Ryan joined Meeder in 2020. Prior to Meeder, Ryan served as the Vice President of Retirement Plans involved with sales, key accounts, and product development at CLS Investments for 14 years. Ryan has developed new lines of distribution and implemented investment strategies on multiple retirement platforms and worked with advisors with the sales and transition of plans. Ryan earned his B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Nebraska in Omaha and holds a FINRA Series 6 and 65 license.

Ted joined Meeder Investment Management in 2006. Since then, Ted has been part of the sales and investment teams at Meeder, giving him one of the most valuable perspectives in our firm. Ted understands not only our solutions, but also the needs of advisors and uses that knowledge to create portfolios on multiple platforms. He manages a team of associates that handles critical trading, performance reporting and other investment operations functions. Ted is also responsible for maintaining GIPS® compliance and ongoing verification processes.

Deanna has been with Meeder since 1998. With over 18 years in the industry, Deanna manages the daily operations of the transfer agency staff. Deanna and her team transact operational business for the Meeder Funds as well as transitions related to our investment portfolios and retirement portfolios on multiple platforms. Deanna is also responsible for the trading of our public funds accounts. She currently holds FINRA series 6 license.

Derek joined the transfer agency at Meeder in 2014.  Derek is responsible for the operations of direct and third-party retirement plans.  Prior to joining Meeder, Derek had prior retirement plan experience in recordkeeping at Bank One and custody at JPMorgan Chase.  He currently holds a series 6 license. 

Abe joined Meeder in 2020 and serves as Co-Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Meeder, Abe was Chief Investment Officer at Cougar Global Investments, a global macro downside risk manager and affiliate of Raymond James Financial. Prior to that, Abe spent 11 years at J.P. Morgan. Abe earned a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a master’s in computational finance from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).

Angelo joined Meeder as an Equity Portfolio Manager in 2015. With 10 years of investment industry experience, he is responsible for managing portfolios on third party platforms. Using the quantitative models and an evaluation of current market trends, Angelo constructs diversified portfolios based on those views.  Additionally, Angelo is engaged in the external manager due diligence, monitoring investment manager and portfolio exposures, and proposing investment changes. He currently holds FINRA series 7, 66, 31 licenses.

Amisha joined the firm in 2015 as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager. She brings nearly 10 years of experience to the department, and is a member of the credit committee. Amisha coordinates the day-to-day management of Total Return Bond and Balanced Funds, as well as the Meeder fixed income portfolios. She also plays an integral role in security selection, investment manager research, review and decision-making process.

Joe Bell joined the firm in March 2018.  With more than 14 years of investment industry experience, he is part of the team that manages and constructs equity mutual funds and proprietary and non-proprietary investment portfolios.  Mr. Bell also researches and develops the firm’s quantitative models, security selection process, and evaluates current market trends.  He currently holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.

Matt joined Meeder in 2019 as a Senior Investment Analyst, bringing nearly 10 years of finance and investment experience to the role. He assists in the construction and management of portfolios across various platforms. Additionally, Matt performs investment manager due diligence, researching and monitoring mutual funds, ETFs, and investment products. Matt is a CFA charterholder and holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.