Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Rebuilding healthy brains, human relationships, and the systems that shape them. Former Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager | Exploring the Psychology, Economics & Integrity of Society I spent years navigating global markets as a portfolio manager at a relative-value fixed income hedge fund. That experience left me asking a deeper question: why are our systems so dysfunctional, and then realizing I needed to ask the same question of myself. Late-stage capitalism has revealed a fundamental human blind spot: our collective avoidance of reality and denial of truth. We continue to: * toxify the Earth with chemicals and plastics, * exploit children’s attention in ways that atrophy developing brains, * build digital ecosystems that weaponize grievances, emotion and identity, * and normalize private “money-minting” instruments that enable money laundering, foreign influence, human trafficking and constitutional breakdown. The result is a civilization addicted to distraction and domination rather than integration and stewardship. To reverse this trajectory, we should aim to realign incentives: * Prosecute criminal conduct. * Tax synthetic materials and synthetic content to make their production economically undesirable. * Transition from taxing human labor to taxing automated productivity. * Invest in regenerative, low-waste systems that restore ecological and community balance. * Rebuild local resilience through co-ownership, decentralized wealth creation, and community-based production; especially in food, energy, and essential goods. But systemic reform begins with psychological reform. Our societal crisis is not merely economic or political, it is emotional. It is rooted in insecure attachment patterns, repressed emotion, and a patriarchal shame-driven system that conditions people to disconnect from themselves and each other. This is amplified by algorithms that purposefully isolate us; fanning the flames of authoritarianism. Lasting progress will not come from new financial instruments or technologies alone. It will come from restoring integrity, to ourselves, our relationships, and the systems we design. That journey requires shadow work, emotional literacy, somatic integration, and the courage to confront the unconscious forces that drive our decisions. Without that inner work, society will remain trapped in a perpetual cycle of fragmentation and dysfunction. I’m working to create a path toward a more integrated, conscious, and resilient future: one where governance, markets, and human development actually serve human flourishing, not exploit it.
*Democratizing Access to Capital: Socioeconomic status shapes brain development, stress resilience, and decision-making. We invest where opportunity has been structurally limited. *Nudging the Funding Ecosystem: Capital allocation should close wealth gaps, not widen them. We fund future leaders to create a dispersed ownership economy. *Shifting from Extraction to Regeneration: Today’s funding models prioritize short-term gains and hijacked attention. We champion long-term investments in human connection, regeneration and sustainability.
* Recapitalized the business, extinguished debt, and helped position Ad Fontes for exponential growth as a trusted source of media bias and reliability ratings. * Projected to unlock over $500 million in advertising dollars to be redirected from misinformation networks into quality, fact-based journalism in 2025. * Empowered consumers, educators, and advertisers to rebuild public trust in journalism and reduce the influence of misinformation. * Leveraged human and AI-rated data to assess bias and reliability; creating tools to understand identity capture and navigate algorithmic environments.
* Managed multi-billion-dollar fixed income strategies with more than $150mm in profit, with a focus on macroeconomic trends, geopolitical risk, and global capital flows. * Developed and executed investment theses grounded in deep cross-disciplinary analysis: integrating politics, monetary policy, behavioral economics, and systemic risk. * Built models to assess sovereign credit, institutional stability, and long-term structural shifts in global markets. * Spearheaded high-conviction trades in moments of dislocation, balancing contrarian insight with rigorous risk management. * Collaborated with fund CEO and CIO to inform fund positioning at the intersection of finance and global governance. * Grew a foundational understanding of how incentives shape institutions. Laying the groundwork for later ventures in media trust, capital access, and systemic change.
• The Investment Committee is comprised of alumni practitioners; they make asset allocation recommendations for Central Michigan University's $100 Million endowment. • Participation as a Student: → Observe the asset allocation decision making process. → Conduct analysis and research for specific asset classes. → Examine the synthesized research conducted by consultants and make recommendations.