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Senior Professionals

Henry D. Babcock, Chairman
Henry Babcock joined the firm as a portfolio manager in 1976 and became a partner in 1980.  He developed and headed the personal finance department before becoming Chief Executive Officer in 1999.  Prior to this, he ran an affiliated venture capital company that was active in the U.S. and abroad. From 1966-1969 he and his two co-founders ran a Southeast Asia trading and construction company. Henry graduated from Yale University in 1962 with a BA and in 1970 he received an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He also served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam for two years.

Brian J. Keenan, Chief Executive Officer
Brian Keenan joined Train, Babcock in 1997 after 20 years in both private and commercial banking. Brian previously ran a Private Banking Unit at the Bank of New York that managed the investment, credit and financial planning needs of their clients. Before that, he was a Group Vice President of First American Bank with responsibility for the lending, marketing and operations management of their New York City offices. Brian graduated from New York University’s College of Business with a BS in 1979 and from the University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School Management Program for Bankers in 1992.

John H. Rogicki, Chairman Investment Committee
John Rogicki joined Train, Babcock as Senior Portfolio Manager in 1990. He was previously with Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York since 1971. During his last 10 years at Morgan, he was a Vice President in the Trust and Investment Division where he managed over $500 million of assets for high net worth individuals, trusts and foundations and advised clients on estate and tax planning issues. He received a BA in Accounting from St. Francis College in 1971 and an MBA in Economics from St. John’s University in 1976.

Pamela L. W. Raviol, Director, Portfolio Manager
Pam Raviol began her professional investment career as an Associate with Train, Babcock in 1986. In January 1992, she became a Portfolio Manager with responsibility for client portfolios and wealth management. Pam graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a BA in Economics in 1986.

Isabel E. Collins, Director, Portfolio Manager
Penny Collins has been with Train, Babcock since 1981. She began as an Associate and was later promoted to Portfolio Manager with responsibility for client portfolios and wealth management. Penny is a graduate of Vassar College, BA 1966, and earned her Certificate in Financial Planning in 1986. She began her professional career in 1966 in Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company's credit and personal trust training program. From 1971- 1975, she was a corporate bond trader at Mabon Nugent & Co. From 1975-1978, Penny was with Deak National Bank where she was a liaison with Spanish speaking clients and assisted in the planning and implementation of a Latin American customer development program.

Diane Montague, Chief Investment Officer 
Diane Montague joined Train, Babcock as Chief Investment Officer in 2007, with nearly 25 years experience in the industry.  Diane worked at JP Morgan from 1983-1985 as a Trust and Estate attorney, then as a portfolio manager and fund manager from 1986-1996.  Diane continued on to manage portfolios at Fiduciary Trust Company from 1996-2000, From 2000-2002, Diane served as Managing Director and Head of U.S. Equities at Lipper and Co. From 2003-2006 Diane was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers' Neuberger Berman Division, first co-managing The Horizon Group, then managing The Monague Group.

Mark W. Stodden,  Research Associate
Mark Stodden joined Train, Babcock in 2006.  Prior to joining the firm, Mark spent 10 years at AT&T Corp. in the company's network engineering and finance departments.  At AT&T, Mark held technical and business planning roles, including capital budgeting, network planning and product management. Mark holds a BSEE from Union College and an MS from Stevens Institute of Technology.  Mark is also an MBA Candidate at Seton Hall University and a level II Candidate in the CFA program.

Virginia R. Lynch, Tax Exempt Bond Specialist
Virginia Lynch was with The Bank of New York as a Vice President in their Personal Fixed Income Division for the past 23 years. She managed over 120 tax exempt bond portfolios for clients in the Private Banking Division for the past 12 years. Before that, Virginia was the senior trader on the Tax Exempt Desk where she was responsible for buying and selling fixed income instruments for the portfolio managers in both the personal asset division and the bank’s trust divisions. Virginia began her career at Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co. as a tax-exempt bond trader.

Neal B. Freeman, Advisory Board 
Neal Freeman is a successful entrepreneur and experienced corporate director. He has founded three companies in the media and communications field, including The Blackwell Corporation, a Peabody and Emmy award-winning production company, which he now serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He was a longtime Director of Comsat Corporation until it was sold to Lockheed Martin and a Director of GRC International until it was sold to ATT, both in 2000. He serves also as Chairman of the Foundation Management Institute, which advises family foundations on governance and grantmaking. He received a BA from Yale University in 1962.