Marc Fovinci, CFA, leads Ferguson Wellman’s fixed income team. He is a principal of the firm and a member of its Investment Policy Committee. Before joining the firm in 1991, Fovinci was a senior investment officer for the Washington State Investment Board with responsibility for the state’s fixed income investments. Raised in Northern California, he graduated with honors from Stanford University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and later received his M.B.A. in finance from the University of Washington. Fovinci is a member of the Chartered Financial Analysts Society of Portland as well as member and past president of the Northwest Taxable Bond Club. Fovinci is a board member of the Portland Business Alliance, is board chair of Morrison Child & Family Services and a board member and treasurer of Legacy Good Samaritan Foundation. He is past president of Morrison Child & Family Services, the Rotary Club of Portland, the Portland State University Foundation and the Portland Rotary Charitable Trust.
Peter Jones, CFA, Vice President of Equity Research and Analysis Peter Jones, CFA, joined Ferguson Wellman in 2015 and is vice president of research, serving as an analyst and a member of the firm’s investment team. Jones leads the firm’s Global Sustainable Investing strategy team, manages the communication services sector, and co-manages the industrial and basic material sectors. In addition, he maintains the multifactor model used by the investment team for its equity selection process. Jones is a native of Portland and graduated from the University of Portland with a B.A. in political science and minors in Spanish and psychology. While attending college, Jones played tennis for the Pilots. Prior to joining Ferguson Wellman, Jones was employed at UBS Financial Services.