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Michele Newland, JD - Managing Member, and Chief Investment Officer
Michele began her career in health care at the University of California. She later founded the Newland Law Firm where her practice areas were health law, municipal finance, and healthcare regulatory compliance. Michele left private practice to join Greenwich Investment Management as Managing Director of Fixed Income Investments and concurrently served as due diligence counsel for fixed income transactions. Michele has originated, analyzed, structured, and closed numerous bond transactions. Her experience also encompasses the representation of bondholders in the restructuring and resolution of distressed debt securities. Michele is a member of the California and Illinois Bar. She is also a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, National Federation of Municipal Analysts, American Health Lawyers Association, and holds a Series 65 license.
BS-California State University, Fullerton, 1985; JD-University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, 1995
Cari Hopfensperger - Chief Compliance Officer
Cari is a Director and Outsourced Chief Compliance Officer (OCCO) with Outsourced Compliance Group (OCG). She has thirty years of experience in investment adviser compliance, operations, and client service. Prior to joining OCG, Cari was a Managing Director with Hardin Compliance Consulting before the Firm sold its business to Foreside Financial, which merged with ACA Group in 2022. She leverages her diverse background to develop, test, and monitor comprehensive and customized investment advisor compliance programs for clients, including wealth managers and institutional asset managers with separate accounts and private and registered funds. She is a member of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP) and over the years has volunteered on various committees, including as a prior co-chair of its “Currents” publications committee and serving on its editorial board. Cari also serves as outsourced Chief Compliance Officer for certain clients.
Stacy Goldsmith - Director of Operations
Stacy has over 40 years of experience in investments, bond trading, sales and operations. Stacy began her career in operations at Dean Witter Reynolds. Thereafter, she was a corporate and municipal bond trader at Glen Rauch Securities. Following her tenure as a trader, Stacy was an investment associate at UBS Wealth Management USA. Most recently, Stacy served as Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Specialist at Herbert J. Sims & Company. Stacy received a B.A. from Rutgers University in Human Communication and French. She holds a Series 66 securities license.
Philip Matthews, MBA - Business Development Consultant
Phil has over thirty years institutional sales and client service experience. Earlier in his career Phil was at Dillon Read and Salomon Brothers. Following success at both firms, Phil went on to become the ninth partner appointed at BlackRock Financial Management. While at BlackRock, he was Co-Head of the Account Management Group for US Pensions and Endowments which included some of the largest institutions in the United States.
BA-University of Michigan, 1970; MBA-University of Wisconsin, 1973
