New York Consultants Conference

Richard Bernstein has nearly 30 years of experience on Wall Street; most recently he was chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co. His expertise includes equity, style, and asset allocation. He has been voted 18 times to Institutional Investor magazine’s annual All-America Research Team, including 10 times as the top-ranked analyst in his category. His book Style Investing—Unique Insight into Equity Management is a seminal treatment of style-oriented investment strategies.

Stephen Cucchiaro is chief investment officer at Windhaven Investment Management, Inc., which manages assets for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, foundations and endowments using a proprietary model; Charles Schwab Corp.  purchased Windhaven’s assets and intellectual property in 2010. Previously he was president and co-founder of Datext (sold to Lotus Development) and president of ICAD (sold to Oracle). He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in yacht racing in the late 1970s. He earned a BS in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA in finance from Wharton.  

Douglas Groh is co-portfolio manager at Tocqueville, where he manages the Tocqueville Gold Fund as well as other vehicles in the gold equity strategy. Previously he was director of investment research at Grove Capital from 2001 to 2003. From 1990 to 2001, he held investment research and banking positions at J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch, and ING. During the late 1980s, he served as a portfolio manager of gold-mining equity funds for U.S. Global Investors and IDS Financial Services; he began his career as a mining and precious metals analyst at U.S. Global Investors. He earned a BS degree in geology/geophysics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MA degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he focused on mineral economics. 

Jamie Kramer serves as global head of manager selection and thematic advisory at J.P. Morgan. She created and leads the J.P. Morgan Advisory Program, providing clients with innovative liquid solutions dynamically managed and tailored to capitalize on thematic market opportunities. She serves on the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Product Strategy Committee and is a member of the Private Bank Investment Team. She earned a BA degree magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from The Wharton School. She is a member of the Trustees Council of Penn Women (University of Pennsylvania). 

Katherine Ellis Nixon is chief investment officer for Northern Trust’s personal financial services business, where she is responsible for investment policy development focused on portfolio construction and implementation. Previously she worked at U.S. Trust Co. for 18 years in several capacities including managing director and division manager in the wealth management division. She earned a BA degree from Wellesley College and an MBA in finance from New York University Stern School of Business, where she graduated with distinction, Beta Gamma Sigma, and was a Stern Scholar.

Bob Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, a senior research fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former chairman of MFS Investment Management. He was a member of President George W. Bush’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security and served as secretary of economic affairs for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. He has been the John Olin Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and in 2007–2008 served as chairman of the SEC advisory committee on improving financial reporting. He also served as vice chairman of Fidelity Investments and president of Fidelity Management & Research Company. Before that, he was a partner at Caplin & Drysdale; associate general counsel to the SEC; and a law professor at Georgetown and New York University. He is a co-author of the text, The Fund Industry: How Your Money is Managed and co-author (with Robert Shiller) of Too Big To Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System. He graduated from Harvard College and earned a law degree from Yale.

Alex Williams is a managing director at UBS Private Wealth Management in New York, where he customizes investment solutions for ultra-high-net-worth families, foundations, and endowments. Previously he was a managing director at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. He was a member of the U.S. Ski Team during 1982–1992 and competed in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. He earned a BA degree cum laude from the University of Rochester in 1992 and an MBA in finance from The Wharton School in 1995.