Mike joined Cadaret, Grant's Cashiering Department in 1989. Now trading manager and vice president, he oversees the Trading Department’s employees, workflow, and service to representatives. When the department is overflowing with calls late in the day, Mike is known to jump in the call queue and place trades himself.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in federal taxation from LeMoyne College. Born and raised in Syracuse, he admires Cadaret, Grant’s contribution to the Central New York community.

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Karen’s human resources experience makes her a valuable addition offering guidance and support for Cadaret, Grant employees and managers. From managing the hiring process, to developing employee programs and policies, Karen is responsible for ensuring the firm's human resource strategies comply with local, state, and federal employment regulations. Her outgoing personality has helped to foster our familial nature and supportive culture, and has also led to plenty of community involvement. This includes national membership in the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and membership in the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). She formerly served as Cadaret, Grant’s diversity representative for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

Gary is responsible for large-scale marketing initiatives to grow Agency insurance business. This includes fostering relationships with Cadaret, Grant Advisors and assisting them with Agency insurance business, working with individual advisors on specific cases, and working internally on business in process. His over 20 years in the financial services industry, including over 16 at a large life insurance company, lend him the expertise to guide advisors through complicated cases. He is a board member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (New York State) and was formerly president of the Syracuse chapter.

In his spare time, you can find Gary hunting, fishing, or coaching youth lacrosse.

Diana joined Cadaret, Grant 13 years ago. She provides Marketing support to Cadaret, Grant Advisors with the goal of helping them increase sales, build a more efficient practice, and increase product awareness. Diana works closely with advisors to fully understand their practice, client base, and business model. She attends industry due diligence meetings and maintains involvement in all aspects of the Marketing Department from writing articles for our proprietary newsletter to organizing our annual advisor recognition conference.

In 1978, Donna began working in the registrations department of Independent Financial Planners Corporation, owned by Bankers National Life. In 1988, Cadaret, Grant purchased the securities arm of BNL, and the two companies merged. Donna now manages Cadaret, Grant’s registrations from the company’s Mount Arlington, New Jersey, office.

Donna is responsible for registrations and renewal of broker/dealer and representative registrations through FINRA and various state regulators. She assists new representatives in joining the firm and registers branch offices. Donna also coordinates the enrollment and renewal of error and omissions insurance and notifies representatives of their FINRA regulatory continuing education requirements. Donna holds a Series 6 license.

Art began his financial industry career at the New York Stock Exchange in 1966, then served as a compliance director with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and as a vice president of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. (now AllianceBernstein).

In 1981, Art founded Nathan, Lewis & Grant, Inc., a broker/dealer based in New York City. Shortly thereafter, he helped launch registered investment advisor Capital Strategy Group, Ltd., a Syracuse-based investment advisory firm where he remains a managing director and member of the firm’s investment committee.

Art relocated to Syracuse, New York, in 1985 to form Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. He is a past member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) board of directors, a past director of the Financial Planning Association, and former chairman of the National Endowment for Financial Education. He has been a guest speaker at fall and spring FINRA Small Firms Conferences. He has served as the president of the Board of Trustees of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York.

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Megan interned in various departments before joining Cadaret, Grant over 15 years ago. After spending a year gaining experience at a major mutual fund company in Boston, she returned to Cadaret, Grant as a communications assistant, eventually becoming director of communications.

Megan works closely with the Recruiting Department to understand and implement its initiatives, oversees internal communications standards, reviews internal and external correspondence and literature for representatives, and manages the company’s advertising and public relations campaigns. Megan holds a bachelor's degree from Boston College and a master's degree from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She formerly served on the Board of Trustees of Vera House Foundation, a local women’s shelter.

A vast career in all aspects of customer service has provided an ideal framework for Donna’s position as manager of Cadaret, Grant Operations. She has been with Cadaret, Grant 16 years.

At Cadaret, Grant, Donna’s responsibilities vary from monitoring employee performance to working with individual representatives facing specific business challenges. She also monitors and anticipates industry and regulatory changes and helps Cadaret, Grant develop procedures to accommodate them, establishing operations management teams and ensuring that the company has appropriate internal controls to meet business initiatives. Donna also manages Cadaret, Grant Agency Operations.

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Kara joined Cadaret, Grant over 12 years ago as a Marketing Specialist, and her contagious enthusiasm has shaped the Marketing Department ever since. In addition to supporting advisors, Kara manages Marketing Department campaigns and initiatives, coordinates deliverables from fellow team members, oversees conferences and meetings, and compiles communications pieces for advisors. Kara received a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego in public relations.

Jennifer's career in customer service includes over 20 years in the insurance arena. As assistant manager of Operations, she oversees the employees in Agency, Commissions, and New Business Processing, ensuring that they provide outstanding service to representatives. She is responsible for resolving complicated operational issues, special projects, and documenting department procedures. Jennifer researches processes within the department and makes recommendations to streamline and gain efficiency. She monitors quality control to ensure trades are placed in an accurate and timely fashion. Jennifer upholds the performance standards of the department by training staff and evaluating performance.

