Biographies - San Francisco

David Tateosian, President

Before joining First Republic Securities in May 2003, David was Senior Managing Director of retail brokerage for Preferred Trade, Inc in San Francisco. David was responsible for the management and business development of the firm's Retail and Institutional Agency business lines while serving as a member of the firm's Executive and Management Committees. Prior to that, David spent 10 years at Fidelity Investments, most recently as Vice President and Manager of Fidelity's San Francisco and Palo Alto retail investor centers. He is also an FINRA Arbitration Panel Member and on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco SPCA and is its Treasurer.

Cathy Sweeney, Senior Managing Director, CCO & CAO

Before joining First Republic Securities in August 2004, Cathy was the President and Managing Principal of CD Brokerage Consultants. Prior to that, she was a Vice President/Director of Compliance for the Distribution Growth & Development Division at Wells Fargo Investments, in addition to heading their Licensing, Registration and Continuing Education Department for 5 years. Cathy has over 25 years in the financial industry working with quite a few of the major New York Stock Exchange members. She has also been a member of an NASAA committee to review and assist in rewriting the Series 63, 65 & 66 exams.

Carl Triolo, Director of Brokerage Technology

Carl has 20 years of experience in the securities business including Brokerage Operations, Risk Management and Brokerage Technology. He has served in various management positions with Charles Schwab & Co, Montgomery Securities, Banc of America Securities, Montgomery Clearing Services, Thomas Weisel Partners and Williams Financial Group. Carl holds the 7, 24, 53 and 63 securities industry licenses. Carl joined First Republic Securities in May 2003 as Director of Operations.

Bill Merrill, Director of Trading

Bill began his career in 1996 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with Merrill Lynch Specialists as a trading assistant making markets in blue chip companies assigned to Merrill Lynch. He then spent five years at Charles Schwab & Co, in San Francisco, CA. Bill started within their proprietary Schwab family of funds working with the Transfer Agent then moved to the portfolio management side of the business working with CSIM - Charles Schwab Investment Management. He then worked as a trader on their buy side desk for Schwab's index funds, managing approximately $15 billion in assets under management. Bill joined the firm as Director of Trading in May 2003.

Brendan Burke, Branch Administrative Manager

Brendan comes to First Republic Securities with 15 years experience in Operations, Trading and Compliance. Brendan began his career working in the Operations, and then Trading departments of LPL Financial Services in Boston. From 1998 to 2008 Brendan worked in San Francisco at Fimat Preferred, LLC. During this time Brendan was promoted to VP Trading and was responsible for supervising the firm's Retail and Institutional stock and options execution and clearing businesses. In 2004, Brendan began working as a Compliance Officer handling regulatory issues for Fimat before joining First Republic Securities in June 2008.

Jeanette Smith, Director of Operations

Jeanette joined First Republic Securities in August of 2008 as a Senior Operations Manager. Prior to that, Jeanette worked as a Director of Operations for Charles Schwab & Co. for 14 years in a variety of departments, including Transfer of Accounts and Cash Control. Most recently she worked as the Director and Branch Manager of Schwab's Employee Branch, providing investment and customer service support to Schwab's employees, directors, and executives, with an asset base of over $5 billion. Jeanette holds the 7, 8, 24, 63, and 65, securities industry licenses. Before her career in the securities business, Jeanette worked for Westamerica Bank as a Regional Vice President, in charge of the Marin County branches' operation managers.

Sam Schoner, Senior Managing Director

Sam has more than 20 years in the securities industry specializing in the management of middle-market businesses and high net worth individuals. Sam is responsible for assisting individual and business clients in structuring and managing investment portfolios. Prior to joining First Republic Securities Co, Sam served as a Vice President with the Merrill Lynch Private Client Group and as a Vice President with the Capital Markets Group of Union Bank of California. Sam has been with First Republic Securities since 2001.

James Buckley, Senior Managing Director

James comes to First Republic Securities with over 40 years of experience in the securities industry—including his most recent position as Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Alex Brown in San Francisco—as well as senior level positions at Credit Suisse First Boston, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Davis Skaggs and Co., where he was President and CEO. He is Chairman on the investment committee for The Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Laura Harrison-Ward, Senior Managing Director

Laura comes to First Republic Securities with 19 years experience at Smith Barney and its predecessors firms where she worked with high net worth individuals, hedge funds and money managers as Senior Vice President—Investments. Laura is also a board member and President of the City Youth Now Charity in San Francisco.

John Froley, Investment Consultant

John has over 15 years of investment business experience. Prior to joining First Republic, John managed investment portfolios and designed financial planning strategies for individuals as a Financial Advisor with Bank of America's Premier Banking and Investments Group in San Francisco. John also served as a Financial Advisor with AXA Advisors, LLC. Prior to his role as a Financial Advisor, John worked as a Senior Equity Analyst with Wells Fargo Securities (formerly Van Kasper & Company) in San Francisco for five years following two years as an Associate Equity Analyst with Gabelli Funds, Inc. in Rye, NY. John is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, and a member of the San Francisco Financial Planning Association. John is currently an active member of the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Waldorf School. John holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 licenses and earned a Bachelor of Art's degree in English from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Diane Kohler, Investment Consultant

Diane has been serving in the Financial Services industry for more than 20 years with high net worth clients residing throughout the country. Prior to joining First Republic Securities, Diane assisted clients with the management of portfolios at Lehman Brothers, Hambrecht & Quist, and Merrill Lynch. Diane is a Rotarian with The Rotary Club of San Francisco #2.

Brian Chinn, Investment Consultant

Brian is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and has over ten years of experience consulting clients on their investments. Prior to joining First Republic, Brian was a Financial Planning Consultant with Fidelity Investments in San Francisco working with individuals and small businesses on investment strategies and retirement planning. Prior to Fidelity, Brian was a Financial Executive with Citicorp Investment Services were he partnered with colleagues within Citibank to develop investment solutions for bank clientele.

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