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Michael G. Dow, CAIA, CFA, CPA*
Chief Investment Officer
Michael is the Chief Investment Officer of Beacon Pointe Advisors and the Chairman of the Beacon Pointe Investment Committee. He is also the host of Beacon Pointe’s Markets in Motion, a quick fifteen-minute podcast series designed to provide listeners with regular updates on the economy and investments. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe, Michael served as Managing Director and Head of US Core Plus Bonds, Head of Sovereign Credit Research, and Head of Emerging Market Corporate Debt at UBS Global Asset Management, where he was responsible for portfolio management, research, trading and strategy across the UBS global platform for these products. Prior to joining UBS, Michael was enrolled at the University of Chicago and studied in several post-graduate programs including Economics and in the School of Public Policy and had begun the core coursework in the PhD Finance program at the Chicago Booth School before returning to the capital markets in early 2008. He remains affiliated with the University of Chicago and has taught the undergraduate Intermediate Accounting course at Lake Forest College as an adjunct professor, and as a guest lecturer taught the fixed income and interest rate course sections of undergraduate finance and graduate quantitative finance programs at the University of Illinois, Northwestern University and Notre Dame University. Prior to academia Michael was an Investment Grade Corporate Bond Portfolio Manager at PIMCO and was the PIMCO Funds National Sales Manager, as well as a senior member of the Consultant Relations Group. He started his career at Salomon Brothers as a fixed income salesman in the Private Investment Department. He received a BS in Accountancy from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he played intercollegiate water polo, and his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. Michael is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Chartered Financial Analyst, received his certificate to practice as a CPA (inactive) and is a member of the CFA and CAIA Societies of Chicago. He is married and has four children, and lives with his wife in Western Springs, Illinois. *CPA license is inactive
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Kevin DiSano, CIMA®, CPWA®
Chief Growth Officer
Kevin is an accomplished sales and management professional with expertise developed over three decades in business. Most recently he was Senior Managing Director and Head of ETF sales at Nuveen. Prior to his role at Nuveen he was one of the senior executives at IndexIQ, a leading alternative investment manager. Kevin has a wealth of experience in sales and executive management roles and specializes in building and leading successful teams from the ground up. Over the course of his career, Kevin has been asked to share insights and expertise through appearances on CNBC, Bloomberg Radio, among other print and online media publications. Kevin holds a B.S. Degree in Speech Communications, Psychology and Business Industry Education from the University of Minnesota and also holds the Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA®) and Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) Designations from the Investment Management Consultants Association in conjunction with the Wharton School of Management at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago, respectively.