Former School Board Member Joins Aspen Grove

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Aspen Grove Asset Management is a firm based out of Franklin providing financial expertise for Middle Tennessee clients. Former corporate controller, Certified Public Accountant and community leader Cherie Hammond has been added to the team to lead strategic business initiatives.

Pictured above is the Aspen Grove team, from left to right: Kim Blackburn, Branch Operations Manager; Dave Crouch, Registered Principal and Cherie Hammond, Business Development Associate.

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Cherie Hammond

Hammond started her career in the savings and loan industry before becoming a licensed CPA. She served as a corporate controller, vice president of mergers and acquisitions and worldwide consolidations supervisor with blue chip companies including Ernst & Whinney, Health America Corp., Jacques-Miller, Inc. and the Berol Corporation. More recently, she helped build the financial models for two highly successful media companies and also served Williamson County as a School Board member and non-profit leader.

“Cherie brings the kind of diverse financial experience and perspective that our clients will find highly valuable,” said Aspen Grove Registered Principal Dave Crouch, who launched the firm in 2007. “Our approach to personalized investment management is unique, and her business acumen and commitment to relationship-based service will allow us to continue offering customized solutions and smart strategies that grow wealth.”

As an alternative to product-based financial advisors, Crouch has built the firm’s reputation on intensive management of personally selected individual securities portfolios. Although Hammond will focus on business development in the short term, she plans to earn her Series 7 and Series 66 licenses and become an Investment Advisor Representative within the year.

“Warren Buffett famously said that you look for three things in a investment manager:  intelligence, integrity and energy – and of these three characteristics, integrity is the most important. Dave and I are very like-minded in terms of the importance of walking with integrity and building relationships based upon a foundation of trust, both with clients and in our community roles,” Hammond said. “We see strength in joining our diverse experiences, skillsets and shared desire to provide exceptional customer service. I am grateful for the opportunity to join a firm that has a proven reputation and a strong track record of success.”

Over the course of five years, Franklin-based Aspen Grove Asset Management has built a $65 million portfolio by providing specialized financial management expertise to a select base of Middle Tennessee clients. Aspen Grove Asset Management is a full service independent investment firm headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. Through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., the firm offers an array of investment alternatives and services designed to meet the individual lifestyles and financial goals of a range of clients. To learn more, visit www.aspengroveassetmanagement.com.

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