Our Boards
Board of Directors
Patrick Galley, CFA
Patrick Galley serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer of RiverNorth since 2004. Patrick is responsible for strategic planning and business development and oversees all portfolio management activities at RiverNorth. In addition, Patrick serves as the President and Chairman of all RiverNorth proprietary funds.
Prior to joining RiverNorth, Patrick was Vice President at Bank of America in the Global Investment Bank's Portfolio Management group where he specialized in analyzing and structuring corporate transactions for investment management firms in addition to closed-end and open-end funds, hedge funds, fund of funds, structured investment vehicles and insurance/reinsurance companies. Patrick graduated with honors from Rochester Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Finance. He is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago.
Paul Hatch
Paul Hatch is the Founding Partner at Covergency Partners. Paul began his career as an officer in the US Navy, after having graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. He served aboard the USS Coontz for three years and spent the remainder of his time in the Navy as a Political Military analyst responsible for briefing the President, Vice President, and various other senior legislators on the situation in the Middle East. Following his service, Paul joined EF Hutton as a financial advisor and began a 25+ year career at the firm that would morph to become Shearson Lehman Hutton, Smith Barney, and eventually Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Along the way, Paul continued to rise through the organization, holding and mastering virtually every field management role and eventually becoming National Sales Manager. From there, Paul was made the Head of all Products and Services, which included the advisory industry’s leading platform. While in that capacity, Paul led the development of Smith Barney Advisor which raised over $20B in its first 18 months. He also negotiated the purchase of Legg Mason’s UMA business. A decade later that business annually delivers revenue more than five times the value of the purchase. Paul also launched the Greystone Consulting Group at Morgan Stanley, a widely recognized leader in Institutional Consulting.
Michele F. Robertson
Michele F. Robertson serves as Chief Legal Officer and is a member of DBV’s Executive Committee. Ms. Robertson acts as lead corporate counsel for DBV and is responsible for legal, compliance, and intellectual property activities. She brings more than 15 years of experience in legal and strategic business development in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. She most recently served as a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, where she served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Commercial Operations, and Chief Compliance Officer. Previously, she held positions in the legal department of Ikaria Inc. and Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals.
Ms. Robertson holds a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Rutgers College. She is a native English speaker and conversational in French.
Britta Hion
Britta Hion is the Head of North America Distribution at Barings. Before joining Barings in June 2022, Britta spent 16 years at BlackRock. Most recently, she built and co-headed a global investor relations function at BlackRock’s alternatives business, introducing new technologies and processes to improve the overall client experience. She joined the alternatives group as deputy to Global COO. Prior to that, Britta was regional Head of Corporate Sales in the liquidity and short duration investments space at BlackRock, based initially in London and later in New York. Earlier in her career, Britta worked at Schroders, JPMorgan and Deutsche Asset Management in a range of roles spanning marketing and product specialist functions. Britta studied Law at the University of Tartu, Estonia and finalized her LLB studies at the Open University, London.
Advisory Board
Kimberly Beck
Kimberly Beck is currently Head of North America Marketing for FNZ. She has 25 years of experience in the fintech and asset management industries, most recently serving as Chief Marketing Officer for YieldX, which was acquired by FNZ. She is experienced in marketing strategy, product marketing, digital marketing, communications and PR and events, and has developed award-winning thought leadership and advisor education programs.
Kimberly holds an MBA in Marketing from LaSalle University, and a BA in English and Communications from Cabrini University, where she has been an Adjunct Professor of Marketing & Communication, and is on the Advisory Board for the Communication Department.
Bobby Colon
Bobby Colon is currently Senior Vice President, Global Wealth Solutions at Raymond James Financial. In this role, he oversees the Partner Relations, Mutual Fund Research, Offshore Mutual Funds, ETFs, and 529 & Education Savings Plan groups. Bobby joined Raymond James Financial in 2006 as part of the Corporate & Executive Services Group and has spent time as an Alternative Investments Product Specialist, Director of Product Partner Relations, and Vice President of Investment Solutions.
Bobby earned a B.S. in finance cum laude from the University of South Florida (USF) as well as an MBA from the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida. He currently holds the Series 7, 55, 63, and 79 securities licenses and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and a Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®).
John Cooper
John Cooper has held senior leadership roles in all aspects of the investment distribution business for some of the largest and most respected firms in the industry. He was previously Head of U.S. Intermediary Distribution at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (President of MSIM Distributors), Head of US Sales at Invesco (President & CEO of Invesco Distributors), Head of Retail National Accounts at Legg Mason and held several roles at Putnam Investors. John serves on three other advisory boards, involving AI and Robotics Process Automation, Voice Recognition, and an AI Hedge Fund Platform. He holds a BS from Boston College, where he double majored in Marketing and Human Resources Management, was a standout athlete in football and baseball, and was inducted into their Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame.
Nate Dalton
Nate Dalton is the Founder of Daybreak Investments and the Co-Founder and CEO of Sora Union. Previously, he was a co-founder and the former President and CEO of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE:AMG). Over his more than 25 years at AMG he held a range of executive positions, including General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition to other responsibilities, while at AMG he led the creation and growth of their cross-Affiliate global institutional and retail distribution platforms.
