Brian Blake
Assistant Administrator, Investments

Brian Blake has been in the investment management business for more than 16 years, primarily as a fixed income specialist. He began his career with RepublicBank Dallas as a fixed income investment analyst in 1985. Brian was later promoted to Vice President where he did both active and passive investment management for the bank. In addition to being a senior portfolio manager at FirstRepublic Asset Management, later named NCNB Texas Trust, he managed the credit research investment team for the entire bank. Brian joined Bank One Investment Advisors in Texas beginning in 1992 as their Senior Portfolio Manager in Texas. For eight years, Brian was a Vice President working as a senior investment portfolio manager for the privately owned Kennedy Associates, Inc. in Seattle, Washington. He helped lead the fixed income team to top quartile performance numbers for the years 1998 and 1999. At Kennedy, Brian focused on asset backed, mortgage, and government bonds for the firm's clients. He has worked with foundations, union pensions, health and welfare trusts, insurance companies, public and private pension plans, and other numerous investors that required specialized investment services.

Brian has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of North Texas. He has served on several alumni boards associated with the university. Most recently he started the groundwork for a charitable organization in the Northwest that may form a foundation in the future. He is a past member of the Dallas civic organization, The 500 Inc.