Supervision

Mike Bresner
Executive Vice President
Joined J.P. Turner: 2005
Mike Bresner began his financial services career more than 40 years ago when he joined the Value Line organization as a securities analyst trainee. He moved up quickly in the research arena and after only three years became the managing editor of the Value Line Special Situations Service. After leaving Value Line, Bresner became the editor of the "Findings and Forecasts" research publication as well as the secretary/treasurer of its publicly traded parent corporation. Bresner has held a number of positions at brokerage firms, including retail and institutional broker positions, financial and operations principal; municipal principal; options principal; chief financial officer and president of National Securities. Bresner joined J P Turner in 2005 as executive vice president. He earned a bachelor of business administration degree in finance and investments from the City College of New York.

James McGrath
Joined J.P. Turner: 2006
Jim spent 20 of his 35 years on Wall Street at Kidder Peabody & Co., where he was a senior vice president and partner. After General Electric bought Kidder Peabody, Jim moved to Lebenthal & Co., an East Coast municipal bond dealer, where he served in several capacities, including director, executive vice president and chief operating officer. After Lebenthal was acquired by Advest, he stayed semi-retired working part-time as a financial consultant until he joined J.P. Turner as an AVP. Jim did his undergraduate work at the City University of New York and post-graduate studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.