Matt Dalton

Matthew Dalton is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Belle Haven Investments. Matt has worked exclusively in the fixed income asset class since 1985.

Matt left the family farm in central Indiana and began his career at Shearson Lehman Brothers in Chicago. There, he rose to Senior Vice President of the Municipal Trading and Sales Department. In 1994, Matt was recruited to Rodman and Renshaw to head their Municipal Bond Department until joining Belle Haven in 1996.

Matt assumed his current position in 2002, utilizing his years of experience in the institutional muni market to launch and guide the firm in the direction of investment management.

Matt is the lead portfolio manager for all of Belle Haven’s strategies. Belle Haven’s SMA strategies have earned recognition and awards from Lipper and PSN Top Guns. Matt has been named the top portfolio manager in the United States by Citywire for his management of the Transamerica Intermediate Municipal mutual fund, an effort which earned the fund a 2016 Lipper Fund Award in Lipper’s Three Years Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds category and a 2018 Lipper Fund Award in Lipper’s Five Years Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds category.

Matt's expert commentary has appeared regularly in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Debtwire, Reuters, The BondBuyer, and Bloomberg.com.

Matt resides in Katonah, New York with his wife, Chris, and their three children.

Laura Chapman

Laura Chapman is the Chief Operating Officer of Belle Haven Investments. She joined Belle Haven in 2008, originally working on the trading desk and as a Service Team Member before assuming her current role. Laura was made a partner of the firm in 2013.

A key member of the firm, Laura is responsible for the daily management and strategic development of the firm.

A native of New Canaan, CT, Laura left New England to earn her degree from the University of Tennessee, where she was a recipient of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Award.

Laura currently resides in Bedford, New York.

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Michael Menna

Michael Menna joined Belle Haven in 2020 as the Firm’s Controller and was promoted to CFO in 2023. 

Michael began his career in public accounting where he worked for four years as an auditor. Prior to arriving at Belle Haven, he spent eight years at King Street Capital Management, LP as the Assistant Controller of the Management Company group.

Michael attended Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Economics and is a licensed CPA in the state of New York.

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Cara Grealy

Cara launched her career in the industry upon joining Belle Haven in 2011 as an associate. She has been a member of the Investment Team since that time, and was named a Partner in 2017. She worked her way through various roles over the years, using the accumulated knowledge as a stepping-stone to her present position as a Portfolio Manager. Her current responsibilities focus on risk and portfolio construction, and overseeing the reporting and analytics team. Throughout her tenure, Cara has leveraged her deep knowledge of the Firm’s internal systems and macro view of the Firm’s investment process to provide the team a unique leadership perspective.

Cara’s previous experience includes working in the accounting and IT departments at a consulting firm in Westchester County, NY. Ms. Grealy graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, where she played for the nationally-ranked women’s lacrosse team and was a member of the Lambda Pi Eta honor society.

Cara resides in New York, New York.

Nicole Robbins

Nicole Robbins is the Director of Marketing at Belle Haven Investments. She joined Belle Haven in 2011 and was named a Partner in 2018. She is responsible for setting the Firm’s marketing initiatives including brand management and communications, marketing material design, digital marketing and social media, content management, among other areas of focus. Prior to becoming the Director of Marketing in 2022, Nicole was the Head of Investor Relations Team where she oversaw all ongoing client relations.

Ms. Robbins graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in finance.

Nicole resides in New York, New York with her husband and son.

Matt Thomas

Matt Thomas joined Belle Haven Investments in 2012 and was named a Partner in 2022. Matt serves on the Investment Team as the lead taxable portfolio manager for the taxable municipal and corporate asset classes. In his role, Matt is responsible for idea generation and portfolio construction, where he drives researched-backed recommendations across the credit curve. Matt also has prior experience running the Firm’s proprietary bond offering system, which has led to his accumulated knowledge and understanding of the market as a portfolio manager today.

Matt's previous experience includes trading at Trillium Trading in New York, NY. Mr. Thomas is a graduate of the Kogod School of Business from American University.

Matt resides in New York, New York.

Max Christiana

Max joined Belle Haven in 2016 as an associate, and was a trader for several years until his promotion to Portfolio Manager. Max gained extensive trading insight and intuition while running the Firm’s proprietary bond offering system, Hydra. Through his experience, Max has developed a keen sense of trading, valuation, and municipal market dynamics that have contributed to his growth and success as a Portfolio Manager. Max began his career in trading operations and throughout his tenure, has cultivated an innate understanding of the firm’s core values and investment philosophy.

Max’s previous experience includes trading for the Global Markets division of Citizens Bank. Mr. Christiana is a graduate of Boston College with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, where he was a four-year starter on their varsity golf team. He was also a four-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Max resides in New York, New York.

