Ted joined Davenport & Company as a Senior Vice President–Investments in February 2007. He began his financial career as an equity analyst at Smith Barney in New York City in 1968. In 1972, he left Smith Barney to join the fledging investment advisory firm of Wheat First Securities where he served as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Group until the firm was acquired in 1998. In 1981, Ted became the Founder, President and lead portfolio manager of what was to become the $1.5 billion Evergreen Growth Fund until his departure in 2007.
Ted’s education background includes a BA in History from the University of Virginia and an MBA in Finance from The Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Ted also served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. Ted is Trustee Emeritus of Saint Catherine’s School, former Chairman of the Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation, former Trustee of Sheltering Arms Hospital, former Trustee of the Church School Board of the Diocese of Virginia, past president of the CSDV Foundation, and past president and Director Emeritus of the Virginia Squash Racquets Association.