Harbor Private Funds was created by wealth managers to offer institutional and accredited investors the opportunity to gain higher rates of return on investment dollars than traditional investment vehicles.
The principal of Harbor Private Funds and parent company, Harbor Wealth Management, Scott Ross, is
an approved member of the National Ethics Bureau. He’s earned the “Seal of Approval” from the National Ethics Bureau, which is only granted to those who electively volunteer transparency for a background check and have passed a comprehensive seven-year background review with all regulatory bodies, including the NASD, SEC, all state insurance and securities boards, as well as, a background check for criminal, civil and business violations. Mr. Ross has no pending or confirmed violations or complaints filed against him, and practices business with the ethical integrity. You can learn more about Mr. Ross’s background at www.ethicscheck.com.
Each investment opportunity is reviewed by a board of advisors prior to funding being granted.
The advisory board is made up of diversified business professionals who specialize in legal, financial, technology, marketing, foreign markets, business operations and economics. This diversified team collaborates on their respective areas to review the prospective company’s business plan and management team, and then evaluate profitability potential, risk factor, viability of company offerings and market receptiveness. Should an investment be granted, Harbor Private Funds participates in the invested company’s development by holding board seats and voting shares. Corporations are groomed for three-to-seven years in order to become an acquisition candidate or for public offering.
Scott M. Ross
Senior Managing Partner
Scott M. Ross is the Senior Managing Partner of Harbor Wealth Management Group, LLC, a comprehensive wealth and investment firm, and its subsidiaries, Harbor Private Funds, LLC and new-to-market as of spring 2007, Harbor Capital Funds, LLC. Ross, a veteran to the financial industry, is an accomplished educator, author, nationally acclaimed presenter, and a sought-after expert on financial topics and strategies.
Although Harbor Wealth Management has provided its clients with solid, profitable results since its inception in 1999, Ross wanted to offer clients alternate investment opportunities, potentially yielding even higher rates of return. Harbor Private Funds and Harbor Capital Funds became those vehicles. As a pioneer to the offering of Life Settlements contracts to private investors who seek high-yielding returns without linking to market volatility, Ross is lending his six plus years of retail experience to the development and management of private funds and now, the new The Elucido fund.
Ross
has earned his ‘Seal of Approval’ from the National Ethics Bureau, granted only to financial professionals who have electively volunteered transparency for a background check and have passed a comprehensive seven-year background review with all regulatory bodies, including the NASD, SEC, all state insurance and securities boards. He received his Bachelors of Arts in Communications from New Mexico State University, which he attended on an athletic scholarship.
Professor Leslie McNew
Managing Director
Professor Leslie McNew has been in the money and risk management business since 1985. For the past seven years she has managed a commodity fund with returns in excess of 25% annually. She has both quantitative and technical trading skills, and she has held senior risk management positions at the following energy and companies: PG&E National Energy Group, Ameren Energy, G.K. Risk Management, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and Reynolds Metals Company. She was the founder and COO of VirtualCreditServices.com. Previous to the energy sphere, McNew focused on quantitative design and option modeling as well as quantitative trading on Wall Street, including such companies as FIMAT Futures USA and Morgan Stanley
For almost six years McNew was a clinical professor of finance at the AB Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, where she was awarded the President's Award in the use of Innovative Technology 2004-05, and currently is a clinical professor of finance at the University of Dayton. Prof McNew has extensive expert opinion experience, including issues of portfolio suitability and exotic options. She has advised such entities as the U.S. IRS and the U.S. Commerce Department. She has over 80 clinical articles, chapters and academic articles in print and has addressed risk management and trading issues on three continents. She has an Advisory Board position at Aura Renewable Resources, St. Louis.
She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a MA/MS in quantitative economics from New York University. She is the Debutante Patroness of the Viennese Opera Ball, New York City, and sits on the executive and benefit committees. She was a Benefactor of the Goldring/Woldenberg II Building, Freeman Business School, Tulane University, and donated a finance office in honor of her father.
Gordan Redzic
Director of Technology
Gordan Redzic is Director of Technology for Harbor Private Funds. His experience includes Staff Engineer and Test Team Lead for iDEN System Test Automation Group for Motorola in Schaumburg, Illinois. During his tenure with Motorola, Redzic was named as one of the top 20% of employees; he was also nominated for Motorola’s Business Leadership Development Program and was responsible for coordinating Motorola.NET User Group. Prior to Motorola, Redzic held positions with ComEd and CyberPixie, Inc.
Redzic is currently earning his M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, expected graduation in March of 2008. Prior to Northwestern, Redzic earned his M.S. in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology in December 2003 and received his B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola University Chicago, graduating Summa Cum Laude in May 2001 and named Loyola Computer Science Department’s Top Graduating Senior.
