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Brooks is a Senior Vice President on the client solutions team at iCapital Network where he focuses on introducing the Company’s solutions to RIA firms, family offices, and private banks in the southeastern US. Prior to joining iCapital Brooks held sales & distribution roles with Invesco, Highland Capital Management, and Hatteras Funds. Brooks has over a decade of experience working with wealth advisors and consultants in positioning various types of alternative investments. He earned a BA from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and holds a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.

Elizabeth is the Director of Institutional Investments within the Foundations and Endowments Specialty Practice. She has earned the professional designations of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®), Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA®) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from The College of William and Mary and a Master of Business Administration from the joint global program of IE and Brown University. Elizabeth’s role is to provide leadership and oversight to the Investment Advisory and Outsourced Chief Investment Officer roles across the SunTrust footprint within the Foundations and Endowment Specialty Practice. She is responsible for the articulation and implementation of the disciplined and consistent investment process employed throughout the practice. SunTrust’s Foundations and Endowments Specialty Practice delivers comprehensive investment advisory, administration, planned giving, custody, trust and fiduciary services to nonprofit organizations. The firm administers assets for foundations, hospitals, educational institutions, cultural organizations, human service agencies, associations, municipalities and other nonprofits. Elizabeth joined SunTrust in October, 2016. In her thirty plus year career she has held leading investment positions including heading the Regional Institutional and High Net Worth investment advisory team at Thompson, Siegel and Walmsley, LLC. Her additional roles at TS&W included client portfolio manager, equity portfolio lead manager and equity analyst. She has also worked as a consultant to nonprofit organizations to evaluate and select investment managers and OCIO providers.

Nathan Manahan is a Senior Investment Analyst with Ronald Blue Trust’s Investment Strategy Group (ISG), which operates out of the company’s corporate office in Atlanta, Georgia. Nathan assists in the development of investment strategies that seek to increase the probability of success of meeting clients’ financial planning goals. The ISG is responsible for constructing model portfolios, selecting investment instruments, and performing ongoing due diligence of those investments. Prior to joining Ronald Blue & Co. (the predecessor company to Ronald Blue Trust) in 2012, Nathan was an analyst at Argen, Inc. Prior to Argen, Nathan was a Financial Representative at AXA Advisors, LLC. Nathan earned a dual B.B.A degree in Finance and Risk Management & Insurance from The University of Georgia. Nathan holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. Nathan and his wife, Jen, live in Alpharetta, Georgia.