The investment management staff is as follows: 

Robert L Morgan, CFA, President, joined the firm in 2008 after serving as Senior Vice President and Investment Strategist for Janney Montgomery Scott.  Rob began his career in the asset management business in 1989 and was Chief Investment Officer for Fulton Financial Advisors, Dearden’s parent company, from 1999 to 2003.  Rob received his BS in Mathematics as well as his MBA in finance from Vanderbilt University and began his career as a US Naval officer, serving in the submarine force from 1984 to 1989.  Rob is a member of the CFA Institute through the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia, and he appears on CNBC, Fox Business News, and Bloomberg TV and radio once or twice a week.

Alexander A. Maguire, CFA, Portfolio Manager, specializes in retirement fund management and has enjoyed long relationships with numerous financial institutions, bank trust departments and individual clients.  He shares responsibility for the firm’s common stock investment policy as well as individual equity selection.  Together with his partners, Alex has been instrumental in adding $1 billion to Dearden, Maguire, Weaver and Barrett’s asset base since the founding of the current firm.  Alex received his B.A. in mathematics as well as an M.B.A. in Finance from Temple University and began his career as a commercial bank investment officer.  He joined Dearden and Greene, a predecessor to the current firm, in 1971 and became a founding partner of the current company in 1981.  Alex has been a CFA charter holder since 1973. He is a member of both the CFA Institute through the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Securities Association and is one of the co-founders of Delancey Capital Group, a minority owned Philadelphia based investment counseling firm that manages assets for large public and private institutions.

 

Patricia E. Keegan, Senior Portfolio Manager, directs investments for high net-worth individuals, institutional clients and bank trust departments. In addition, she is the firm’s primary manager of funds for non-profit organizations. Tricia has over eighteen years of experience in the asset management profession and actively contributes to both equity and fixed income research and investment selection.  She began her career at Salomon Smith Barney and joined the firm in 1990, working specifically in the fixed income area.  In 1992, she became an equity analyst, augmenting her fixed income expertise, and evolved into a senior portfolio manager. Tricia is the editor of the firm’s monthly publication, Capital Markets Outlook, and authors the equity component of this publication on a quarterly basis.  She also delivers speeches on the capital markets to several of our institutional clients, utilizing the educational skills she acquired via a B.A. in English from Rosemont College and a B.A. in Theater from Villanova University in 1987.  Tricia is a member of the CFA Institute through the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia.

 

Timothy Deery, Senior Portfolio Manager, joined the firm in February 2008. Prior to joining Dearden, Tim managed portfolios for high-net worth clients. He moved his book of business from his previous employer to Dearden. He is active in the firm’s investment selection process and has vast experience in building both equity and fixed income portfolios. Tim received his B.A. in history from the Pennsylvania State University and began his career as a financial consultant with Smith Barney in Lancaster, PA. He moved into portfolio management in 2000 with Fulton Financial Advisors. In addition to the Series 65 (Investment Adviser), Tim possesses the Series 7 and 63 brokerage licenses.