Leadership

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“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to”
– Henry Van Dyke

Brenda comes to Trajan Wealth with a background in the medical field. Brenda received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and graduated Cum Laude from Chamberlain University and inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. She worked as a Neuro Nurse at Banner University Medical Center for several years before deciding to pursue higher education. Brenda graduated Suma Cum Laude and received her Postgraduate degree from Chamberlain University with a Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

After careful consideration, she decided to apply her extensive management skills to the family financial business. Brenda maintains her nursing license. She is also a former volunteer at Hospice of the Valley and brings professionalism and attention to detail to every project.

Brenda met her husband Jeff while serving in the Marine Corps; they have two children together, Conner and Bree. In her spare time, Brenda enjoys spending time with family and friends. She enjoys watching football, playing golf, and recently enjoying fishing as a pastime.

“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
– Bill Gates

Udayan Mitra, CFA, comes to Trajan Wealth with over two decades of experience in the investment management industry. He has held positions as a proprietary trader, senior portfolio manager, Investment Director, and CIO across institutional investment management firms, pension funds, and several large, institutional-class family offices. His specialties include equity and fixed income analysis, derivative markets, alternative investments, asset allocation, and macro-level investment decision making.

Udayan has managed investment portfolios on a long-only basis against benchmark indexes as well as on an absolute return basis to generate uncorrelated excess returns. Udayan also has developed innovative asset allocation frameworks to optimize risk-adjusted returns, as well as derivative overlay strategies to mitigate unanticipated downside risk.

Udayan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and an MBA in Finance from Rice University. He is also a CFA charter holder. A keen student of the financial markets and a firm believer in long-term investing, Udayan enjoys immersing himself in Bloomberg, researching ongoing developments across the global capital markets. He also enjoys presenting at industry conferences. On the lighter side of life, Udayan is an ardent soccer aficionado and enjoys fine wine, music, and international travel.

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffet

Shane comes to Trajan Wealth with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. His background includes experience in the following areas: Compliance, operations, performance, pricing, product development, registered products, and private funds.

Most recently Shane was at Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) where he managed the Valuations Oversight Team and was Chair of the Pricing & Valuations Committee – With oversight of all registered products within NTAM. Prior to moving to Arizona, Shane lived in New York where he worked at a boutique structured credit registered investment advisor.

Shane earned a BS in Economics from the University of Minnesota. When Shane is not in the office, he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, boating and occasionally golfing.

“Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them…” – Seth Godin

Tami is a seasoned marketing professional with management, media buying, account and event management and sales training in her background. Tami was Director of Sports Marketing for both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins. She has managed sales and marketing teams and been instrumental in the development of several businesses. Tami was featured in Forbes magazine as a Premier Woman in Business in the December 2010 issue.

In her free time, Tami enjoys gardening, hiking and spending time with friends and family.

“Relationships are the only thing that matters in business and in life.”
– Jerry Weintraub

Ianina was born in Belarus and immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was a teenager. She was immediately enrolled into High School with almost no knowledge of English and proceeded to graduate from ASU with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance Magna Cum Laude. She joined Trajan Wealth when it was a small boutique firm and feels proud to have witnessed the tremendous growth as part of the team. Ianina takes pride in her team operating with utmost integrity, efficiency, and courtesy, ensuring that our clients experience exceptional service.

Ianina is fluent in English and Russian. In her free time, she loves spending time with her husband Russ, their beautiful and smart daughter Evelina, her parents and friends. Ianina also enjoys traveling the world and absorbing new places and cultures. Travel broadens the mind.

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter

Andrea has over 15 years experience in leadership and human resource roles. She has a background in talent management, organizational design, change management, employee engagement, leadership and employee development, project management, and employee relations.

Most recently, Andrea worked with Honeywell International, Inc. as the Human Resources Site Leader for their Aerospace Headquarters and Repair and Overhaul facility in Phoenix, AZ. She also served as the HR Site Leader for Honeywell’s Contract Manufacturing Operations Center in Tucson, AZ, supporting approximately 2000 employees between both locations. Andrea holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Innovative Leadership. She is also a certified Human Resources Professional through HRCI and SHRM.

In her free time, Andrea enjoys spending time with family, reading, traveling, and supporting Arizona sports teams.

“Whoever is happy will make others happy too”

– Anne Frank

Diane comes to Trajan Wealth with over 30 years of experience with various industries within Corporate America. She held a number of leadership roles across the Human Resources spectrum with Honeywell, Avnet, US Foods, and Apollo/University of Phoenix. She holds a Bachelors’s in Business Administration.

After spending 2-years with Trajan Wealth she retired and returned a year later to assist the organization in a different role which requires her to manage current offices and support the development of future growth.

She has the best of both worlds with a home in the valley and in Payson, so she and her husband, Shawn spend time commuting back and forth. In her spare time, she also enjoys gardening and spending time with her family.

“The best view comes after the hardest climb”

– Anonymous

Amy’s passion is using technology in innovative ways to drive maximum business impact. She offers Trajan over 25 years of financial services and CRM experience. She helped conceptualize and develop a highly complex infrastructure fueling growth and efficiencies for sales, marketing, operations, and database development teams.

Amy brings her Minnesota heart to Arizona. Her love of the outdoors & travel molds her hours away from the office. Her summers are spent near the rim mountain biking, paddle boarding, or on-off road adventures. In the winter, you can find her chasing snow at mountain resorts around the country on her snowboard.

“We keep moving forward, opening doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

– Walt Disney

Judith earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Eller College of Management from the University of Arizona. She also earned an International Business certificate from Universidad de Nebrija in Spain. She has been a part of the Trajan family for almost three years. Judith loves guiding her team and getting to know our clients. She is a firm believer in knowledge and as so she loves training her team to become the best.

Judith is fluent in English and Spanish. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and trying out new restaurants.

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

– Wayne Gretzky

Eric comes to Trajan Wealth with over a decade of investment advisory experience. He has dedicated his career to providing investment solutions and most recently, managed an equity trading team in Merrill Lynch. He developed a proprietary trading and account management platform and prides himself in his relentless approach to delivering exceptional results.

Eric earned Bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Economics from the University of Rochester, and enjoys traveling and playing soccer in local Phoenix leagues. Every 4 years, Eric makes every effort to attend the World Cup in the host country.

Leadership

Brenda Junior

Udayan Mitra, CFA

Shane McGreevy

Tami Hampshire

Ianina Semtchina

Andrea Avila

Diane Woolley

Amy Brandsoy

Judith Maldonado

Eric Tseng

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