Gage Benoit

Gage Benoit serves on the Investment Team at Belle Haven Investments as an assistant portfolio manager. Gage has served the Firm in many functions; most recently he was responsible for trading operations and prior to becoming a full-time employee, Gage interned at Belle Haven for two years aiding the sales and investments teams.

Mr. Benoit graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor’s degree in financial management.

Gage currently resides in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Michael Luong

Michael Luong serves on the Research Team at Belle Haven Investments, covering taxable corporate issuers. He joined the firm in 2018.

Prior to joining Belle Haven, Michael was an investment analyst in the Fixed Income Group at The Vanguard Group covering multiple sectors across financials, industrials, and utilities for the active and passive bond funds since 2008.

Michael graduated from Drexel University where he received his Bachelors degree in Finance.

Ryan Ciavarelli, CFA, CAIA

Ryan Ciavarelli serves on the Research Team at Belle Haven Investments as a senior research analyst. He joined Belle Haven in 2020. 

Ryan started his career in 2005 at Delaware Investments, which later became Macquarie Asset Management. He started in the institutional sales department and moved onto the municipal bond team in 2010 as a trader. In 2015, he moved into the research group covering a wide variety of sectors during that time including G.O.s, revenue bonds, healthcare, higher education and senior living. Among these sectors, he covered both high-grade and high-yield issuers. 

Ryan is a graduate of Arizona State University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing as well as Villanova University, where he earned his MBA. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Duwayne Walker

Duwayne Walker serves on the Research Team at Belle Haven Investments as a senior research analyst. He joined Belle Haven in October 2021.

Duwayne started his career in 2004 at the New York City Comptroller’s Office in the Bureau of Debt Management as a quantitative analyst. In 2011, after graduating from business school he joined Raymond James Financial (formerly Morgan Keegan) as a municipal market desk analyst covering G.O.s and revenue bonds. Most recently since 2016, Duwayne has worked as a senior analyst/portfolio manager at Federated Hermes (formerly Federated Investors) covering various high yield municipal market sectors and issuers, including senior living, charters schools, speculative/high profile G.O.s and Industrial Development Revenues credits.

Duwayne is a graduate of Hofstra University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business as well as the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where he earned his MBA.

David Johnston

David Johnston serves on the Investment Team at Belle Haven and is involved with fixed income trading as well as investment research.  His background in Institutional Sales gives him a unique position to cover primary issuance for the firm.

Beginning his career in 1986 with Glickenhaus & Co, he worked on the Special Situations, Sinking Funds and the Institutional Sales desks. In 1994, David joined Belle Haven in the Institutional Sales Department, prior to the firm’s current structure as an Asset Manager.  In 2006, he went to Oppenheimer as a Senior Director before rejoining Belle Haven in 2015.

Mr. Johnston is a graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.

David resides in Cross River, New York with his wife, Heidi, and their two sons.

Delaney Wong

Delaney Wong joined Belle Haven in 2019 and is responsible for secondary trading.

Delaney graduated from St. John Fisher College, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance and minored in Accounting. After graduation, she spent her summer tutoring high school students in Algebra and Earth Science before joining the Belle Haven team. 

She currently resides in Woodbury, New York. 

Sean Walter

Sean Walter joined Belle Haven in 2021. He is currently responsible for trading in the secondary market. Prior to joining the trading team, he started at Belle Haven as a Trading Operations Associate.

Mr. Walter graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a minor in Economics. He was a 4 year member of the UNH Men’s Varsity Lacrosse team. Prior to joining Belle Haven, Sean held positions in Procurement with UPS as well as a Financial Advisor with Northwestern Mutual.

Sean is from Warwick, NY, which is where he currently resides.

Dan O’ Brien

Dan O'Brien is Senior Vice President and the Head of Institutional Development and Consultant Relations at Belle Haven Investments. He has been working in the financial services industry for over 30 years, in positions covering all channels of the retail and Institutional marketplace.

Dan's experience includes working in Fixed Income, Equities and Alternative Investments. He began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1989. He went on to serve as a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Group at John Hancock, a key member of the Alternative Strategies Group at Wells Fargo, and as a Senior Vice President at Nuveen Investments.  

Mr. O'Brien resides in Pound Ridge, New York with his wife, Laura, and their two children.

Stan Sattler

Stan Sattler is the Director of Investment Solutions at Belle Haven Investments. Stan is responsible for operating as a liaison between the Investment Team and Belle Haven’s strategic partners. When not traveling to meet our partners, Stan sits directly with the Investment Team on the trading desk. 

His primary duties consist of business development through supporting Advisors and Consultants across the country.

Stan’s previous experience includes roles in wealth management, trading and business development across a variety of asset classes. Stan has been in the industry since 2008 and joined Belle Haven in 2016.

