Executive Officers

  • Gordon B. Fowler Jr. - President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

    Gordon B. Fowler Jr., is President and Chief Executive Officer of Glenmede and a Director of The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. With more than $20 billion of assets under management, Glenmede remains independent  and exclusively focused on the business of investment and wealth management.

    Mr. Fowler also serves as Glenmede’s Chief Investment Officer. In this role, he is responsible for investment strategy, fund management and research.

    Mr. Fowler joined Glenmede in 2003 following a more than twenty-year career with J.P. Morgan where he served in several management positions, including as Global Head of Investment Management of the Private Bank and as Head of Quantitative Equity Management for the institutional asset management group.
     
    Over the course of his career, he has been responsible for the development of numerous equity and asset allocation strategies, and has authored and co-authored several pioneering articles on private client and institutional investing.

    Mr. Fowler received a B.A. from Brown University in 1981 and a M.S. from New York University Graduate School of Business in 1985. He is a board member of Philadelphia Futures and the Curtis Institute of Music and a member of the investment working group for the Church Pension Fund and the Investment Committee for the Princeton Theological Seminary.

  • Laura A. Williamson - Chief Operating Officer

    Laura A. Williamson is Chief Operating Officer of Glenmede. She is a member of the Company's management committee and is responsible for financial management, human resources, and office administration. In this role, Ms. Williamson's chief responsibilities include strategic planning and forecasting, monitoring and reporting of financial results and trends, capital management, and oversight of compensation policy and administration. Prior to joining Glenmede in 1993, Ms. Williamson was a senior auditor with Ernst & Young, LLP.

    Ms. Williamson earned a B.S. in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Bucknell University in 1989 and a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. She attained the certified public accountant designation in 1990 and remains actively licensed today.

    A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Miss Williamson serves on the board of Philadelphia Futures, is an active committee member with The Pennsylvania Ballet, is an alumni advisor to the Management and Accounting faculty of Bucknell University, and has served with Business Volunteers for the Arts.

  • Howard E.N. Wilson - Executive Director of Relationship Management

    Howard E.N. (Chip) Wilson is Executive Director of Relationship Management for Glenmede. Mr. Wilson is responsible for all client facing activities of the firm including portfolio management, trust administration, wealth advisory, marketing and business development. In addition, Mr. Wilson provides leadership for the offices outside of Philadelphia.

    Mr. Wilson came to Glenmede after eighteen years at U.S. Trust, where he served as regional president for the Palm Beach, Florida area, and most recently as managing director of the New York Wealth Management Division. Prior to his position in New York, he was President and Chief Executive officer of U.S. Trust’s Mid-Atlantic Region, headquartered in Philadelphia.

    Mr. Wilson earned a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland and a M.B.A. in Finance from Loyola College. He is a board member of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates and a member of the campaign cabinet for the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Mr. Wilson is also a member of the Trust Management Association of the American Bankers Association.