Gray & Company uses a team approach to managing all client relationships. This approach ensures that each client is serviced by consultants with a working knowledge of their Plan. The team utilizes their collective experiences and the resources available within the firm to provide our clients with the best investment advice.
Consulting Team:
JENNIFER M. CHRISMAN
Associate Consultant
IVORY DAY, JR
Senior Consultant
LAURENCE O. GRAY
President & Chief Executive Officer
ROBERT C. HUBBARD, IV
Senior Consultant & Chief Operating Officer
LISA JOE
Consultant
L. GREGG JOHNSON, EA, MAAA, CFA
Senior Consultant
CHRISTOPHER J. KUHN, CFA, CAIA
Senior Consultant
KURT F. LOFTERS
Senior Consultant
BRAD E. LYONS
Chief Compliance Officer
KINA N. MCCANNS
Associate Consultant
Manager Research & Due Diligence Team:
ROBERT L. FARMER
Senior Managing Director - Alternative Investments
JENNIFER L. HODGES
Research & Operations Associate
CHERYL HUA, CFA
Senior Research Analyst
JINGWEI LI
Research Analyst
YOLANDA D. WAGGONER-FOREMAN
Director of Manager Research
CURTIS O. WILLIAMS, CAIA
Senior Research Analyst
Marketing & Business Development Team:
TIFFANY R. HEARTLEY
Product Specialist
JOHN C. ROBINSON, CTP
Senior Managing Director
JOSEPH P. SOLAKA
Director - Marketing & Business Development
Performance Measurement Team:
JUSTIN M. ADAMSON
Analyst
CHARLENE A. FLOWERS
Analyst
CHARLES E. SHEATS, JR
Senior Analyst
Administration:
DESPY A. GIDDENS
Director - Finance & HR
DELANDRA S. VINSON
Office Manager
SCHELEIA WHITE
Executive Assistant
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JOSEPH P. SOLAKA
Director - Marketing & Business Development: Mr. Solaka has over 35 years of experience in the investment industry. His career has emphasis in the areas of public sector financing, management consulting, and capital markets. He was a senior advisor to the Governors of Michigan and Louisiana on economic development and pension fund issues. Before joining Gray & Company in 2011, he led the institutional division of Icon Advisers for 10 years. His primary responsibilities were to promote the management services and products among consultants and plan sponsors, in addition to providing the service needs of existing institutional clients and boards of trustees, which also included several public funds. Prior to Icon Advisers, Mr. Solaka worked with Zurich Investment, Scudder Investments and was founder and officer of Gulf Coast BIDCO (Business and Industrial Development Corporation), which provided mezzanine financing and Small Business Administration loans. Mr. Solaka received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Wayne State University and holds FINRA Series 65 registration.
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