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Paul Blum, Chief Operating
Officer, Chief Operating Officer, focuses on identifying property
acquisitions and managing all existing properties and tenant farmer relations.
Paul began acquiring farms in 1988 and has extensive experience managing farm
operations over the past twenty two years. In addition to the Ceres Farms’
properties, he manages 33 farms containing 10,754 acres for five predecessor
LLC’s that pursue a similar investment strategy as Ceres Farms. He is also the
owner of Paul Blum Nurseries in South Bend, IN. Formerly, Paul was a teacher in
South Bend. He holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a
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Perry Vieth, President,
devotes his entire time towards managing the properties of Ceres Farms including
financial, legal, accounting, hedging and investor relations. Formerly he served
for ten years as CIO of Fixed Income & Currency at PanAgora Asset Management in
Boston, where he was responsible for research, investment strategy and oversight
of assets exceeding $7 billion. At PanAgora, Perry led several successful
long-short hedge fund strategies and in 2007 was Pensions & Investments
top-performing fixed income manager with a return of 16.1%. Mr. Vieth also
served as a portfolio manager at Fleet Investment advisors, Fuji Securities and
Chicago Research & Trading Group where he began his trading career at the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1986. From 1982 to 1986, Mr. Vieth practiced law
in Chicago specializing in securities and corporate law. He graduated from the
University of Notre Dame Law School with a J.D. and obtained a B.S. in
accounting from Marquette University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and
member of the Boston Securities Analyst Society. Perry serves on the University
of Notre Dame Law School’s Advisory Council and several charitable
organizations’ Board of Directors. |
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Dan Ahern, Director of Marketing,
is responsible for over-seeing all marketing efforts for Ceres Farms. Most
recently, Dan served as EVP, Managing Director of Global Business Development
with eSeclending, LLC in Boston since 2003. He was responsible for leading all
aspects of sales, marketing, and communications for this securities lending
services firm globally. Dan was also with State Street Corporation, Chase
Manhattan, and The Boston Company serving in senior business development roles
in the global investment services business from 1992 to 2003. Dan began his
career with Xerox Corporation in 1983. Dan graduated from Bentley College with a
B.S. in marketing management; Suffolk University Law School with a J.D. and was
admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. He also attended Oxford University for legal
studies. Dan is a member of the board of directors for Mutual Funds Against
Cancer, which funds specific research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
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Barbara Connolly Keady,
is a Principal at Ceres Partners responsible for new business development and client relations.
Most recently, Ms. Keady was a research analyst at Southport Management, a convertible bond hedge
fund based in Ct. Prior to that, she worked as an associate in the Private Wealth Management group
at Morgan Stanley in NY, selling the firm’s asset management services to High Net Worth individuals,
endowments and foundations. Ms Keady started her career at Bankers Trust Company in their fixed income
sales department, covering pensions, corporations and money funds in the Mid Atlantic region. Ms. Keady
received a B.S. from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and an MBA in Finance
from Columbia University. Ms. Keady serves on the Columbia Business School Admissions peer review board. |
