Trading Professionals

Ms. Ware joined Westwood in 2000 and currently serves as Vice President, Trading. She is primarily responsible for trading and for the monitoring of executions and operations of all trading related functions. Additionally, Ms. Ware is a member of the Trade Order Management Committee and serves on the advisory board for the Dallas Securities Traders Association.

Prior to joining Westwood, Ms. Ware has served as Head Equity Trader for GSB Investment Management, Inc. where she was responsible for trading all listed, OTC, foreign securities and fixed income. She has also held positions at Smith Barney, Research Institute of America and Eppler Guerin & Turner, Inc.

Ms. Ware graduated from Louisiana State University with a BS in Finance.

Contact:
(214) 756-6955
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Mr. Neumann joined Westwood in 2009 as Vice President, Trading and specializes in small and mid-cap equities. He began his career with Dallas-based hedge fund HBK Capital Management, where he traded multiple products, including long/short and relative value equities, merger arbitrage, equity options and derivatives, futures, and swaps.

Mr. Neumann earned his BBA in Finance from Texas A&M University. While in college, he was a senior ranking member of the Corps of Cadets and served in the Ross Volunteer Company, which is the acting official Honor Guard for the Governor of Texas.

Contact:
(214) 756-6965
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Ms. Kennedy joined Westwood in 1995 as a receptionist and was then promoted to Performance Analyst. Currently, she serves as Associate Vice President, Portfolio Coordinator, where she monitors portfolio guidelines for trading compliance, client reporting, new account setup and serves as a liaison between custodians and brokers on settlement issues.

Ms. Kennedy is a member of the Trade Order Management Committee and also serves as secretary for Westwood’s IT Steering Committee. In addition, she is a member of Westwood’s Charitable Events Committee.

Ms. Kennedy graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BS in Social Science.

Contact:
(214) 756-6969
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Ms. Mastrangeli joined Westwood in May 2009 and currently serves as a Portfolio Implementation Specialist. Prior to joining Westwood, she worked as an Investment Associate for Smith Asset Management Group, LP and a Junior Analyst for SSR Capital Partners, LP.

Ms. Mastrangeli graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BBA in Finance and a minor in Psychology. While there, she participated in the student run portfolio program, managing the Ann Rife Cox Endowment Fund.

Contact:
(214) 756-6959
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Ms. Grunewald graduated from Furman University with a BA in Business Administration. Prior to joining Westwood, she worked in New York City for SecondMarket, a financial services firm specializing in trading illiquid securities. Ms. Grunewald joined Westwood in November 2009 and serves as Managed Accounts Coordinator.

Contact:
(214) 756-6967
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