RiverFront Investment Group

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Pete Quinn
President & Chief Executive Officer

Pete Quinn

Pete serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of RiverFront, bringing more than 34 years of industry experience to his role leading the organization. A founding partner of the firm, Pete spent the majority of his career at Wachovia Securities and its predecessor firms, lastly serving as President of the Private Client Group, where he ran the retail branch network.

Rod Smyth
Director of Investments

Rod Smyth

Rod is one of RiverFront’s four founding partners; Rod has been an important contributor to our investment decision making process since our strategies were incepted and serves as the Chairman of our Board. Rod has over 30 years of investment experience both as a portfolio manager and investment strategist.

Chris Konstantinos, CFA
Chief Investment Strategist | Co-Head of Investment Committee

Chris Konstantinos

Chris serves as Chief Investment Strategist and Co-Head of the Investment Committee, with nearly 20 years of experience as an equity sector analyst, portfolio manager, and portfolio risk manager across domestic and international markets. Chris is also a regular guest on the financial news channels (CNBC, Bloomberg) and is frequently quoted in the financial press.

Rob Glownia, CFA, CFP®
Senior Portfolio Manager | Co-Head of Investment Committee

Rob Glownia

Rob serves as the firm’s Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of the Investment Committee. In this role, he is responsible for credit underwriting, as well as measuring and managing interest rate risks. Rob oversees many of the duties associated with our actively managed ETFs.

Doug Sandler, CFA
Head of Global Strategy

Doug Sandler

Doug serves as the Head of Global Strategy and oversees the firm’s sales and marketing teams, bringing more than 25 years of investment experience to the firm. In addition, he serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and the firm’s Investment Committee and Executive Committee. Prior to his current role Doug was RiverFront’s Chief US Equity Officer and served as a Managing Director and Chief Equity Strategist for Wachovia Securities

Kevin Nicholson, CFA
Global Fixed Income Co-CIO

Kevin Nicholson

Kevin serves as the Global Fixed Income Co-CIO and is responsible for managing the firm’s fixed income sub-advised ETFs as well as contributing to the tactical allocation process and other multi-asset decisions. Kevin's career has spanned over 25 years serving in various capacities in trading, portfolio management and risk management. He is a regular guest on financial news channels (CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance)

Rebecca Felton
Senior Market Strategist

Rebecca Felton

Rebecca serves as Senior Market Strategist and is responsible for thought leadership and championing the firm’s risk management processes. She brings over 30 years of industry experience to this role. Rebecca has been with RiverFront since the company’s founding in 2008 and most recently served as the firm’s Chief Risk Officer.

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