Greenspring Advisors announced today that J. Patrick Collins Jr. has been appointed the firm’s first CEO. A co-founder, partner, and experienced business leader, Collins will assume responsibilities effective immediately.
Greenspring Advisors, an independent, fee-only Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) that serves individuals and businesses from its offices in Maryland and New Jersey, has been experiencing a significant amount of growth the past five years. Currently at 25 employees the firm plans to increase its staff through the end 2021.
“In order to sustainably support our continued growth, strategic oversight of Greenspring is vital”, says Molly Goetz, Partner & Practice Lead at Greenspring. “Pat’s appointment allows areas like operations, marketing, investments, finance, compliance, client service and HR to receive a holistic lens on them and ensures the proper amount of critical focus to create vision, direction and alignment.”
Additionally, continued growth ensures endured opportunity and the commitment to advancement for Greenspring ‘s team members and the firms’ philanthropic efforts.
Greg Hobson, Partner & Practice Lead at Greenspring notes, “For years Pat has been an invaluable link for us. He looks at our business at an enterprise level; meaning he studies the industry at large, interprets it and guides us in a way our practice positively enhances the lives of our clients, our team, and the communities we live in.”
Greenspring Advisors, established in 2004, is one of the top five largest registered investment advisory firms in Maryland, and was built on the fiduciary principle that the client comes first. Greenspring is an independent, fee-only firm that specializes in providing investment advisory services to retirement plan fiduciaries, foundations, and endowments; and comprehensive wealth management services and financial planning to private investors. The firm has offices in Towson, MD and in Paramus, NJ.
