Hillcrest Management & Board of Directors

Brian R. Bruce
CEO & Chief Investment Officer – Hillcrest Asset Management, LLC
Putnam/PanAgora Asset Management – Chief Investment Officer
- InterCoast Investment Group – President and Chief Investment Officer
- State Street Global Advisors – Vice President
- Professor, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Behavioral Finance and Journal of Investing
- MBA, University of Chicago
- MS, Computer Science, DePaul University
Douglas E. Stark, CFA
Managing Director – Hillcrest Asset Management, LLC
Martingale Asset Management – Director of Research
- InterCoast Capital – Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager
- State Street Global Advisors – Vice President International Stocks and Currency Management
- MBA, Columbia University
- BS in Business, Arizona State University
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Deborah A. Trask
Chief Operating Officer – Hillcrest Asset Management LLC
RPF Equity Advisors – Head of Trading and Operations
- InterCoast Capital – Senior Vice President in charge of operations
- State Street Global Advisors – Vice President in charge of international operations and member of the executive Committee
- MBA, University of Texas at Dallas
- BA, Northeastern University
- Managing Editor of Journal of Behavioral Finance and Journal of Investing
Blake Grossman
Managing Member – CHJ Capital Management, LLC
Founder – CHJ Capital Management, LLC
- Vice Chairman – Blackrock, Inc.
- CEO – Barclays Global Investors
- Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University (bachelor & masters degrees)
Darlene DeRemer
Managing Partner – Grail Partners, LLC
Founding Partner – Grail Partners, LLC
- Investment Banker – Putnam Lovell
- Head of eBusiness Advisory – NewRiver
- Owner – DeRemer + Associates
- VP & Director, Asset Management Division – State Street Global Advisors
- VP – T. Rowe Price & Associates
- BS-Finance & Marketing (summa cum laude)/MBA (phi beta kappa equivalent), Syracuse University