Brenda Vingiello is Chief Investment Officer of Sand Hill Global Advisors, a Silicon Valley-based wealth management firm. In her role, she is responsible for managing the firm's in-house team of investment professionals, as well as the investment process and allocation. She is also a CNBC Contributor and regularly appears on CNBC’s Halftime Report. Brenda has over 20 years of investment management experience. Throughout her career, she has doggedly analyzed the global macroeconomic environment, as well as individual companies and industries to understand how these elements influence the performance of financial markets. Previously, she worked as an equity analyst at both RS Investments and RCM Capital Management.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Member, CFA Society of San Francisco
Board of Governors, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco
Endowment Trustee, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco
Brenda is responsible for leading the firm's overall investment strategy and managing the firm's investment team. She specializes in asset allocation as well as strategizing and modeling.
Prior to her current role, she served as Sand Hill Global Advisors' Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Chief Investment Officer.
She is also a long-standing member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the firm's Investment Committee.
EARLY CAREER
Prior to joining Sand Hill Global Advisors, she was an equity analyst at RS Investments where she focused principally on growth stock investing.
Before that, she was an analyst and assistant portfolio manager at RCM Capital Management, where she managed a small and midcap equity product.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Brenda is a regular contributor to CNBC.