John Sullivan
Editor-in-Chief
Investment Advisor

John Sullivan is the Editor in Chief of Investment Advisor magazine and the editor of the Retirement Channel for AdvisorOne. Sullivan is the former editor of Boomer Market Advisor and Bank Advisor magazines, and has a background in the insurance and investment industries in addition to his journalism roots.

Ben Warwick
Founder and CEO - Quantitative Equity Strategies
CIO - Aspen Partners LLC
Author of "Searching for ALPHA: The Quest for Exceptional Investment Performance"

Ben Warwick founded Quantitative Equity Strategies, LLC (QES) as a platform for developing trading strategies that would be unbounded by conventional thinking. His objective was to create an investment process that could change with market conditions and be both robust and flexible over time. Today, QES has more than $345 million in assets under advisement for a variety of clients, as well as more than $75 million in hedge fund assets under management. As thought leaders in the alternative investment industry, he frequently contributes to trade publications including Bloomberg Wealth Manager Magazine and Investment Advisor magazine and participate in investing conferences.

Steve Medina
Co-Head of Global Asset Allocation and Senior Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Solutions Group
John Hancock Asset Management

Steve Medina is Co-Head of Global Asset Allocation & Senior Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Solutions Group (PSG), at John Hancock Asset Management. PSG is responsible for the development and growth of John Hancock's asset allocation solutions for individual and institutional investors in the U.S., Canada and Asia. PSG currently oversees in excess of 100 Manulife/John Hancock asset allocation portfolios representing over $90 billion in assets. Steve is responsible for the day-to-day oversight and portfolio management of Manulife’s Lifestyle (target risk) and Lifecycle (target date) portfolios as well as a wide array of PSG’s other asset allocation portfolios.

Previously, Steve was Senior Vice President, Investment Management Services (IMS), for John Hancock Financial, the U.S. division of Manulife Financial Corp. In 13 years with IMS, Steve was responsible for the development and daily monitoring of investment platforms in the U.S., Canada and Asia. Steve holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and of the CFA Institute.