Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D.
Chairman, Principal & Chief Investment Officer
41 years experience

Dr. Mastrapasqua began his career in academia serving as chair and professor of finance for the University of Houston and as adjunct professor for New York University’s Graduate School of Business. He quickly moved to Wall Street spending much of his career as the chief economist and portfolio investment strategist for leading New York investment companies including L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin and Smith Barney, Harris Upham. As a trained economist, Dr. Mastrapasqua has a profound understanding of capital markets, as well as the influences of the U.S. and world economy.

In 1986, Dr. Mastrapasqua was recruited by Nashville-based J.C. Bradford & Co. to serve as Partner, Director of Research & Chief Investment Strategist. And later, in 1993, Dr. Mastraqasqua founded Mastrapasqua Asset Management, a leading money management and independent research firm. .

Business Background

• Chairman, Principal & Chief Investment Officer, Mastrapasqua Asset Management, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, February 1993 – Present
• CEO & Senior Portfolio Manager, Aspen Ridge Capital, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, August 2003 – December 2010
• Partner, Director of Research & Chief Investment Strategist: J.C. Bradford & Co., Nashville, TN.
• Senior Vice President, Chief Economist & Director of Fixed Income Research: Smith Barney, Harris, Upham, New York, NY
• Chief Economist & Portfolio Strategist: L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin, New York, NY
• Chief Economist: Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan, New York, NY
• Chief Economist: American General Capital Management, Houston, TX
• Chairman & Professor of Finance: Unversity of Houston, Houston, TX
• Adjunct Professor of Economics and Finance: New York University Graduate School of Business, New York, NY

Achievements

• Board of Trustees: Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
• Board of Directors: Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, Nashville, TN
• Former Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance: Massey Graduate School of Business, Nashville, TN
• Former Director: TransFinancial, Inc., Bowling Green, KY
• Former President: Middle Tennessee Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Nashville, TN

Education

• B.S., Mathematics, Fairfield University, 1963
• M.B.A., Economics, New York University Graduate School of Business, 1966
• Ph.D., Finance and Economics, New York University Graduate School of Business School, 1970