Kevin J. Williams, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Kevin Williams founded DeLaroche in 1986 after fourteen years with what was then the Prudential Asset Management Company, the institutional investment arm of The Prudential Insurance Company. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (1981) and a member of the Vancouver Society of Financial Analysts and the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. For the Los Angeles Society, he has served as chair of the Publishing and Professional Advancement Committees. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (BA, economics, 1970), and a member of the American Economic Association, the Western Economic Association, the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, the National Association for Business Economics, and the Economic History Association.

Yervand "Edward" Frankian, CFA, Assistant Portfolio Manager
Edward Frankian joined the firm in 1999. He manages the firm's portfolio administration functions and performs many of the analytical procedures involved in our portfolio management. He is twice a graduate of California State University, Northridge (BA, finance, 1998, and BS, biology, 1992). Edward is a Chartered Financial Analyst (2002) and a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts.