Charlton Reynders, III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer brings more than 15 years of experience in investment management and social venture investing to Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management. His passion for forward thinking investment strategy rooted in fundamentals has provided a guidepost for his success to date. In addition to his leadership in the traditional investment management world, Chat has structured and funded public/private partnerships that have brought more than $150 million in revenues to leading cultural institutions around the world – projects that have won numerous awards. In this vein, he has for decades produced socially oriented IMAX films including Dolphins, which was produced in conjunction with the National Wildlife Federation and garnered an Academy Award nomination in 2000, and Coral Reef Adventure, which received the largest grant in the history of the Informal Science Division of the National Science Foundation. Prior to launching Reynders, McVeigh, Chat served as a senior officer and director of new business at Lowell, Blake & Associates. He oversaw growth in assets under management at that firm from just over $200 million to nearly $700 million, and worked as a senior equity strategist to lead key institutional relationships, advising on more than $1 billion in outside assets. He previously served as Executive Director of The Whale Conservation Institute, the nation’s leading independent cetacean research center, which was founded under a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Chat graduated from Princeton University with a degree in history. He currently sits on the advisory boards of Project Adventure and the MacGillivray Freeman Educational Foundation. He has been featured and published in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week and Forbes.



Patrick McVeigh, President and Chief Investment Officer, is widely recognized as a pioneer in bringing traditional investment management together with socially responsible investing. With 26 years of experience in the industry, he was one of three original employees at Trillium Asset Management. His research there was a key factor in the growth of assets from startup to $700 million. After eighteen years at Trillium, Patrick assumed the position of director of research at Lowell, Blake & Associates. A voice of reason and leadership within the socially responsible investing realm, Patrick has served as managing editor of Investing for A Better World, authored numerous articles on ethics and ecology, and contributed chapters to The Social Investment Almanac (New York: Henry Holt, 1992) and Working Capital: The Power of Labor’s Pensions (Cornell University Press, 2001). He has also been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Investment Advisor Magazine, and Forbes. Since 1995, Patrick has been project manager for a series of groundbreaking studies conducted by the Social Investment Forum, tracking the growth of socially responsible investing and its implications in the investment markets. He also served on the boards of SEED: The Haitian Community Loan Fund, directing approximately $1 million to peasant cooperatives in Haiti to create businesses; the Social Investment Forum; and the San Jose Food Co-operative. Patrick graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in economics and was honored as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1978. He also attended a master’s program in economics and sociology at Boston College.

 

Eric Shrayer, CFA, Vice President and Research Director, is our senior research analyst. He graduated from Tufts with a degree in biology and received his master’s degree in business, magna cum laude, from the Olin School of Business at Babson College. Before joining Reynders, McVeigh he spent nine years as a branch manager with Park Avenue Securities, a division of Guardian Life Insurance Company.

Tom Roche, CFA, Vice President of Operations and Client Service Director, has been with Reynders, McVeigh since day one, serving both as a research analyst and an information management specialist. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with a degree in economics. He started his career with State Street Bank and spent six years working as an analyst with Scudder Kemper Investments and Old Harbor Capital Management.

Our Team

 



"The cornerstone of prosperity is the stone of Integrity."

-Roger W. Babson

Julie Johnson, CFA, Vice President of Reynders McVeigh and Managing Director of Fresh Pond Capital, has worked in socially responsible investing since 1998. Ms. Johnson is a board member of Camp Starfish, a non-profit organization providing summer programs for children who are behaviorally and emotionally disturbed. She also is very active in supporting local agriculture and children through her work with Waltham Fields Community Farm and The Food Project. She has collaborated with Resource Generation, a progressive organization working with wealthy young people to affect social change. Ms. Johnson graduated summa cum laude with honors from Bowdoin College with a double major in history and women's studies.



Susan M. Bremer, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, has a full quarter century of experience in the financial industry. For the past nineteen years, Sue served as a senior vice president and the chief financial officer of Reynders, Gray & Co., Inc., a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange, now operating after a change in ownership as Ticonderoga Securities LLC. She also served as CFO for Reynders, Gray, Prince & Gottlieb, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor under common ownership with Reynders, Gray, until the sale of the advisory business in 2001. Upon graduation from college, Sue spent five years with Ernst & Young in both the audit and tax divisions. She holds a bachelor of science degree in accountancy from The University of Illinois.



Susan Trask, Comptroller and Compliance Manager, brings nearly twenty years of experience in real estate and the investment business to our enterprise. Susan worked for Babson-United and Boston Advisors for six years before joining Reynders, McVeigh.



Ashley Lyons, Client Service and Planning Manager, supports planning and investment functions for both Reynders, McVeigh and Fresh Pond Capital. She graduated from Salem State College with a degree in education and business. Ashley holds a Certificate in Financial Planning from Boston University and is a notary public.



Yiannis Mitropoulos, Research Analyst and Information Management Specialist, graduated from Northeastern University with a double major in finance and accounting. Prior to joining Reynders, McVeigh he spent three years with Thunderstorm Capital as the operations and trading associate.



Anne Wisotzkey, Client Service Coordinator, has a bachelor’s degree in communication and psychology from Eastern Connecticut State University, and a master’s in corporate communication from Emerson College. She worked at GRT Capital Partners in Boston before joining Reynders, McVeigh.