Reginald Weaver

Vice President, Equity Sales and Trading

Reginald Weaver recently joined Gardner Rich, LLC to strengthen our equity trading services. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Weaver was a Senior Equity Trader for William Blair where he had an active role in identifying trading tools to enhance trading.  

Mr. Weaver has an extensive industry background, leadership experience and decades in the pension fund arena. His experience makes him a great choice for the company to pursue the tremendous opportunities that exist. He will lead efforts to further build our core business: domestic/international equity and fixed income markets.

Mr. Weaver currently holds Series 7, 55, 63, 65 FINRA licenses.

   

Monica McCoy

Vice President, Equity Trading

Monica McCoy began her career with Brandt and Associates (January 1981 – 1987) as a runner at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, later becoming their Operations Manager. In 1987, she transitioned to the agricultural floor at U.S.A. Trading where as the Trading Floor Operations Manager she oversaw all activities of the floor traders. 

Ms. McCoy joined Gardner Rich, LLC in 1993 as a VP on the Institutional Equity Desk and is currently the Head Trader. Ms. McCoy’s diverse background includes over 27 years experience in the financial markets. During her tenure, she has functioned as an institutional trader executing transactions for municipalities, investment managers and corporations. Since the firm’s inception, she has been responsible for maintaining client relationships and has been instrumental in expanding the desk’s current capabilities to include capital markets (ie, equity/fixed income underwritings and corporate repurchases).

Ms McCoy attended Columbia College as well as Chicago State University.  She has her Series 7 and 55.

   

Stephanie Wansley

Vice President, Global Equity Trading

Ms. Wansley joined Gardner Rich in April 1994 as an intern. Her tenure at Gardner Rich has shown a steady progression of increasing responsibility combined with exemplary performance. From August 2005 to August 2007, Ms. Wansley served as a Officer/Securities Technician at Northern Trust Securities Inc, Settlement Services Group where she oversaw settlement of International Equity and International Fixed Income, Daily Program Trades, DWACs (for corporate repurchases), DRSs, and Options. In August 2007, Ms. Wansley returned to Gardner Rich at Mr. Gardner’s request to take over their operations department.

As Operations manager, Stephanie ensured timely settlement of Equities (both Domestic and International), initial public offerings and secondary market transactions. She also oversaw Fixed Income settlement for Municipal issues, Agency transactions, and cash settlement trades.

In true progressive fashion, Stephanie then transitioned to domestic equity trading where she was responsible for domestic equity execution for various accounts. Stephanie has also been spearheading Gardner Rich’s efforts to expand our trading capabilities into the International markets. Beginning in November, Ms. Wansley will transition into a new role as an International trader. In that role, she will be responsible for client service and coverage of the following international markets: Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Ms. Wansley also assists in Gardner Rich’s capital market endeavors as the firm continues to expand its footprint in this space. Most recent transactions in which she was involved include: (1) Visa IPO and (2) Wells Fargo Secondary.

Ms. Wansley received her Associate of Arts degree in Finance and Business Management. She also holds her Series 7 and 63 licenses.

   

Gregory Vernon

Vice President, Sales and Trading

Greg Vernon brings over 10 years of institutional experience in the equity and fixed income markets. He comes to Gardner Rich, LLC from Bear, Stearns & Co., where he functioned as an institutional equity and fixed income trader, executing transactions for pension funds, hedge funds, investment managers, municipalities and corporations. Prior to joining Bear, Mr. Vernon was an analyst at Fannie Mae in the Corporate Finance department.

Mr. Vernon graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. He currently holds FINRA Series 7, 63, & 65 licenses.