Our Team
Hood River is a true boutique manager — we are 100% employee owned and a tight-knit team. Our interests are completely aligned with our clients’ interests.
While we are a team of individuals, the team benefits from each member’s significant expertise as investment professionals. At both the individual and team level, we strive to generate consistent and persistent outcomes for our investors.
Brian Smoluch, CFA
Principal – Portfolio Manager/Analyst
Brian founded Hood River Capital Management in 2013 as a spinoff from Roxbury Capital Management where he managed the Small-Cap Growth strategy for 10 years. Prior to Roxbury, Brian was part of the small/mid-cap team at Columbia Management. He began his career as an investment banking financial analyst at Salomon Brothers in New York.
University of Virginia, B.S. with Distinction
Harvard Business School, M.B.A.
David Swank, CFA
Principal – Portfolio Manager/Analyst
David founded Hood River Capital Management in 2013 as a spinoff from Roxbury Capital Management where he managed the Small-Cap Growth strategy for 4 years. Prior to Roxbury, David worked for GMT Capital Corporation as the healthcare sector head of a $4 billion long/short equity hedge fund. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley Investment Management and began his career as a research associate at Furman Selz and Montgomery Securities.
University of Virginia, B.S. with Distinction
The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, M.B.A.
Lance Cannon, CFA
Partner, Research Analyst
Lance joined Hood River in 2018 as a research analyst and has 15 years of financial market experience. Prior to joining Hood River, Lance was a senior analyst at USDR Investment Management. He previously performed equity research at TCW and Kayne Anderson Rudnick and was a managing director at GPS Capital Markets, Inc.
Lance has a B.S. in business management, with an emphasis in finance, from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from The Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Rohan Kumar
Partner, Research Analyst
Rohan joined Hood River in 2015 as a research analyst and has 13 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Hood River, Rohan was a research analyst at Hawkeye Capital Management. He previously was an analyst at Reliance Capital and began his career as a Component Design Engineer at Intel.
Rohan has a Bachelor of Technology in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur, a Masters from Harvard’s Kennedy School and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Brennan Long
Research Analyst
Brennan joined Hood River in 2018 as a research analyst and has 9 years of healthcare investment experience. Prior to joining Hood River, Brennan was an equity research associate at Bloomberg Intelligence, where he covered biotechnology, and at Janney Montgomery Scott, where he covered specialty pharmaceuticals. He began his investment career as a healthcare analyst at Major Assets Management and worked in business development at Novartis.
Brennan has a B.A. in architectural studies from Middlebury College and an M.A. in biotechnology from Columbia University.
Ruoshi Qi
Research Analyst
Ruoshi joined Hood River in 2023 as a research analyst and has 6 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Hood River, Ruoshi interned at Marshall Wace as an investment analyst during her M.B.A summer. She previously was a private equity associate at Advent International and started her career as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs.
Ruoshi has a B.S. in Financial Engineering from Nanjing University, China, a Masters in Finance from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School at Harvard University.
Jackson Allen
Research Associate
Jackson joined Hood River in 2022 as a research associate after having interned with the Firm since 2021. He began his career as a summer investment analyst at UVIMCO.
Jackson has a B.S. in accounting and an M.S. in finance from the University of Minnesota as well as an M.S. in accounting from the University of Virginia. He played on both schools’ tennis teams, including the 2022 UVA team that won the D1 NCAA National Championships.
Brad Carpenter, CFA
Director of Sales
Brad joined Hood River in 2020 as Director of Sales and has 14 years of investment experience. He is responsible for Hood River’s sales and client service. Prior to Brad’s current role, he was an equity analyst and part of Hood River’s investment team. Before joining Hood River, Brad was a corporate credit analyst with Income Research & Management and an equity analyst with Wells Fargo and Cantor Fitzgerald. He was also previously a vice president within Citigroup’s investment banking division and an analyst with Portland General Electric’s resource strategy group.
Brad has a B.A. in economics from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business.
