Hal is the Chief Investment Officer of Durbin Bennett Peterson with 25 years of investment management experience. Prior to co-founding DBP, he was the senior investment officer for the Bank of America Private Bank in Austin, Texas. In that role, he was responsible for the management of $1.3 billion in client assets. His career began with the Wall Street firm Kidder, Peabody & Co. where he spent several years in both Denver and Seattle. Hal moved to Texas in 1989 to manage the Trust Investment Group for First City Texas, where he managed assets for private clients, institutions, and tax-exempt organizations. In 1994 he joined NationsBank and became the senior investment officer for the Private Client Group in Austin. Hal has been active in the community by serving on the boards of several organizations including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin and the Austin Parks Foundation. Hal is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Austin Community Foundation and serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee. Hal is also a Director of the Tarrytown United Methodist Endowment and is an elected member of the St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Endowment Investment Committee serving a three year term. He is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), The CFA Institute and the Austin Society of Financial Analysts. Hal is the adjunct instructor of investments in the University of Texas at Austin Professional Development Program. Hal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Colorado State University, and holds the designation Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA).