EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT - Key Persons


Dana Cunningham

Job Titles:
  • VP, Strategic Accounts Director

Dukas Linden

Job Titles:
  • Public Relations

Ed Rick - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Ed Rick, CFA®, is Head of Investment Insights and Development for Raymond James Investment Management as well as President of Eagle Asset Management and Scout Investments. His primary responsibilities include working with our portfolio-management teams to provide resources designed to help optimize their investment processes for our broad clientele. This will include the development of our investment risk capabilities; the addition and development of key talent; and the introduction of additional, necessary services and technology. Rick joined affiliate Eagle Asset Management in 2014. He has 29 years of investment industry experience. Prior to joining Eagle, he was a senior analyst/portfolio manager with Wells Capital Management and also served as a director of investments for a small RIA. He earned a B.A. from the University of Richmond and is a CFA® charterholder.

ERIC WILWANT - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Javier Alvarez - Chief Compliance Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer
Javier Alvarez, CSCP, serves as Chief Compliance Officer of Eagle Asset Management. He joined Eagle Asset in 2018 and previously served as director, senior manager and senior advisor within the Compliance department. Alvarez previously spent six years at T. Rowe Price in various roles in, among others, the Compliance and Operations departments. He earned a bachelor's of science in finance from the University of Tampa. Alvarez is a Certified Securities Compliance Professional (CSCP) and holds the FINRA 6, 7, 24, and 63 licenses.

Justyna Barczynska - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Accounts Manager
  • SVP

Mathew Horridge


Matthew Waz

Job Titles:
  • Head of Global Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations
  • Senior Vice President, Head of Global Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations at Raymond James Investment Management
Matthew Waz is Senior Vice President, Head of Global Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations at Raymond James Investment Management. In this role, he is responsible for representing the strategies offered by our boutiques to consultants and prospective institutional investors. Before joining the firm, he held senior leadership and sales roles with O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, First Pacific Advisors, Sunrise Capital Partners, and AXA Rosenberg Investment Management. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of San Diego.

Mike Mayhew

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Strategic Accounts Director