Investments

Theo Gallier, MBA

Chief Investment Officer

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Frank J. Jones, PhD, MBA, MS

Chairman, Investment Committee

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Justin Hult, MBA, AIFA^™

Director of Investment Operations,
Chief Compliance Officer

Justin serves as both director of investment operations and chief compliance officer for Private Ocean. As director of investment operations, he manages the team responsible for portfolio management, account database maintenance, trading and client reporting. As chief compliance officer, he oversees all regulatory aspects of the firm. Justin is Private Ocean’s in-house fiduciary expert.

Education

• MBA, Washington University in St. Louis
• BS in Mathematics, University of Puget Sound
• BS in Civil Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
• Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA®), fI360 - Center for Fiduciary Studies

Tim Curley

Tim helps Private Ocean clients execute a broad range of investment operations. He is responsible for preparing comprehensive annual review recommendations, advisor-requested reports and fund fact sheets. He also handles web report generation and testing and manual account maintenance. Prior to Private Ocean, Tim worked as a paralegal for Brayton Purcell in Novato.

Education

• BS in Economics, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater MA

Cory Evans

Cory is responsible for the preparation of investment plans, portfolio analyses, comprehensive reviews and trading. Cory's financial services career includes valuable experience as a mutual funds operations specialist at Charles Schwab & Company, where he facilitated the transfer of funds and helped streamline processes for handling high-volume alternative investment transfers. He also worked in investor relations at San Francisco’s CITCO Fund Services.

Education

• BA in International Relations, Minor in Political Science, University of California, Davis
• Coursework in Financial Planning, UC Berkeley Extension

Rebecca Wambach

Rebecca facilitates the technical aspects of transfers, trades and portfolio maintenance on behalf of Private Ocean clients. Her duties include preparation of annual review recommendations, aggregate client performance reports and web report generation and testing. Rebecca brings to the firm more than 20 years of portfolio administration experience.

Education

• Texas School of Business
• College of Marin