Zaid is responsible for Piedmont Investment Advisors, LLC’s business development. He also serves as a product specialist.

Zaid was previously a senior associate with Morgan Stanley where he executed global securities transactions ranging from Equity and Debt Financings, to Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings. Zaid practiced securities analysis worldwide including in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin-America and the United States.

Zaid received his AB in International Studies and his MA in History from Duke University. In addition, Zaid was granted a Fulbright Scholarship and was a Rhodes Scholar State Finalist. Zaid began his career as an intern with Refco in 1990.

Clarissa is responsible for coordinating the firm’s client servicing efforts.

Clarissa began her tenure at Piedmont as the Director of Operations before moving into her Client Servicing position. Clarissa has over 18 years of experience in the investment management industry. Prior to Piedmont, she was the Vice President of Firm Administration and Operations at Hughes Capital Management.  She also previously worked at Wedgewood Capital Management as the Director of Client Service and in the Trust/Investment department at First American Bank, N.A.

Clarissa received her BS in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

Kevin serves as the product specialist for the Strategic Core, Market Plus, Value Opportunity, Strategic Horizon, Yield Advantage, and Yield Advantage Intermediate Government/Credit products.

Kevin was previously a Senior Vice President at Smith Breeden, where he served as Product Portfolio Manager for $4.2 billion in assets in the Mortgage Index Plus strategy. Prior to Smith Breeden, he worked as a structured products sales associate at Banc of America Securities.

Kevin is a graduate of The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where he received his MBA. He earned a BS in Computer Information Systems, Business Process Management, and Operations Management with a minor in Economics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Kevin is a Member of the CFA North Carolina Society.

Robin is responsible for Piedmont Investment Advisors, LLC’s business development in North and South Carolina and southern Virginia. She has over 20 years experience in management roles in Business and Market Development, External Affairs, Communications, and Community Relations.

Previously, Robin was Director, U.S. Sales for Futures, Inc., an emerging technology company. Prior to that, she served as Vice President of External Affairs for Action for Children North Carolina, a statewide nonprofit organization. There she was responsible for all external affairs and business development, including all lead generation, qualification and evaluation of potential opportunities. She developed and grew organizational relationships among corporations, CEOs, legislators, government officials and civic leaders throughout the state.

Robin received her BA Degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Masters in Public Administration at Pennsylvania State University. She serves on various boards across the state and is a Leadership North Carolina alumnus.

Sarah Ronnenberg is responsible for coordinating the firm’s operations, client service support, and marketing support.

Sarah has over ten years experience in the financial services sector and was most recently the office manager for Vardon Capital Management, a hedge fund in New York City. Sarah began her career at UBS (formerly Warburg Dillon Read) working on their ADR/Global Sales desk and in their Latin American Research Department. Subsequently, she spent over four years at Bear Stearns as their Equity Research Department’s Product Liaison, becoming a vice president.

Sarah graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University, where she received her B.A. in English and French and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She holds an M.A. in Anglo-American Literary Relations from the University College London in London, England.

Danielle is responsible for Piedmont’s marketing materials, prospect database management, ACT database management, marketing research and website coordination.

Danielle has over six years of experience in the marketing arena. Prior to joining Piedmont, she worked as a Marketing Associate for Sales Results which provided trade shows for McGraw Hill.

Danielle received her BA from Florida Atlantic University in Criminal Justice with a minor in Political Science.

Yates is responsible for supporting Piedmont’s Marketing and Client Service efforts.

Prior to joining Piedmont, Yates worked as a Legal Researcher at Hedrick & Morton, LLP. He completed internships with Merrill Lynch-Wilmington and AXA Financial in 2007.

Yates received his BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors. In addition, Yates was recognized for membership in Beta Gamma Sigma by the Cameron School of Business.