Andy Kalbaugh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Allison Couch, President

David Becker, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Sean McGaughey, Senior Vice President, Field Development and Operations

John McGivney, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer

Kim Richardson, Senior Vice President, Business Development

Penny Russo, Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Conference Services

Kari Turigliatto, Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Mr. Kalbaugh is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of both MSC and ASC. In this role he is responsible for the growth and strategic development of both firms. Prior to joining MSC, Andy was the President, CEO and Chairman of American General Securities incorporated, and served as a Director of the AIG Advisor Group of broker/dealers. He was also the Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for American General Securities Incorporated for six years. Mr. Kalbaugh has more than nineteen years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining American General he worked as the Eastern Regional Director of Sales for the Advisors Group in Bethesda, MD and the Senior Trader for Calvert Securities Corporation in Bethesda, MD. Mr. Kalbaugh holds an Associate of Arts Degree in Marketing from Montgomery College and a Bachelors Degree in Business and Economics from the University of Maryland. He holds NASD licenses 7, 63, 24 and is a Certified Financial Planner. He is a member of the NASD Membership Committee and a Trustee for the McCaddin - McQuirt Foundation.   [ top ]

Allison Couch is president of Associated Securities Corp. (“ASC”), a registered broker/dealer and Registered Investment Advisor offering a full range of securities, investment and advisory products. ASC is affiliated with LPL Financial Corporation, the nation’s largest broker/dealer. Ms. Couch was most recently president and chief executive officer of THE Financial Services NETWORK (“THE NETWORK”), a nationwide network of 230 independent financial advisors, investment counselors, and insurance advisors. During her tenure at THE NETWORK, Ms. Couch led the firm to an impressive period of growth from $26 million in revenue in 2005 to over $40 million by the end of 2007. Prior to joining THE NETWORK, Ms. Couch was senior vice president, Director of Regional Business Management for FSC Securities and Advantage Capital Corporation. From 1987-1999, Ms. Couch worked for Royal Alliance Associates serving as a financial advisor and recruiting branch manager and later transitioning to vice president Retail Management and Development, responsible for business development, practice management and supervision for 72 branch offices in a five state territory. Ms. Couch has a BS in Management and an MBA in Finance from St. John Fisher College, and holds several securities and insurance licenses.   [ top ]

Mr. Becker is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for ASC and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for MSC. In this role he is responsible for accounting, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for both companies. Prior to joining the company, David held a number of significant executive level positions in the financial services industry over the past 29-years. This prior experience includes Amicus Financial where he was Principal Financial Officer; Atlantic Coast Financial where he was Senior Vice President of Finance; Bay Gulf Federal Credit Union where he was President and CEO; and Coopers & Lybrand where he was Audit Manager. David received a BBA degree from Texas Christian University. He holds a FINRA Series 27 and is a CPA.  [ top ]

Sean is senior Vice President of Field Development and Operations and has been with Associated Securities Corp. since 1983. He has served several different roles within the firm from operations to MIS. He now assists the ASC Branch Offices with their office operations that include, support for AFGWEB (AFG's internet website and E-mail communications system) and Net Exchange Pro- Pershing's internet based system for Registered Advisors. Sean has recently assumed control of the re-vitalized ASC Field Development and Recruiting Department. In addition he continues to oversee the Operations areas including brokerage operations, advisory operations and trading. Throughout Sean’s career at Associated which spans more than 25 years, he has held various positions within the firm. Mr. McGaughey received a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and holds the following FINRA licenses 7, 24, 63, 4 and 53.  [ top ]

 

John McGivney is the Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Associated Securities Corp. With more than 27 years of securities experience, John joined ASC in late 2007 and is currently leading the Compliance and Supervision Teams. Prior to joining ASC, John was the Chief Compliance Officer for a medium sized firm in Houston, the Chief Supervisory Officer for a large firm in Austin and CCO for two large securities firms (2600 Advisors) in Atlanta. For most of the ‘80s he was a producer and ran his own Broker/Dealer, RIA and Insurance Agency until they merged into American Express in 1990.  [ top ]

 

 

Kim Richardson has eighteen years of extensive experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Associated Securities Corp., Kim Richardson was Assistant Vice President of Corporate Development at Curian Capital LLC in Denver, where she was responsible for initiating and maintaining mission-critical business relationships with Registered Investment Advisors and independent and regional broker/dealers, as well as with bank and insurance company owned brokerage firms. She also served as Vice President of Product Marketing for three AIG Advisor Group broker/dealers-SunAmerica Securities, Sentra Securities and Spelman & Co.-and as Director of Outsource Development for Fortis Financial. Kim holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 24, 63 and 65 licenses, as well as California Life Insurance license #0D29045. [ top ]

 

Penny Russo is responsible for all internal human resources duties for the firm as well as running the conference department, which provides educational meetings for our rep force as well as the Home Office employees. Penny has held various positions within the securities industry since 1991. Prior to joining Associated Securities Corp., she was the Corporate Paralegal under the General Counsel for Spear Securities, Inc., a publicly traded firm. She also worked as part of the marketing team on the institutional side at TCW. Penny is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP). [ top ]

 

 

Kari is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Associated Securities Corp. and MSC.  Ms. Turigliatto has a BA from the University of California and graduated from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, with a Juris Doctor. She also holds Series 7, 24, 63, and 65 securities licenses. She joined Titan Value Equities Group in 1995 and MSC in 1999 upon the merger of MSC and Titan. [ top ]