Vance Brown

Vance Brown has over 30 years of experience managing equity investments through various cycles using the same concentrated, research-focused investment approach. He joined Coastline as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in 2023. Before joining Coastline, Vance was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager with Williams Jones Wealth Management from 2012-2023. Prior to that, he founded Grisanti, Brown & Partners in 1999 and was a member of the investment team until 2012. From 1998-1999, he was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Spears Benzak Salomon & Farrell and was a Vice President at Greenhaven Associates from 1995-1998. 

Vance was the Executive Vice President and Associate Publisher of the Herald Publishing Company, a newspaper holding company, from 1990-1995. In addition, he was a senior analyst at Prudential-Bache Securities from 1986-1990 covering broadcast, cable, radio and print media.

Vance earned a B.A. with Honors from Brown University in 1985.