lead for the firm. Mike has over 30 years of experience in the investment industry. Most recently, Mike served as a Partner at AccessAlpha Worldwide, LLC, a consultative advisor and global boutique placement agent. Prior to that, he spent five years at UBS Global Asset Management as a Client Advisor and Managing Director.

Before working in the investment management community, he spent over eight years at Mercer Investment Consulting as a Managing Director and Head of their Corporate and Taft-Hartley Consulting Teams. Finally, Mike began his career at A.G. Becker and subsequently SEI Capital Resources, where he spent 20 years and left the organization with the title of Chief Consulting Officer and Managing Director.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Illinois and is FINRA Series 7 and 63 Licensed.

Maureen Mulhern joined Great Lakes Advisors in 2008. As a Client Service Associate, she works with clients in a proactive manner to ensure their ongoing investment experience with the firm is a positive one. She works in concert with the marketing and operations teams and is responsible for preparing client service collateral including meeting materials, fact sheets, requests for information, and presentation books. Maureen also assists the fixed income portfolio managers with the trading, reporting, and accounting needs.

Maureen started her career in financial services in 2008 after earning a degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in Chicago and is involved in assisting the causes of Christ the King High School and the American Ireland Fund.

Kate Szymanski began her career at Great Lakes Advisors in 2009. As a Client Service Associate, she works with clients in a proactive manner to ensure their ongoing investment experience with the firm is a positive one. She has a dual position with the marketing and operations teams and is responsible for preparing client service collateral including meeting materials, fact sheets, Requests for Proposals, and presentation books. Kate also assists with reconciling cash and securities as well as equity trade procedures.

Kate began her professional career in the financial services industry in 2009 after completing an internship with the firm. She graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois-Chicago where she earned a degree in History. Kate currently resides in Chicago and volunteers weekly at the Children’s Memorial Hospital and for Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation.