We are a Registered Investment Advisor established and registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in 2002. ATIA (f/k/a American Trust Company established in 1991) provides investment management and related-services to individuals and institutions across the nation.
Paul Collins is President of American Trust Investment Advisors.
He co-founded American Trust Company, the predecessor business to ATIA, in 1991, Mr. Collins worked in the Investment Division of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts for eight years. He then joined State Street Bank as a Senior Trust Officer. He also served on State Street’s Investment Policy Committee. Besides managing over three hundred trusts, Mr. Collins also managed the investments of four of State Street’s common trust funds. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a major in Economics.
Security Analysis and Investment Strategy Consultant at American Trust Investment Advisors.
Rich has an extensive background in professional investment management. After a beginning in institutional investment management, he was a pioneer in the burgeoning registered investment advisory field. He founded Investors Asset Management, Inc. of Plano, Texas and grew it over many years to serve clients in 26 states and 5 continents. Eventually he sold that business in 2013 to a larger firm. Following the sale, the acquirer asked him to continue to serve as a portfolio manager and security analyst, his first love. He left that role in 2023 after assuring that his clients would continue to be well served by trusted professionals.
Stephanie Brill is the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at American Trust Investment Advisors.
Ms. Brill is responsible for administrative oversight, compliance with regulatory requirements, and delivery of investment services to individuals and charitable organizations. Additionally, she is responsible for managing the corporate level accounting and human resource functions of the company. Ms. Brill is a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University with a degree in Accounting/Finance.
Tim Williams joined American Trust in 2008 and is responsible for developing systems that support our analytical process while also streamlining operational efficiency. He has more than thirty years of operations experience in a variety of settings including manufacturing, information technology and renewable energy. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1991 with a degree in engineering and has an M.B.A. from the Babcock School of Management at Wake Forest University.
Anik Mutsuddy joined American Trust as a second year Financial Analyst in 2021. Anik was previously an Area Manager at publicly traded Chewy, where he launched the Inbound Department at the company’s first automated fulfillment center near Scranton, PA. At Wheaton College (Norton, MA), where he was the recipient of a full merit-based scholarship, Mr. Mutsuddy was a project manager and lead researcher in the school’s biology research lab, in addition to his other coursework. Anik received his Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton in 2020, majoring in Biology, with a minor in Economics. He is proficient in a variety of software applications and languages and has a keen focus on data analysis and process improvement, in addition to investing.
Robert Moses, CPA is the President of Britton Lumber Company, LLC, which manufacturers Eastern White Pine lumber from its Bath, New Hampshire location and distributes building materials throughout Northern New England, Massachusetts and Upstate New York from its Fairlee, Vermont and Gray, Maine locations. Mr. Moses previously owned and operated a certified public accounting firm in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He currently is a board member of American Trust Investment Advisors and is a retired Chairman of the Board of Mascoma Savings Bank. Mr. Moses received a Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He resides in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Rick Sayles, CFA. Rick has a background as a CPA with Price Waterhouse. He has worked at Prudential Insurance Company as a director in corporate financial reporting. He co-founded a NJ-based hedge fund and is currently employed at a Hanover, NH based investment management company. Rick is a graduate of Muhlenberg College and has a Masters degree from Seton Hall University. A resident of Hanover, NH, he is also active on several non-profit boards.
Peter Golder is a professor of Marketing at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth. He earned his BS from the University of Pennsylvania and PhD from the University of Southern California. He frequently publishes in such journals as Harvard Business Review and the Journal of Marketing Research. Mr. Golder’s areas of expertise are new products, quality and global marketing. He is particularly interested in market entry timing and long-term market leadership. He has held several prior academic positions including a year in China as Visiting Professor of Marketing at Peking University. Among his many awards, he most recently received the Maynard Award for contribution to marketing theory and thought from the Journal of Marketing. He serves on the editorial boards of International Journal of Research Marketing and Journal of Marketing.
American Trust Investment Advisors is a Registered Investment Advisor.
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