Jay Dyer
Director of Sales
Jay joined Hood River in 2020 as Director of Sales and has 30 years of investment experience. He is responsible for Hood River’s sales and client service. Prior to Jay’s current role, he managed the regional marketing and client service efforts for fifteen years at Becker Capital. Before that, Jay was Vice President in the Institutional Investment Solutions group for Columbia Management Company; Director of Sales and Marketing for Arnerich Massena and Associates; and managed Copper Mountain Trust’s Eugene, Oregon office.
Jay has a B.S. in speech communications from the University of Oregon.
Shawn Elliott
Director of Sales
Shawn joined Hood River in 2022 as Director of Sales and has 9 years of investment experience. He is responsible for Hood River’s sales and client service. Prior to joining the firm, Shawn was a marketing associate and data analyst for Mar Vista Investment Partners. Before joining Mar Vista, he was a senior investment research analyst at Mercer Investments and a research analyst at Pavilion Advisory Group. He began his career at Jeffrey Slocum and Associates. Shawn has a B.A. in finance and financial management from the University of St. Thomas.
Jon Foust
Director of Marketing
Jon is responsible for leading Hood River’s nationwide marketing and business development effort. Prior to joining the firm, Jon was a principal and director of marketing and client service for Winslow Capital Management, a Minneapolis-based money management firm specializing in large institutional accounts. He previously was vice president of institutional marketing with Investment Advisers, Inc. Jon began his career with the Saudi International Bank in London, England and has been in the investment management business for more than 33 years.
Jon has a B.A. in economics and psychology from St. Olaf College.
Maureen Flaherty
Office Manager/Compliance Designee
Maureen joined Hood River Capital Management in 2013 after working at Roxbury Capital Management for 3 years as the office manager/compliance designee. Before joining Roxbury Capital Management, Maureen worked for SunTrust Mortgage for 5 years as a broker relations representative. She also worked on the buy side for 9 years as a product manager at Black and Company which later became Wells Fargo Securities.
After transferring from Oregon State University where she studied political science, Maureen received her B.A. in interdisciplinary studies/social science from Marylhurst University.
Geoff Gainor
Trader
Geoff is a member of Hood River’s trading department and works closely with the head trader on all of Hood River’s investment strategies. Geoff has more than 30 years of investment industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he spent nearly nine years as an institutional equity trader at Piper Jaffray.
He has a B.S. in management from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Erik Hirsch
Head Trader
Erik is ultimately responsible for all trading related to Hood River’s investment strategies. Erik also serves as a member of Hood River’s Trade Committee and is an active member of the Securities Traders Association. Erik has 23 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, Erik was a systems engineer at Pacific Envirosystems, where he worked on Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems.
Erik has a B.S. in marine engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
Connor M. Raines
Sales Representative
Connor joined Hood River in 2022 as a Sales Representative and is responsible for sales and client service. Prior to joining the firm, Connor worked at Donaldson and New Life Contracting. In addition, he is the President and Founder of MEDLIFE, a non-profit organization that provides students the opportunity to travel to poverty-stricken locations to participate in medical clinics, education and developmental projects. The club also promotes community development in the Twin Cities area. Connor has a B.S. in Business Finance from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management.
Robert Schmaltz
Partner, Chief Compliance Officer / Chief Operating Officer
Robert serves as the Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Hood River. He joined the firm in 2009 and has an extensive background in technology with over 29 years of experience. Robert is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota where he oversees the Firm’s operations as well as the regulatory program.
Robert has a B.S. in management and network administration from Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota and an M.B.A. from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Jennifer Singson
Operations Manager
Jennifer is responsible for the entire account process, from the opening and proper coding of new accounts to the billing and collection of management fees. She oversees the distribution of monthly statements and AUM reports, and works closely with both trading and finance to ensure the needs of every client are met within each department. In addition, she acts as the primary liaison with each of our clients’ custodians and fund administrators.
Prior experience includes working as a financial and operations principal for several broker dealers.
Jennifer has a B.S. in finance from California State University, Dominguez Hills.
