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William (Packy) Jones
Executive Chairman
Mr. Jones continues a family legacy as the third generation working in the securities business. His grandfather, George Sr., co-founded Mitchum, Jones & Templeton in the early 1900’s and his father, George Jr., started Jones & Associates in 1975. Mr. Jones started in the securities business in 1978 working for Jefferies & Co., Inc. as a trader focusing on 144 transactions, insider transactions and corporate issuer buybacks. In 1980, Mr. Jones went to work for Newhard Cook selling research to institutions. In 1982, he joined Jones & Associates where he has worked in every trading position in the firm, including National Sales Manager and Head Trader. Mr. Jones is currently the firm’s Executive Chairman and has served on the Board of Directors since 1992. Mr. Jones oversaw the firm’s $50MM private placement with an institutional investor. Mr. Jones has a BA from the University of California in Santa Barbara and has his Series 7, 24, 55, and 63 industry licenses.
Alan Hill
CEO
Mr. Hill joined JonesTrading in July 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hill’s immediate responsibility at JonesTrading was to manage its $50MM private placement. Previously, Mr. Hill was Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Korn/Ferry International where he had day-to-day responsibility over the company’s finance, tax and accounting operations across 35 countries, in addition to SEC public financial reporting and Corporate Development roles. Mr. Hill previously served as Vice President of Finance at Jefferies where he participated in spinning off ITG Inc. and worked on Jefferies’ private placement of $60MM senior secured debt. As the Senior Director of Finance at Guidance Solutions, a privately held consulting firm, Mr. Hill managed their $52MM private placement. Mr. Hill began his career at KPMG LLP. Mr. Hill earned an MBA with honors from the Anderson School at UCLA and a BS in Accounting from Loyola Marymount University. Mr. Hill is qualified as a CPA in the State of California, and has his Series 7, 24, 27, 55, and 63 licenses.
Tim O’Neil
President of Trading
Mr. O’Neil joined the firm in 1993 and has been a top producer for the firm covering several major institutions throughout the country. Mr. O’Neil was instrumental in opening the Dallas office in 1998. Mr. O’Neil has his BA in Finance from the University of Southern California and has been an officer and director of the Securities Traders Association of Los Angeles since 2004. He has his Series 7, 24, 55, and 63 industry licenses.
Steve Chmielewski
Director
Mr. Chmielewski began his career as a stockbroker with Hibbard Brown & Co. In 1992, he joined Fidelity Investments as a trader in the discount brokerage division. Mr. Chmielewski then moved on to Fidelity’s Corporate Compliance Department where he managed the Surveillance Department and later served as Principal Compliance Advisor to the retail brokerage and investment advisory businesses. In 1997, Mr. Chmielewski left Fidelity to become General Counsel and Director of Compliance for Jones & Associates, Inc. He achieved the additional title of Chief Operating Officer in 2002. He has served on the boards of Jones & Associates, Inc., JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, JonesTrading International Limited, and JonesTrading Canada. Mr. Chmielewski has a BA from Colby College, a JD cum laude from the New England School of Law, and a LLM from the Morin Center at Boston University School of Law. Mr. Chmielewski is admitted to practice law in California and Massachusetts and has taught business law at Emmanuel College.
Kristin Wilde
CFO
Kristin Wilde has been a valued member of the JonesTrading team since 2008. Over the years, she has played an instrumental role in the company’s evolution, contributing significantly to its success. In recognition of her dedication and expertise, Mrs. Wilde was promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer in 2023. As CFO, Mrs. Wilde assumes a critical role overseeing the firm’s financial operations including financial and regulatory reporting, accounting and financial analysis.
Mrs. Wilde earned a BS in Business Administration, followed by an MBA from California Lutheran University. She has her Series 99, 7, 24, 27, and 63 licenses.
Jack Garceau
CTO
Mr. Garceau joined JonesTrading in October 2011 as the Chief Technology Officer. He is also the Branch Manager of the Morristown office. Mr. Garceau began his career at Chicago Corp working in commodities on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Before transitioning to Financial Technology he was also an agency trader at Oppenheimer. Mr. Garceau then moved to Sungard Data Systems as an implementation specialist in their Order Management & Execution System division. He left Sungard Data Systems and accepted a position with Bloomberg LLP, where he helped in the development of the Bloomberg Equity Order Management System (SSEOMS). His final position prior to joining JonesTrading was at Financial Software provider Fidessa, where he worked for 13 years as Head of Business Development. He has a BA from SUNY Albany. Mr. Garceau resides in Madison, New Jersey with his wife and four children.