Stan is motivated by learning about clients’ needs and wants in order help ensure that their investments are receiving the attention they deserve. When he is not working, Stan enjoys exploring new places, trying new food, live music, golf, beach activities, and giving back to important causes. Originally from central New Jersey, Stan graduated from University of Connecticut’s Business School in Stamford, Connecticut. 

He currently resides in Norwalk, Connecticut with his wife. 

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Mason Durand

Mason joined Belle Haven in 2018 as part of the Advisory Solutions Team. Mason is responsible for marketing initiatives and fostering new relationships. 

His previous experience includes a wholesaling role with Legg Mason, partnering with financial advisors in the L.A. Metro area.  He was responsible for the management of relationships in this territory, and specialized in the sale of mutual funds, ETF’s, and separately managed accounts.

Originally from Upstate NY, Mason earned a bachelor’s degree from The State University of NY at Oswego, in Oswego NY.

Mason currently resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with his wife and two daughters. 

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Brandon Rook

Brandon Rook joined Belle Haven in 2021 as part of the Advisory Solutions Team.

Brandon graduated from Syracuse University, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in both Finance and Real Estate. Prior to joining Belle Haven, Brandon interned as an analyst at a boutique investment firm which focused on private equity, venture capital, and real estate.

Brandon currently resides in Jericho, New York.

Kyle Turnier

Kyle serves as the Head of Investor Relations at Belle Haven Investments. He joined Belle Haven and the Investor Relations Team in 2019 and was named Head of Investor Relations in 2022. Kyle is responsible for overseeing the Firm’s client relations and works closely with the Investment and Advisory Solutions Teams to provide best-in-class client service to our partners.

His previous experience includes working on the Client Services team at AQR Capital Management and the Client Onboarding team at UBS Investment Bank.

Kyle is a graduate of Pace University where he received his BBA in Finance and was the captain of the Pace University Baseball Team.

Kyle currently resides in Stamford, Connecticut with his wife, Allegra.

Ashley Weir

Ashley serves on the Investor Relations Team at Belle Haven Investments as a Senior Relationship Manager. She is an integral member of the team in helping to develop and maintain our client relationships with an exceptional level of care and attention. 

Ashley’s previous experience includes working at Windham Capital Management, an asset management firm in Boston, MA.

Ms. Weir graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Environmental Studies. 

Ashley currently resides in New York, New York. 

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Jack Riina

Jack Riina joined Belled Haven Investments in 2021 and serves on the Investor Relations Team.

Jack graduated from the University of Maryland, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and minored in Pre – Law.

Jack currently resides in New Rochelle, New York.

Carolena Pizzuti

Carolena Pizzuti joined Belle Haven as Investor Relations Associate in 2023. Carolena is a recent graduate from Binghamton University, where she received her Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Carolena currently resides in Scarsdale, New York.

Bridget Dalton

Bridget Dalton serves on the Investor Relations Team at Belle Haven Investments. She interned at the firm in 2018 and later joined Belle Haven full time in 2022. Bridget is also involved with the firm’s Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Ms. Dalton graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography, with a minor in Spanish. She was awarded the John Muir Award for Exceptional Performance by her department upon graduating in May 2022.

Bridget is a Westchester native who currently resides in Katonah, New York with her family.

Frank Schiavone

Frank Schiavone joined Belle Haven in 2021 as a member of the Advisory Solutions Team. In 2023, he joined the Investor Relations Team.

Prior to joining Belle Haven, Frank’s previous experience includes working in Accounting for a Private Equity Fund Administrator.

Frank graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, NY where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting as well as an MBA with a Concentration in Finance. While at STAC he was the Captain of both the Winter and Spring Track and Field teams.

Frank currently resides in Nanuet, New York.

Aleksandra Davis

Aleksandra Davis serves as the Head of Portfolio Operations Belle Haven Investments. She is responsible for overseeing with the daily reconciliation and administration of client portfolios.

Aleksandra previously spent six years as an assistant trader at Sankaty Capital in Rowayton, CT.

A native of Omsk Russia, Aleksandra completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering at Omsk State Technical University.

She currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband, Christian, and their two sons.

Steven Cheng

Steven Cheng serves on the Investment Team at Belle Haven Investments.  He is responsible for performing daily performance and reconciliation reports for all client portfolios.

Prior to joining Belle Haven, Steven’s previous experience was based in transportation leasing services.

Mr. Cheng is a graduate from LaSalle University with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and Finance.

Steven resides in Rye, New York with his wife, Tracy, and their son. 

Michael Haut

Michael Haut joined Belle Haven in 2019 and is responsible for trading operations.

Prior to joining Belle Haven, Michael held various positions at HSBC within Foreign Exchange and Equity Derivatives.

Originally from Long Island, New York, Michael is an avid sports fan and roots for the Jets, Mets and Knicks. He is a graduate of Syracuse University where he majored in Finance.

Michael currently resides in New York, New York with his wife. 

Kevin Beneventine

Kevin Beneventine joined Belle Haven in 2021 as part of the Trade Operations Team.

Kevin graduated from Seton Hall University with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. During his time at Seton Hall Kevin interned at a publication firm where he was the Business and Markets writer.

Kevin currently resides in Northern New Jersey.

Ryan Alt

Ryan Alt joined Belle Haven in 2022 as a Trading Operations Associate.

Ryan grew up in Cleveland, Ohio before attending Fordham University in The Bronx. He studied Economics and Accounting and graduated in 2022. Previously, he interned for a firm in the distressed debt space before starting at Belle Haven.

Ryan currently lives in Manhattan.

Dominic Luciani

Dominic Luciani joined Belle Haven in 2023 as a Trading Operations Associate.

Dominic is a graduate of Rider University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. Before joining Belle Haven, Dominic worked in Portfolio Operations and has experience in engineering.

Adam Palmeri

Adam Palmeri joined Belle Haven in 2022 as Assistant Controller.

Adam began his career in Accounting at a Nonprofit organization supporting US Veterans. Prior to arriving at Belle Haven, he spent three years at King Street Capital Management, LP as an Accountant in the Management Company controller’s group.

Adam attended Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey where he studied Business and Finance.

He currently resides in Rutherford, New Jersey.

Kali Barisano

Kali Barisano joined Belle Haven as a Compliance Associate in 2022.

Kali is a recent graduate from Loyola University Maryland where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and a minor in Information Systems, Data Analytics, and Forensic Studies.

Prior to joining Belle Haven, she interned at a financial services organization.

Kali currently resides in Crestwood, New York.

Isaac Mota

Isaac Mota is the Network Engineer for Belle Haven Investments. He is responsible for the technological and implementation processes of the company.

Isaac has been working in the Information Technology Industry for over 13 years. His prior experience includes infrastructure development, enterprise systems management, virtualization, MDM and head of software strategy. He came to Belle Haven from CSC Sugar, LLC, a futures commission merchant.

Mr. Mota received his Bachelors of Science in Systems Engineering from UTESA. Isaac also holds several certificates including the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), as well as security certifications from the Technical Institute of America and ITLA.

Isaac resides in Riverdale, New York with his wife, Cinthia, and their son.

Emmanuel De Los Santos

Manny is the End-User Support for Belle Haven Investment. Responsible to Provide IT technical service to users with hardware and software requests handling all related duties and responsibilities, including software/hardware infrastructure.

Manny has been working in information technology for over 15 years as a support specialist. Previously worked providing white-glove IT service to prestigious law firms.

Manny graduated from City College of NY with a BA in Computer Science and has a passion for photography and traveling.

Manny currently resides in Bronx, NY, with his two daughters, Kaitlyn and Amelia.

Armen Manukian

Armen has over 22 years of application development and systems programming experience of which over 14 years in financial services. Prior to joining Belle Haven Investments, Armen was an Executive Director at CIFC Asset Management LLC supporting Front Office system. As a Senior Software Engineer at Anchorage Capital Group LLC Armen managed CLO/CBO Compliance platform. While working for BNY Mellon Government Securities, Armen led Application Development team responsible for building Government Securities Clearance platform. Prior to that Armen was a Senior Developer, Vice President at Vertical Capital LLC where he worked on firm’s proprietary RMBS Surveillance, Trading, Analytics and Risk platform. His prior experience includes working at Nomura where he lead development team responsible for design and development of their Global Risk Management System.

Armen holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology and studied Biomedical Engineering while at Novgorod State University, Russia.

Armen resides in Fort Lee, New Jersey with his wife Inna and their three daughters.

Dilsat Sagin

Dilsat Sagin serves on the Software Development Team at Belle Haven. Dilsat joined Belle Haven in 2018 and is responsible for software implementation, system integration and testing.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering and has over 15 years of experience in software development. His prior experience includes several software engineering positions focusing on enterprise data management and analytics.

Dilsat resides in Stamford, Connecticut.

Shiraz Sayed

Shiraz Sayed is responsible for data engineering as the Director of Data Engineering at Belle Haven Investments. He joined the firm in 2021.

Shiraz has been working in the Information Technology Industry for over 13 years. His prior experience includes configuring and building high-performing and scalable data engineering solutions for mission critical applications. He's previously worked at Citi, Hewlett Packard and Upland Software, as well as consulted for data engineering solutions at Security Benefit and Playstudios.

Shiraz graduated from the University of Maryland with a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering. He has a passion for traveling, soccer and photography.

Shiraz currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife Sarah, and their two children.