Kerry W. Bradley, CFA, MBA – President and Equity Portfolio Manager Ms. Bradley is the equity portfolio manager for Garrison Financial. Her investment experience began in 1992 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and includes equity and fixed income portfolio management, investment analysis and economic research. Ms. Bradley received a BSBA in Financial Management (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. She also holds an MBA from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the the University of Arkansas.
Prior to joining Garrison Financial in 1998 Ms. Bradley was a portfolio manager/research analyst for a registered investment advisory firm in Fayetteville, AR, providing portfolio management services for individual investors. Her responsibilities included articulating and implementing portfolio and asset allocation strategy and employing fundamental and technical analysis for security selection. Other experience included being part of a five-person equity research team with responsibility for eight industries for an investment management firm with $3.5 billion in assets under management. In 2001 Ms. Bradley was named to the “40 Under 40” list of up-and-coming business leaders by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. She is a member of the Fayetteville Northside Rotary Club and the Junior League of Northwest Arkansas.
James B. Bell, CFA – Vice President and Equity Portfolio Manager Mr. Bell is a portfolio manager for Garrison Financial. He received a BSM in Finance from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. His investment experience began in 1996 and includes company analysis, portfolio management, economic research, and investment reporting.
Before joining Garrison Financial, Mr. Bell worked as an analyst in the acquisitions and divestitures department of an oil and gas exploration and production company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prior to that, he had four years of experience with a registered investment advisory firm in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Mr. Bell was named to the “40 Under 40” list of up-and-coming business leaders by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal in 2008.
Melissa L. Nixon– Director, Portfolio Accounting Ms. Nixon is the Director of Portfolio Accounting. She is responsible for all portfolio and internal accounting at Garrison Asset Management. Ms. Nixon is a proud graduate of Arkansas Tech University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.
With strong organizational skills alongside her background in small business, marketing and accounting, Melissa has been able to pick up the intricacies of the business very quickly. Prior to joining Garrison Asset Management, Ms. Nixon worked as the Vice President of a local truck dealership. Ms. Nixon is responsible for all portfolio accounting at Garrison Financial.
Kerry W. Bradley, CFA, MBA – President and Equity Portfolio Manager Ms. Bradley is the equity portfolio manager for Garrison Financial. Her investment experience began in 1992 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and includes equity and fixed income portfolio management, investment analysis and economic research. Ms. Bradley received a BSBA in Financial Management (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. She also holds an MBA from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the the University of Arkansas.
James B. Bell, CFA – Vice President and Equity Portfolio Manager Mr. Bell is a portfolio manager for Garrison Financial. He received a BSM in Finance from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. His investment experience began in 1996 and includes company analysis, portfolio management, economic research, and investment reporting.
