Bob joined Crossmark in May 2021 as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and assumed the additional role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in January 2024. Bob provides strategy for the firm, oversees the management team, guides the investment teams at Crossmark, and serves as portfolio manager for multiple Crossmark large cap strategies. Prior to arriving at Crossmark, he held the roles of Senior Portfolio Manager and Chief Equity Strategist at Nuveen (2012-21) and Blackrock (2006-12), President and CIO at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (1999-2006), and CIO at Oppenheimer Funds Inc. (1987-99).

Ryan joined Crossmark in June of 2016 and currently serves as a Portfolio Manager & Head of Research. He is responsible for generating independent and differentiated fundamental research on markets, sectors, and individual companies in support of Crossmark's Portfolio Managers and Investment Teams. Prior to joining Capstone, Ryan was a sell-side Equity Research Associate at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH) covering competitive power and electric utility stocks. Prior to TPH, Ryan was an Associate in the Energy Valuation Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ryan graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with an undergraduate degree in Finance, as well as Masters degrees in Accounting and Finance. He currently holds his Series 7, 63, 86, and 87 securities licenses.