Our Firm

Officers

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  Jason De Sena Trennert Chairman
  Chief Executive Officer
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  Nicholas Bohnsack President
  Head of Portfolio Strategy
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  Donald J. Rissmiller Partner
  Chief Economist
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  Eileen Gabay Partner
  Chief Operating Officer
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  Dan Clifton Partner
  Head of Washington Policy Research
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  Christopher Verrone, CMT Partner
  Head of Technical &
  Macro Research
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  R. Aaron Long Partner
  Head of Institutional Sales
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  John Ghize Partner
  Head of Institutional Trading
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  Mark Godofsky Managing Director
  Chief Financial Officer

Recognizing that institutional investors have no shortage of options when it comes to investment research, Strategas works hard to distill, thoughtfully and concisely, complex investment concepts into easily understandable and actionable ideas and themes for investors of all styles and time horizons every day. Through frequent client visits and customized research solutions, the Firm actively seeks to go beyond its written research reports.

Management Principles

What's A Strategas?

Of all the frequently asked questions we get on the road, the one we've received the most since we started the Firm has to do with the derivation of our company name and logo. Most people are kind in their questioning, but more than a few have been less than shy in their bewilderment. A master of nuance, Joe Kernen of CNBC said on the air, "Jason, you've been dreaming of starting your own company your whole life and this is what you came up with?" Similarly, a friend and paying client in Texas asked bluntly, "what the $%*& is a strategas?"

And so we'd like to explain once and for all how we came up with our rather unique name. Few know that the word 'strategy' is derived from the Greek word 'strategos' which means 'general'. In Athenian Democracy, the strategoi stood between the elected officials and its military leaders to provide counsel in balancing the needs of protecting individual liberties while, at the same time, providing for the overall security of the state. Satisfied that we had found a name that had real meaning and the requisite pretension of antiquity, we had decided, perhaps naively that 'Strategos' was as good as we were going to get. In the 11th hour, however, our lawyers informed us that to name the firm 'Strategos' could invite trademark litigation. Having invested some time in the decision and becoming attached to the logo of the warrior we now affectionately call 'Gus', we asked our lawyers to find a vowel that would complete the word 'strateg_s' without inviting legal action. They came up with 'strategas' which, at that point was close enough for us and was aesthetically pleasing when using Greek lettering. There is a certain irony and sadness in the fact that, in the post-industrial and litigious society in which we live, we essentially had to choose a name that was so devoid of meaning to actually steer clear of a lawsuit. In any event, the name has been a source of amusement among our clients and friends. And, as the saying goes, "we don't care what you call us, as long as you call us."

Careers

Strategas Research Partners is a leading institutional brokerage firm focused on providing macro research and capital market services to a wide range of institutional investors and corporations.

The Firm seeks highly motivated candidates, with entrepreneurial attitudes, for roles in our research department, with our institutional sales team, and on our trading desk.

Qualified candidates can submit both a cover letter and resume to info@strategasrp.com to be considered for a role. Only direct submissions will be accepted and considered; please no recruiter inquiries.

The Poppy Project

By Jason DeSena Trennert

During my many trips to London and Canada, I noticed the ubiquity of red poppies to celebrate fallen servicemen. Ignorant of the custom and curious, I learned upon further investigation that the provenance of the custom is the searingly beautiful poem In Flanders Fields by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae during the Great War. Moina Michael popularized the tradition of selling these poppies as a means of raising funds to assist disabled veterans in the U.S. Ironically, wearing red poppies in remembrance of the fallen was as popular in the U.S. as it was in Canada and in the U.K. until Memorial Day officially became national holiday in 1966. At Strategas, we resolved to bring the custom back in our corner of the world and send clients poppies every year remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.