Jeremy Bell
CCO
Mr. Bell joined JonesTrading in 2002 in the operations department. From 2005 to 2008 Mr. Bell managed the operations department. After 7 years in operations Mr. Bell joined the compliance department in 2008. Mr. Bell is a graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara and has his series 7, 63, 55, 24, 4, 87 industry licenses.
Gary Cunningham
Global Head of Sales
Mr. Cunningham has over 35 years of experience in the US, UK, and Pan Asian equity markets. He currently oversees US and global accounts, having joined JonesTrading in 2015 to launch its London Office. Prior to joining the firm he was most recently CEO of Execution LLC’s US based brokerage operations, driving its expansion and growth. Previously he held positions of increasing responsibility at Wedd Durlacher Mordaunt, BZW, Robert Fleming and ABN Amro.
Burke Cook
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Mr. Cook joined JonesTrading in 2018 as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary responsible for overseeing legal, compliance and regulatory affairs for the firm. Prior to this, Mr. Cook served as the General Counsel for Soteria, a cybersecurity firm focused in the financial sector. From 2014-2017, Mr. Cook was a Managing Director at Tower Research Capital where he was a member of the management committee responsible for broker-dealer operations. He has also served as a Managing Director at Nasdaq, responsible for the market structure, regulatory and compliance affairs for the equity, option and fixed income broker-dealers. From 2006-2011, Mr. Cook worked at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital in a variety of roles within the equities division, including regulatory manager, COO and equity trader. Mr. Cook started his career at UBS in the legal and compliance department. He works in our Daniel Island, South Carolina branch and holds the 7, 14, 24, 28, 57 and 63 industry licenses and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, Massachusetts and South Carolina.
Susan Sheldon
Head of Human Resources
Susan Sheldon joined the team in November 2024 as Head of Human Resources, bringing 20 years of HR experience to JonesTrading. Her experience in Human Resources extends across multiple industries including hospitality, Professional Employer Organization (PEO), and recently real estate titling. Susan attended Kennesaw State University where she received a Bachelor of Science in psychology and Emory University, where she received a Paralegal Certificate. Susan also holds a SHRM-CP certification and is a member of the Palmetto SHRM chapter. In her spare time, Susan enjoys yoga, traveling, boating and is an avid animal lover.
Inessa B. Ruffman
Managing Director Head of Risk
Mrs. Ruffman currently serves as Managing Director Head of Risk at JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC and is based in Los Angeles area. In this role, Mrs. Ruffman is responsible for overseeing and developing the risk framework for the company. She works closely with trading, compliance, IT and operations to identify exposures and manage risk for the firm and its customers. She started her career as an analyst at Merrill Lynch in 2007 in New York City. During her 10 years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch she held various roles within different departments. She has worked in the Client Market Data Department, Compliance Department, ETF’s and most recently, the Electronic Equity/Derivatives Sales Trading Desk. Inessa was responsible for risk management, market access and trading supervision of quant DMA clients. In addition to her professional responsibilities, Inessa was actively involved in GBAM Women’s Leadership Council where she served as Chair of the Welcoming Committee. She also completed Women in Leadership Certificate Program from Cornell University. Inessa also serves on Board of Governors and Women in Finance for STA national association. Inessa received her BBA from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business in New York City majoring in Finance and Investments. She holds the Series 7, 63, 55, 4 and 24 as well as the IIROC Certified Trader industry licenses.
Jeff Micsky
Head of Global Derivatives
Mr. Micsky, CFA, joined JonesTrading in 2011 from Credit Suisse, and was named Head of Global Derivatives in 2014. He learned the derivatives business while working at hedge fund firm Pequot Capital from 2005 until 2009. At Pequot Capital, Mr. Micsky worked with analysts and portfolio managers to structure and trade equity option strategies around Pequot’s fundamental research driven view. After Pequot closed in 2009, he took an Equity Derivative Sales role at Credit Suisse in San Francisco, with the goal of providing a similar level of derivative analysis and execution to his clients. Mr. Micsky is a 2004 graduate of Princeton University where he majored in Economics and graduated cum laude. He has his Series 7, 63, 3, 55, 4, and 24 industry licenses.
