Small Cap Equity

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.