Meet our Operations Team

Brian Hisel, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Brian serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Dearborn Partners. Integrating over 10 years of CFO experience, Brian is responsible for overseeing the internal finances and operations of the Company. He began his career as a CPA with a firm in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.

Donald G. McKinnon

Chief Compliance Officer

Don is responsible for overseeing and developing the firm’s compliance department. Prior to joining Dearborn Partners, he was a Due Diligence Specialist at Balyasny Asset Management LP. Don began his career as a Compliance Officer at Deephaven Capital Management LLC, and later joined Stark Investments LP as a Senior Compliance Officer.

Meredith A. West

Director of Technology

Meredith oversees all aspects of technology at the firm. She is also responsible for client reporting, performance analysis, composite management and GIPS compliance. Meredith has more than 25 years of experience in various aspects of the financial services industry. She joined Dearborn Partners in 2004, and prior to that she worked at Deloitte, Harris Associates and JP Morgan in technology and performance analysis and reporting.

Samira Laskic

Director of Operations

Sam oversees the firm's trading and operations areas. She is accomplished in all of the wealth management support functions necessary to provide Dearborn clients with an outstanding experience. She began her career with UBS Financial Services in 2010.

Amber C. Delperdang

Operations & Trading

Amber joined Dearborn Partners in 2019 in our operations department. She began her career in 2014 with Northwestern Mutual in Los Angeles, CA as their Operations Associate, eventually becoming an Investment Analyst.

Billy Grehan

Operations Associate

Prior to joining Dearborn Partners, Billy started his career with Evans Senior Investments as an Underwriting Analyst after graduating college in 2022. He earned his B.A. in Finance and Real Estate at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.