Moe Cohen
Managing Director
Mr. Cohen played a founding role in establishing the firm’s Investment Banking Group. In 2007, Mr. Cohen launched JonesTrading’s Equity Capital Markets Group focused on Private Equity and Venture Capital public equity exit’s and At-The-Market Offerings. Soon after he led the firm’s build out of a full fledged Investment Bank that he still heads today. With over 25 years of demonstrated expertise and experience in financial services, he leveraged JonesTrading’s relationship model and applied successfully to investment banking and Equity Capital Markets.
During his tenure at JonesTrading, the banking platform he has built a service that allows our clients to benefit from elite level execution while simultaneously having the ability to access one of the largest institutional platforms on Wall Street. The Investment Banking and Capital Markets platform offers Corporate, Private Equity and Venture Capital clients a full suite of banking services. Prior to joining JonesTrading, Moe was VP, Head of Capital Markets Trading at Cantor Fitzgerald. Moe holds his Series 7, 55, 63, and 24 securities licenses.
Brian Tafaro
Managing Director Asia Pacific Services
Mr. Tafaro joined the firm in 2016 as a Managing Director from Tora Trading to help spearhead the firm’s Asian shares trading business. From 2000-2013 he worked for Goldman Sachs in Asia. In 2009 he was named co-head of Japan Shares Execution Services in Tokyo and was promoted to Managing Director in 2010. Mr. Tafaro started his career in finance at Nomura Securities International in Tokyo. He graduated with honors in International Studies (East Asia) and a minor in Japanese from Trinity College in 1998. Mr. Tafaro also attended Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan for one year of intensive language study in 1997. Mr. Tafaro has his series 7, 24, 3, and 63 industry licenses.
Alex Scott
Senior Vice President European Equities
Mr. Scott joined JonesTrading in 2007 in our Boston office, eventually moving north to our Portsmouth, NH location. For the first several years Mr. Scott worked on the US equities portion of our business until transitioning to our (then) new European team. He currently oversees European Equity Trading from our US based sales trading team working live European hours from the east coast here in the USA. Mr. Scott graduated from Roger Williams University in 2006 and currently lives in New Hampshire. He has his series 7, 24, 55 and 63 industry licenses.
Jason Stewart CFA
Managing Director Financial Services Analyst
Jason Stewart covers Specialty Finance and Real Estate companies within the Financial Services sector. An industry expert and veteran, he has over 2 decades of experience as an asset manager overseeing portfolios of real estate, fixed income, equities and derivatives. He was the Chief Operating and Investment Officer of The Promise Homes Company, LLC a private institutional owner and operator of residential rental real estate. Prior to Promise Homes, he established the institutional equity research group of Compass Point Research and Trading, serving as Managing Director and Head of Research. He holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Richmond, and is a CFA Charterholder. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Washington, D.C.
Eduardo Seda SVP
Energy Analyst
Eduardo Seda covers midstream energy (Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) & C-Corps) and renewable energy companies within the Energy sector. Before joining JonesTrading, he was a Senior Analyst at Sidoti & Company, LLC specializing in coverage of small- and mid-cap asset managers and other financial companies. He was a Managing Director & Senior Analyst in the Energy Group at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., responsible for coverage of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and Closed-End MLP Funds within the midstream energy sector. He worked as a Director & Senior Analyst in the U.S. Natural Gas and Electric Utilities Group at UBS Investment Bank. Prior to UBS Investment Bank, he co-founded Maguire & Moore Management & Research Company, Inc. and Maguire & Moore Capital Advisors. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
Catherine Novack
MS, Healthcare Analyst
Catherine Novack covers biotechnology companies within the Healthcare sector. Before joining JonesTrading, Ms. Novack worked as a research associate covering biotechnology and healthcare at Canaccord Genuity and National Securities. Previously, she contributed to business development efforts at an early-stage medical technology startup. She has a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a BA from Kenyon College, and she received a Fulbright grant from the US Student Program.
Sean Kim PhD
VP Healthcare Analyst
Sean Kim, PhD covers biotechnology companies within the Healthcare sector. Before joining JonesTrading, Dr. Kim was a Senior Research Associate at Mizuho Securities, covering large cap US pharmaceuticals and SMID cap biotechnology companies. Previously, he worked as a research scientist for a number of biotechnology companies including Gilead Sciences and Nektar Therapeutics, and served as a faculty member in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco, and a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He also completed his MBA at Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Justin Walsh PhD
VP Health Analyst
Justin Walsh PhD covers biotechnology companies within the Healthcare sector. Before joining JonesTrading, Dr. Walsh was a Research Analyst at B. Riley Securities covering SMID cap biotechnology and healthcare companies with a primary focus on oncology. Earlier, he contributed to the coverage of a diverse set of biotechnology companies as an equity research associate at JMP Securities and Raymond James & Associates. He earned his PhD in chemistry from Hunter College and the City University of New York Graduate Center, wherein he collaborated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to study next-generation cancer imaging approaches. He holds a BA in chemistry and mathematics from Rollins College.
Jorge Hendrickson
Managing Director and Co-Head of Prime Services
Mr. Hendrickson is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Prime Services at JonesTrading, responsible for driving growth through Jones’ hybrid technology and high touch services. He is experienced in advising fund managers on launching, operating and scaling their investment management businesses. In 2021, Business Insider named him one of the “29 people to know when launching a fund.” He has worked with numerous funds over the years across Hedge, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Private Debt and Crypto. Previously, he was Chief Revenue Officer at Opus Fund Services where he contributed significantly to the growth of the firm, and led sales and marketing.
Mark McGoldrick
Managing Director and Co-Head of Prime Services
Mr. McGoldrick is a Managing Director, Co-Head of Prime Brokerage at JonesTrading. Utilizing his knowledge and experience, Mark acts as consultant to new and emerging hedge funds by guiding them through the arduous process of launching and growing an investment management business. Mr. McGoldrick has extensive trading and prime brokerage experience dealing in all facets of the alternative space from fund formation, managed accounts, execution and risk management to marketing and capital introductions.
Prior to JonesTrading, Mr. McGoldrick was a Director of Prime Brokerage and Outsourced Trading at Cowen. Before Cowen he was a founding members and Head of Marketing and Business Development of boutique prime broker Alaris Trading Partners, LLC. After 5 years in operation Alaris was acquired by Concept Capital Markets, LLC in August of 2011 where he helped lead the transition to Concept’s platform. Concept was then acquired by Cowen Prime Services, LLC in September of 2015.
Prior to founding Alaris he was employed by UBS Securities, LLC as Associate Director in the Prime Brokerage division working with hedge funds in a sales, relationship, and capital introductions capacity. Mr. McGoldrick started his career in finance with State Street in the portfolio accounting division covering the Paine Webber funds.
Michael O’Rourke CMT
Chief Market Strategist
Michael O’Rourke authors “The Closing Print”, a close of day in-depth analysis of market activity which provides quality intelligence that “tees-Up” the next day’s trading. Mr. O’Rourke was a Portfolio Manager and U.S. Strategist at Marshall Wace Asset Management and served as Chief Market Strategist at BTIG. He began his career at the Spear, Leeds & Kellogg division of Goldman Sachs. He regularly contributes to media including: Barron’s; The Wall Street Journal; Business Week; Bloomberg Television and Radio; Fox Business Network; and CNBC. To receive “The Closing Print”, contact Mr. O’Rourke.
David Lutz
Head of ETF Trading and Strategy
Dave Lutz authors “What Traders are Watching” and runs intra-day chatrooms, focused on macro trends and positioning. He was ranked 6th best Sales Trader in the Institutional Investor 2016 All America Trading Team. The ranking is based on a survey of buy side traders, markets structure analysts and other professionals, and voting is for exceptional service. He is a frequent contributor on CNBC and Fox Business and is often quoted in the WSJ, FT, and Bloomberg. Before joining JonesTrading, Mr. Lutz built Stifel Financial Corp.’s ETF business. He also was head of Tech, Media, and Telecom (TMT) trading in his tenure there. He focused on block trading when he was at Wachovia. He started his career at Alex. Brown, before moving to UBS.
Brian Turley
Managing Director
Mr. Turley has over two decades of international experience in investment banking, capital markets, and private equity. Prior to joining JonesTrading, he served as Principal and Head of the Financial Institutions Group for MLV & Co. At JonesTrading he has been critical in building out a full service FIG Banking group up and down the entire capital stack. Within MLV he focused primarily on REIT, BDC and FIG Capital Markets and more specifically the Preferred and Senior issuances. He has been a professional investor and deal maker, specializing in large debt based transactions, as well as at the beginning of his career as a debt and equity trader. He specializes in: Acquisitions, Re-Finance, CMBS, ABS, CLO and General Public Capital Market activity, and holds Series 7, Series 63 , Series 79 and Series 24 licenses.
Jason Weaver
Managing Director
Jason Weaver is Managing Director, Equity Research with a focus on Specialty Finance and Real Estate. Mr. Weaver has 20 years of investment experience and 13 years in equity research, covering the specialty/mortgage finance and real estate sectors at firms including Sterne Agee, Wedbush, and Compass Point. Prior to his research experience, Mr. Weaver was a proprietary fixed income trader at UBS Global Credit Strategies and Citadel, LLC. He earned a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University, did graduate work at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, and is a CFA Charterholder.
Rob Schatzman
Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Schatzman is the Chief Risk Officer at JonesTrading, in charge of the firm’s risk framework and procedures as well as being responsible for managing relationships with the firm’s counterparties. In 2021, Mr. Schatzman joined JonesTrading as Head of Client Services in the Prime Brokerage division. In that role, he was responsible for building out a technology stack for the firm’s prime brokerage clients, as well as managing overall client margin and risk parameters. Prior to joining Jones, Mr. Schatzman was Head of Risk Management at Weeden Prime Services, where he developed real-time risk technology and oversaw execution and trading for the firm’s prime brokerage clients. He began his career at Goldman Sachs, managing hedge fund relationships within the firm’s Prime Services group. He lives in Spring Lake NJ and works in our New York City office.
Kate Belair
Director
Kate Belair is a Director on JonesTrading Capital Introduction Team and is based in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining JonesTrading, Kate was the Director of Marketing & Investors Relations at Webs Creek Capital, a Dallas-based Energy-focused L/S equity fund, where she was responsible for overseeing all marketing efforts and investor relations. Prior to joining Webs Creek, Kate was a Vice President of Business Development at Canyon Partners, a $25B alternative credit platform where she focused on developing and building relationships across family offices and RIAs across North America. She brings over 13 years of industry experience and 10 years of capital raising and marketing experience across alternative investment strategies.
Kate began her career at Schroders Investment Management, NA, where she was responsible for managing and maintaining relationships with institutional investment consultants and insurance companies across North America. She earned a dual BA in Economics and Policy Studies from Lafayette College, where she was also a 4-year member of the Varsity Women’s Soccer program and a member of NCAA Academic Honor Roll. Kate currently resides in Dallas with her husband Bill and their son, Everhett.
Jeff Wong
CFO
Mr. Wong is Chief Financial Officer, JonesTrading. As CFO, he is responsible for all finance and finance operations at the firm, worldwide. He joined Jones as Financial & Operations Principal at the end of 2023. Previously, he held several C-Suite positions of increasing responsibility, building FT Partners, the global financial services boutique investment banking firm. Prior to his tenure at FT, he was CFO at Jefferies Execution Services, Jefferies’ floor broker subsidiary. He holds a BA in Economics, Magna Cum Laude from UCLA. Mr. Wong has his Series 7, 14, 27, 27, 63, 79TO and 99TO industry licenses.
Debanjana Chatterjee PhD
Senior Analyst
Debanjana Chatterjee, PhD, is a Senior Analyst on our Healthcare Research team. Prior to joining Jones, she served as AVP, Senior Associate at Citi, where she specialized in the small- and mid-cap biotechnology sector. Dr. Chatterjee’s background also includes her role as an Associate at H. C. Wainwright & Co., in addition to various clinical and non-clinical research positions within the healthcare industry. She earned her Ph.D. from Hannover Medical School in Germany and completed post-doctoral research at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Chatterjee has contributed to numerous high-impact scientific journals and is fluent in English, Bengali, and Hindi, with conversational proficiency in Spanish and German.
Stephen Glagola
Research Associate
Stephen has 13 years of equity research experience, with over a decade focusing TMT. He was most recently on the TMT equity research team at TD Cowen as a senior analyst covering live event, leisure, gaming, and crypto stocks. Prior to TD Cowen, he worked as an associate & VP covering media and entertainment companies at Cowen & Co., and an associate at Barclays covering retail and apparel companies. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics from Elmhurst College.