Ned Smith has worked in the commercial real estate industry for more than 20 years helping clients manage and develop portfolios for various real estate projects and sectors, including retail, multifamily, office and industrial. He joined UMB Bank in In October 2017 to lead its growing Kansas City commercial real estate team with a focus on new loan production and portfolio management of CRE loans, as well as relationship management and business development.

Jennifer Boxberger is assistant vice president and senior investment product analyst in UMB’s Private Wealth Management division. In this role, she is responsible for investment manager due diligence on current and prospective investment strategies in support of UMB Private Wealth Management’s Open Architecture platform.

Austin Braithwait, is EVP, executive managing director - Investor Solutions and Corporate Trust.

Brian Hutchin serves as executive vice president and director of Healthcare Services at UMB Bank.

Amy Small is executive vice president, executive director of Institutional Custody at UMB Bank. UMB has more than 70 years of custody servicing experience with domestic and global transaction processing with straight-through processing, a robust security master that can accommodate data requirements of complex holdings, integration with large accounting providers, corporate actions processing, securities lending partnerships, as well as cash management services.

Cydney Gurgens joined UMB in 2014 as senior vice president and director of commercial real estate. She is responsible for establishing the investment commercial real estate lending platform for the company, managing a team of commercial lenders and underwriters, and providing oversight for all investment commercial real estate lending activities across the bank.

Spencer Erickson is tax managing director, alternative investments at UMB Fund Services. He oversees all aspects of tax reporting for the firm’s many private fund tax clients. Spencer is a leading tax expert in the hedge fund and private equity industry. He advises fund clients on entity/fee structuring, allocation methodology, and investment/operations for tax efficiency.

Brandon is an assistant vice president and fiduciary tax manager in the Private Wealth Management division of UMB Bank, and has been with the bank for more than seven years. He holds a master’s degree in accounting from University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) and a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from UMKC.

John Mastro is senior vice president of commercial loans in Colorado. In this role, he is responsible for building long-term relationships, targeting new business relationships and managing credit risk. He is actively involved in the Denver community, and has been actively volunteering with Junior Achievement (JA) Rocky Mountain for more than 15 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Denver.