HCM Profiles

Mark Stitzer

Penn State, BA History 1982
Mark Stitzer became Hamlin's Chief Executive Officer in January 2003 and his responsibilities include marketing and business development. He has been with the firm since December 2001. Mr. Stitzer's prior experience in the investment/financial business includes Trust Company of the West in 2001 as Senior Vice President in Marketing, Crest Equity Management from 1999–2000 as Managing Director, and Edgewood Management Co. from 1995–1998 as Managing Director. From 1984-1995 Mr. Stitzer was a Managing Director at CS First Boston in the Institutional Fixed Income Department. While at CS First Boston, he managed the short-term tax-exempt money market and bond department. Mr. Stitzer also serves on the Board of Directors of the Marlu Foundation, Berea College and is President of the Eagles Mere Foundation.

Vivian Pan, Ph.D., CFA

State University of NY at Binghamton, BA Chemistry & BA Geology, 1983
Yale University, M.Phil., Geology & Geophysics, 1985
Yale University, Ph.D., Geology & Geophysics, 1989
Vivian Pan, Ph.D., CFA, is President and Chief Investment Officer of Hamlin Capital Management, LLC and a member of the Board of Managers. Dr. Pan joined Hamlin's predecessor, RRH Capital Management, Inc. in 1996. Dr. Pan oversees portfolio management, high yield fixed income analysis and equities analysis and management. Dr. Pan worked as an analyst with the U.S. Department of Energy from 1993-1995; a Congressional Science Fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1991-1992; and a Faculty Research Associate at Arizona State University from 1989-1991. Dr. Pan received her doctorate with a distinguished award in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University in 1989. She holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute and she is a member of the Investment Adviser Association's Board of Governors.

Charles S. Garland, CFA

Yale University, BA English 1989
Charles S. Garland III joined Hamlin in December 2008. His responsibilities include equity portfolio management and securities analysis. Prior to joining Hamlin, Mr. Garland co-managed the technology stock portfolio for Millennium Partners from 2003-2008. Previously, Mr. Garland was Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and predecessor company, Alex Brown & Sons, where he held positions in proprietary trading, institutional sales management and institutional sales from 1993-2003. Mr. Garland began his career at Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co, where he worked from 1989-1993 in the international institutional sales department. He lived overseas in Paris and London for eight of his nineteen years in the investment business. Mr. Garland holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute.

Christopher M. D'Agnes, CFA

Bucknell University, BS Accounting 1999
Christopher M. D'Agnes, CFA, joined Hamlin's predecessor, RRH Capital in July 2001. His responsibilities include fixed income and equity analysis and he oversees trading. Prior to Hamlin, Mr. D'Agnes was an analyst in the Municipal Capital Markets group at Merrill Lynch, where he was involved in the structuring of derivative contracts for hospitals and other tax-exempt municipal issuers. Mr. D'Agnes received a BS in Accounting from Bucknell University in 1999. He holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute.

Joseph John Bridy

Bucknell University, BA Finance and Economics, Cum Laude, 1998
Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management, MBA in Finance with High Distinction, May 2004
Joseph John Bridy joined Hamlin Capital Management, LLC in July 2004. His responsibilities include fixed income and equity analysis as well as sourcing and structuring new bond investment opportunities. Prior to Hamlin Mr. Bridy was an analyst in the Fixed Income Division at Goldman Sachs. He then worked as an equity trader and junior portfolio manager at Oscar Capital LLC, a long-short equity hedge fund, founded by former Goldman Sachs executives. During his finance studies at Cornell Mr. Bridy was awarded the AHA scholarship honoring academic excellence and the Dean's Leading Edge Award recognizing his outstanding contribution to the business school community.

Deborah A. Finegan

Katherine Gibbs School, Melville, NY, 1981
Deborah Finegan became Hamlin's Chief Operating Officer in January 2004 and Chief Compliance Officer in October 2004 and is a member of the Board of Managers. She has been with the firm since December 2001. Ms. Finegan's prior experience in the financial markets includes working at CS First Boston (August 1984 – April 1995) as a trading assistant on the municipal bond desk. Ms. Finegan completed the Sales and Trading Training Program at CS First Boston in November 1994.

Charles E. Harkin

Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business, BA Marketing, 1990
Fordham University, MBA in Finance 1997
Charles Harkin, Portfolio Administrator, joined Hamlin Capital Management, LLC in June 2004. His responsibilities include portfolio management and trade executions. Prior to Hamlin Mr. Harkin worked at TIAA-CREF (1991 - 2004). He managed the installation of new pension plans.

Benjamin P. Kaufman

Northeastern University, BS Finance, 2004
Benjamin P. Kaufman, Fixed Income Research Analyst, joined Hamlin Capital Management in February 2008. His responsibilities at Hamlin include fixed income analysis as well as sourcing and structuring new bond investment opportunities. Prior to Hamlin, Mr. Kaufman spent two years as a research analyst in the Investment Products Group at Bank of America in Boston and New York. He then worked as a research associate in the Fixed Income Division at HSBC Securities.

Drew L. Rymer

Claremont McKenna College, BA Economics and Finance 2006
Drew L. Rymer, Research Analyst, joined Hamlin Capital Management in March 2008. His responsibilities at Hamlin include equity and fixed income analysis. Prior to joining Hamlin Mr. Rymer was a research associate in the Fixed Income Division at Imperial Capital LLC, a full service investment bank servicing middle market companies, where he helped analyze and publish on distressed debt securities.

Brian A. Corcoran

Pace University, Bachelor of Business Administration 2002
Brian A. Corcoran joined Hamlin in 2006 as a portfolio administrator. His scope of responsibilities includes account supervision, trade support as well as client administration. Prior to joining Hamlin Mr. Corcoran worked in the Deutsche Bank's Ultra High Net Worth department as a portfolio assistant. His previous work experience includes a background in compliance at Societe Generale, NY. Mr. Corcoran has also been a member of the New York State Bankers Association since 2006.

Brian C. Sergeant

Gettysburg College, BA Economics and Spanish 1999
Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, MBA in Finance 2008
Brian C. Sergeant joined Hamlin Capital Management in August 2008 as a portfolio administrator. Prior to Hamlin, Mr. Sergeant spent five years as a fund administrator at Stillwater Capital Partners, an alternative investment firm in New York. Previously, Mr. Sergeant worked as a Senior Associate in Portfolio Administration for the private client group at Zurich Scudder Investments.