BRIAN BLACK

Brian has worked in the securities/investment management industry for over twenty-five years including as the Chief Investment Officer for a family investment office based in Chicago. He is also one of the founders of Half Acre Beer Company, one of Chicago’s premier craft brewers. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Brian is a bluegrass banjo picker and blues harmonica player and, along with his wife, an amateur collector of the artwork of up-and-coming artists.