Rick worked for JP Morgan Chase for 16 years before joining Cadaret, Grant in 2005 as assistant manager of operations systems.

In his role overseeing data processing, the Cadaret, Grant Help Desk, and other areas within the Operations Department, Rick enjoys learning and improving processes. His knowledge and career experience offer insights into new ways to streamline procedures and enhance efficiencies.

Don joined the financial services industry in 1991 as a sales representative at First Investors; he became an equity trader in 1992 and joined Cadaret, Grant as an equity trader in 1995. He then served as a compliance examiner before becoming manager of Cadaret, Grant’s Compliance Department, located in Syracuse, New York, and Mount Arlington, New Jersey.

In addition to overseeing the external activities of Cadaret, Grant’s compliance examiners and internal reporting performed by other employees, Don reviews representatives’ sales literature and advertising efforts. He holds a Certified Regulatory Compliance Professional designation from the FINRA/Wharton certification program. Don also holds FINRA Series 4, 7, 24, and 65 licenses.

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Andy joined us back in 2000, learned the proverbial "ropes," and quickly climbed his way to the top of the Trading ladder. He works with advisors to find bonds that best fit each client’s parameters by researching market pricing and availability. Andy says the best part of his job is working with advisors individually and truly tailoring his search to their specific needs. He is responsible for all fixed income trade activity. Andy received a bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College, is an avid Syracuse University basketball fan, and he coaches youth basketball.

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Over the past 30 years, Kevin has enjoyed observing the ever-evolving financial services industry, which has changed significantly since he became Cadaret, Grant’s (only) cashier in 1987.

Today, the Cashiering Department is staffed by eight people and transacting business continues to change. In addition to supervising the Cashiering Department, he also coordinates processing changes with Pershing. Currently, all money and security movement transactions within Pershing accounts are processed by our Cashiering staff, which has dramatically reduced processing times.

Chris has over ten years of industry experience include sales and operations roles at two large financial companies in New Jersey. As variable annuity sales manager for Cadaret, Grant, Chris is located in the Mount Arlington, New Jersey, office.

Chris’s roles include offering support to advisors with case design, working with advisors to grow their variable annuity business, leading regional seminars, and maintaining key accounts relationships. He also maintains selling agreements, updates relevant information on the variable annuity section of the Cadaret, Grant Web site, and performs product due diligence. Chris also enjoys meeting with advisors in small and large settings in the form of product and continuing education meetings. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business marketing from Marist College. Chris holds his Series 7, 24, and life and health licenses.

As Vice President and Compliance Supervisor, Shannon is responsible for overseeing field examinations of Cadaret, Grant branch offices and assisting registered representatives and branch managers in complying with the regulatory issues that govern our industry. Shannon also supervises regulatory changes, internal compliance procedures, advertising and transactional blotter reviews. With 18 years of industry experience, Shannon brings a unique perspective to the firm in that he has worked for both insurance company broker/dealers and an independent broker/dealer.

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Oksana is responsible for managing operational functions that are handled in the Advisory Services Department, including: advisory trading, account activity and general compliance oversight. This includes on-boarding of new accounts and advisors, account management, management fee billing, performance reporting, advisor training, data management and client portal access in the Black Diamond system. Oksana received a bachelor’s degree in International Relations with minors in Finance and Economics from Syracuse University. She has 14 years of industry experience, most recently in the private wealth management division of Goldman Sachs.

Jim leads Capital Strategy Group, Ltd., an investment management firm and Cadaret, Grant’s sister company.

In his role as President, he oversees the company’s management and serves as a portfolio manager for client assets.

Prior to joining Capital Strategy Group, Jim worked at EF Hutton as a representative. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and MBA from Pennsylvania State University, is a 20-year member of the Central New York United Way Finance Committee, and devotes his time to enjoying his family and several charitable organizations for youth in the Central New York area.

As Information Technology Department Manager, Andy is responsible for overseeing the management of internal technology supporting back office processes. Responsibilities cover a wide range of systems including servers, workstations, printers, networking equipment. Maintaining over fifty servers and two hundred workstations along with security initiatives keeps the department extremely busy.

Andy has a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology and has been a part of the Cadaret, Grant family for fourteen years. He is a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Skills for Success course.

With Cadaret, Grant since 1991, Don has more than 31 years of accounting and finance experience.

As CFO, he ensures that the firm is financially sound, overseeing preparation of the company’s corporate financial statements, budget analyses, and internal expense control mechanisms, and supervising the Administration, Human Resources, Cashiering, Financial Reporting, Information Technology, Operations, Advisory Services, and Trading Departments.

Don holds FINRA Series 6, 27 and 63 licenses, and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the New York State Society of CPAs, the Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society, and the Financial Planning Association.

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As Controller, Trisha oversees Internal Audit, Financial Reporting, Cashiering, and Advisory Services departments at the senior management level. Trisha has been instrumental in supporting the company’s operational and regulatory affairs. Her contributions continue to help to strengthen procedural stability and corporate controls while nurturing productivity and collaboration among various departments.

Trisha has a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Dominican University and has worked for the company since 1998.