Nate is a Trustee of Boston University where he serves on the Executive Committee and the Investment Committee for its Endowment. He also serves on the Board of Overseers of Scripps Research, the world's largest independent non-profit biomedical research facility, and on the advisory boards of the Institute for Global Sustainability and the Impact Measurement and Allocation Program. Nate received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Darlene T. DeRemer
Darlene is a trustee of Syracuse University and chairs the Investment and Endowment Committee. She also chairs the board of ARK Invest, a $13 billion active ETF trust, and serves on the Board of Confluence Technologies and the advisory board of Vestigo Venture.
Darlene earned a BS in finance and marketing (summa cum laude) and an MBA from Syracuse University.
Frank McCarthy
Frank McCarthy is an accomplished financial services executive experienced in product distribution, product firm relationship management, effective contract negotiations, driving strong P&L results, and compliance and regulatory matters.
Frank served as Senior Vice president & General Manager External Products at Ameriprise Financial Services where he built a large multi-product, multi-asset class platform of third party (non-proprietary) products, substantially improving the product offering for Ameriprise's advisors and clients. He added a large number of high-quality investment solutions to help Ameriprise advisors meet their clients' needs, gather assets, attract and retain clients, and attract advisors. The firm’s third-party product offering grew from a small product set to doing business with over 250 high quality product firms across seventeen product lines. He negotiated industry leading product economics for the firm with a strategy of prosperous results for high quality product firms through powerful distribution by Ameriprise's 10,000+ advisors.
Frank served on the Board of Directors of American Enterprise Investment Services, Inc., Ameriprise’s clearing broker-dealer, on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives (IPA), the trade association for the portfolio diversifying investments industry, and served as Chairman of the IPA. He also served on the Board of Directors for both the Insurance Federation of Minnesota and the Consumer Credit Insurance Association, a national trade association. He holds a B.S. degree in Marketing from St. Cloud State University and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.
Dan O'Lear
Dan O’Lear is a successful and respected distribution executive with almost 40 years of experience leading distribution teams at large asset management companies. As President of Franklin Templeton Distributors, Dan was responsible for the sales/distribution of Franklin Templeton’s investment solutions including mutual funds, insurance trusts, sub-advised accounts, separately managed accounts, and collective investment trusts. He was also a long-term member of the Franklin Templeton management committee made up of global leaders across the company that helped lead and drive the corporate vision.
Externally, he created and maintained relationships with senior management executives at all major clients including broker-dealers, bank-dealers, registered investment advisors, and state agencies for college savings plans. These relationships led to significant gross sales growth during his 25-year tenure at Franklin Templeton from a low of $39B to a high of $87B.
Dan earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics from the State University of New York, Oneonta. He holds various FINRA licenses including General Securities Principal, General Securities Representative, and the Uniform Securities State Law license (Series 24, 7, and 63). He was a long-term member of both the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the Money Management Institute, where he served on its Board of Governors. Dan is also an active volunteer in the community coaching and mentoring youth sports, particularly ice hockey and lacrosse.
Rob Pettman
Rob Pettman serves as executive vice president of Product and Platform Management for LPL Financial. In this role, he is responsible for managing LPL's wealth management capabilities which includes overseeing investment product distribution, advisory platforms, trust services, and relationships with product and technology companies. Throughout his tenure with LPL, MR. Pettman has worked in product management, business management, and wealth management strategy.
Mr. Pettman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eckerd College and a Master of Business Administration from the University from the University of Southern California. He is FINRA Series 7 and 66 registered.
Jerry Raio
Jerry is the President and CEO of Arbor Lane Advisors, Inc., a consulting firm focused on the financial services sector. His career on Wall Street spans over 30 years and has been mostly focused on the retail distribution of Equity Capital Market products to Financial Advisors and investors. Most recently he was Head of Retail Origination a Wells Fargo Securities where he worked closely with asset management clients to structure, market and execute new closed end fund offerings. Prior to joining Wachovia (now Wells Fargo) in 2005, he worked on the retail equity syndicate desk at both Morgan Stanley and Citigroup.
Jerry earned a B.S. from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from the Frank Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University.
Don Stohrer Jr
Don Stohrer, Jr. is the CEO of the U.S. division of Arla Foods, a Danish Dairy Cooperative which is the world’s 4th largest. As head of the U.S., Don is responsible for driving Arla’s long-term ambitions in the market, which includes accountability for both the Commercial and Operations arms of the business.
Over the course of his 25-year career in consumer packaged goods, Don has led marketing departments, executive leadership teams, and organizations to consistently deliver top and bottom line results, most notably for international CPG companies in the U.S. such as Arla and Ferrero. His leadership experience spans people development, change management, organizational structure, and individual mentorship.
Don earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Muhlenberg College, and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Brett Wright
Brett Wright most recently held the position of Head of Client Solutions for the Americas for Macquarie Group. In addition, he served as Trustee and Chief Executive Officer for the Optimum Fund Trust and was a member of the Macquarie Asset Management Public Investments’ Executive Committee. Brett also brings extensive experience with industry associations, having served on the Board of Governors for the Money Management Institute and the Board of Directors for the Investments & Wealth Institute.
Brett earned a Bachelor’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University, where he served as captain of the football team.