Cory S. Krebs is a Vice President and shareholder with CooksonPeirce & Co., Inc. He is a Portfolio Manager in charge of the day-to-day management of all portfolios, and is a member of the Investment Committee. He is active in the firm’s investment research and process improvement initiatives. Prior to joining the firm in 2003, he was the Head of Equity Trading with Laurel Capital Advisors, an investment subsidiary of Mellon Financial. There he was responsible for all aspects of block order trading, participated in new product development and assisted in the investment manager due diligence process. He has also previously worked in the financial services industry for Federated Investors and American Express Financial Advisors in various positions. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He continued his education and received a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. He was awarded his CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation by the CFA Institute in October 2007.