Investment Committee

Hutchinson Wealth Management Group’s investment committee consists of key members of the firm, and is headed up by the firm’s Chief Investment Officer J. Steven Hutchinson. It is his responsibility to establish and monitor the processes and procedures that are used to best benefit the firm’s clients.

We believe bringing together an exceptional team of industry leaders for the benefit of each of our clients distinguishes the services of Hutchinson Wealth Management Group.  A key component of our client’s success is the advisory relationship we have with First Allied Asset Management.

The key members of the First Allied Asset Management team are:

Craig E. Columbus, JD, MBA

Chief Market Strategist

Craig E. Columbus serves as Chief Market Strategist of First Allied Asset Management. Mr. Columbus was formerly the Chief Market Strategist for Thomson Financial, a leading provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community. During this time, he became one of Wall Street's most recognizable figures, appearing each Monday on CNBC's Power Lunch program for seven years. He is currently a regular guest on a variety of CNBC shows, including Kudlow & Company and Power Lunch, among others. Mr. Columbus also serves as the Chair of the Entrepreneurship program at Grove City College, in Grove City, PA, where he works on programs designed to educate students to transform society through commercial and social enterprise. Mr. Columbus is a graduate of Loyola University, holds an MBA degree from Penn State University and a law degree from Indiana University. He is also the 2007 recipient of the Penn State University Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievement in the Field of Finance.

Jeffrey J. Mindlin, CFA

Chief Operating Officer

Jeffrey J. Mindlin serves as First Allied Asset Management's Chief Operating Officer, managing day-to-day operations. In this capacity, Mr. Mindlin is responsible for the portfolio management team and its efforts, including portfolio selection, trading, execution, and proprietary money management. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Mindlin was the Director of Research and Co-Portfolio Manager of Greenbook Investment Management, Inc., where he was instrumental in the design of sophisticated, proprietary investment strategies. Prior to that, he worked as the Assistant Portfolio Manager and Senior Financial Engineer for Pinnacle Investment Advisors, LLC, which operated a hedge fund and a series of managed accounts for institutional and high-net-worth clients, and sub-advised a publicly traded mutual fund. Previously, Mr. Mindlin was the Manager of Financial Engineering at Camelback Research, leading the development of several successful institutional grade quantitative products, including the popular MSN Money Stockscouter system. Mr. Mindlin earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, as well as a BS in Economics and a BS in Finance from the College of Business Honor's Program at Arizona State University, where he received the prestigious Moore Award.

Thomas R. Samuelson, CFA, CMT

Chief Investment Officer

Thomas R. Samuelson, CFA, CMT serves as the Chief Investment Officer for First Allied Asset Management. Previously, Mr. Samuelson served as the Portfolio Manager at Geronimo Partners where he oversaw a family of three hedge funds. He was also the Portfolio Manager at Invesco Funds Group for a diversified long/short fund and a sector energy fund, where he improved the energy fund's Lipper peer group ranking from bottom-quartile to upper-quartile while its assets grew to over $330 million. Previously, he also served as the President and Portfolio Manager for Denver Energy Advisors, where he managed separate accounts for large institutional clients such as the Notre Dame endowment. Mr. Samuelson received his derivatives experience from Swiss Bank Corp. (previously O'Connor & Associates), where he managed proprietary funds for the Bank. He began his career as a high-yield bond analyst for Duff & Phelps in Chicago and later became a partner of the firm. Mr. Samuelson received a BS in Engineering and an MBA from the University of Tulsa. He is one of less than a thousand people worldwide who have earned both the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designations.