66th Annual Humanitarian Award Celebration
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Sally Gries
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ally Gries is the founder of Gries Financial Partners, a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm that provides conflict-free investment and financial advisory services to high net worth individuals, foundations, endowments and retirement plans. Ms. Gries is a founder and chairperson of Fieldstone Associates Inc, a real estate investment advisory firm that advises on private real estate investments for the benefit of its clients. She is on the advisory board of Citymark Capital. An avid reader of the Wall Street Journal as a young teenager, she entered the male-dominated financial field in the late 60s after graduating from Northwestern University. A decade later she started her own company.
She has the distinction of being the founder of the first female-owned registered investment advisory firm in Ohio. Her involvement in the community has been extensive over the years. Currently, Sally is the Board Chairperson of The Cleveland Foundation, a trustee of Holden Forests and Gardens and the Gries Family Foundation. She is a Life Trustee of Hawken School and Emeritus Trustee of Case Western Reserve University. She also serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C. She serves on several investment committees of large institutions. Sally lives in Shaker Heights with her husband, Bob.
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