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WealthTrust Management and Support Team
Our team has decades of industry experience establishing, managing and growing wealth management firms as well as developing strategic alliances that promote growth. Since 2000, the managers of WealthTrust have completed eleven acquisitions and assembled an affiliate network throughout the United States.
WealthTrust employs a team-oriented structure designed to provide affiliates with the high quality service and tactical strategies required to expand their businesses.
Our team provides execution and support in compliance, technology,
back-office operations, marketing, human resource administration and client services and achieves strong results by leveraging
the team's knowledge and experience.
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M. Rush Benton, CFA
Founder & Chief Executive |
M. Rush (Rusty) Benton serves as Chief Executive Officer for WealthTrust LLC.
Mr. Benton founded WealthTrust, Inc. in 1997 following twelve years with Barksdale & Associates, a Nashville-based investment management firm, with over $3.5 billion in assets under management during his tenure. As one of the founding principals of Barksdale & Associates, his responsibilities included marketing, product development and portfolio management. He holds a designation from the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute.
Mr. Benton earned a degree in economics at Vanderbilt University.
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Clinton J. Kendrick
Chairman |
Clinton J. Kendrick has over 35 years
of executive experience with global asset management and law firms. He is
the former Executive Director of Shearman & Sterling, a major global law firm
with over $600 million in revenue during his tenure. In that capacity he was solely
responsible for the management of the firm's global operations and was a member
of the Management Group, the governing body of the firm.
Before Shearman & Sterling, he co-founded Matrix Global
Investments, Inc., a leveraged private equity firm backed
by Castle Harlan, Inc., that focused on investments in high
quality small-to-mid sized high net worth and institutional
investment management firms. Prior to that, he was a Managing
Director at Lehman Brothers, Inc., responsible for Lehman Brothers
Global Asset Management worldwide. He was also, with Lewis Ranieri,
the co-founder, president and CEO of Hyperion Capital Management, an
institutional investment management firm specializing in mortgage-backed
and asset-backed securities. Before Hyperion, he was for ten years President
and a Director of Alliance Capital Management Corp.
Mr. Kendrick is a Charter Trustee Emeritus of
Phillips Academy, Andover MA, and a Trustee of the Northern
Westchester Hospital Foundation, Mount Kisco, NY. He holds
a B.A. from Yale University, attended New York University
Graduate School of Business Administration (1967-1970), and
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H. Richard Vartabedian
Vice Chairman |
H. Richard Vartabedian most recently functioned as chief executive officer of HSBC Asset Management
North America. In 2003, the Global Asset Management Company managed approximately
$150 billion. Mr. Vartabedian was one of its five regional managers. He also held
the title of executive vice president of HSBC's Bank USA.
Prior to joining HSBC, Mr Vartabedian was brought
into Republic National Bank to create an open architecture
investment platform for private banking clients. He began
his career at Chase Manhattan moving from security analyst,
to fund and portfolio management. As division executive of
the investment management business he was responsible for
bottom line investment and financial performance.
Mr. Vartabedian holds a B.A. from Bates College,
and M.B.A. from Babson and attended New York
University-Stern School of Business working toward a Ph.D. in finance. |
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Holly D. Deem, CFA
Chief Operating Officer |
Holly D. Deem has over 25 years of executive experience in investment management and the financial services industry. Her most recent roles included Chief Administrative Officer with oversight responsibility for all administration functions and Chief Risk Officer with responsibility for a comprehensive risk management program for Invesco, Ltd, formerly Amvescap.
Prior to joining Invesco she held senior roles at Bank of America and its subsidiaries. These include; President of Private Investments, the high net worth investment management platform, and President of TradeStreet Investment Associates, the institutional investment subsidiary with assets under management in excess of $85 billion.
Ms. Deem holds a B.S. in accounting from Western Illinois University and completed the executive program for business strategy at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. She has been recognized by Money for Women as one of the top 50 smartest women in the money business and received the top 25 women in business achievement award from The Business Journal. Ms. Deem holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation and is a member of the Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts and the Association for Investment Management and Research. |
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Michael Henry
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel |
Michael Henry's background in the legal and regulatory aspects of investment management and brokerage services spans over 20 years and includes experience on both the industry and regulatory sides.
Prior to coming to WealthTrust, he was the compliance director for Morgan Keegan & Co., a brokerage and investment management firm, as well as serving as an assistant general counsel there.
Mr. Henry holds a B.A. in English and a J.D. from the University of Mississippi. |
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WealthTrust Support Team
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Brenda Lane
Assistant Vice President
Human Resources |
Brenda Lane joined WealthTrust
in July 2006 after spending the past four years as an office manager in the escrow industry.
Prior to that, she worked at Vanderbilt University for three years as assistant to the vice
chancellor for investments and the treasurers. Before joining Vanderbilt, Ms. Lane was a legal
assistant for eight years in residential and commercial real estate.
Ms. Lane holds a B.S. in Accounting from Lipscomb University. |
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Abbie Arnold Giompoletti
Assistant Controller |
Abbie Arnold Giompoletti joined WealthTrust in April, 2008. Prior to joining WealthTrust, Mrs. Giompoletti worked for 5 years in
Assurance and Advisory Business Services at Ernst & Young, LLP. She holds a designation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
and is a member of the Tennessee Society of CPAs. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Accounting from the University of
Alabama.
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Ann Harris
Executive Assistant |
Ann Harris joined WealthTrust in March, 2002 after working 11 years at J.C. Bradford & Co./ UBS PaineWebber. In her last two years at Bradford she worked in the trust department as a trust administrator. Prior to that she worked as a portfolio accounting assistant in the investment management department and as an administrative assistant to the general counsel in the legal and compliance department. In January, 2001 she received certification from Cannon Trust School I.
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Lisa Valentine
Senior Portfolio Administrator |
Lisa Valentine joined WealthTrust in 2004 after 2 years at Deutsche Bank. Prior to that, and upon graduation, she joined J. C. Bradford & Co. as a margin specialist, where she remained for 2 years after the firm's acquisition by UBS / PaineWebber .
Lisa holds a B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University. |
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