Jeanette Garretty

Chief Economist & Head of Advisor Experience

Jeanette is a Principal and Managing Director at Robertson Stephens. For more than three decades, Jeanette has advised business leaders, entrepreneurs and wealthy families in the management of their personal financial needs, with a particular focus on unique market opportunities, strategic planning and philanthropy. With her colleagues throughout the firm, Jeanette engages with Robertson Stephens clients and their advisors to provide a superior experience in all facets of their relationship. Since 2018, Jeanette has also served as the Chief Economist for Robertson Stephens, working closely with the Investment Office to formulate timely and incisive analysis of business conditions and economic policy for the benefit of all client portfolios at the firm. She is regularly featured on Bloomberg, Reuters and Yahoo Finance and frequently posts breaking economic news commentary on Twitter.

Immediately prior  to joining Robertson Stephens, Jeanette was Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor for Wells Fargo Private Bank in Palo Alto, California. She started her career in the financial services industry at Bank of America as Head of Industry Analysis and Chief Domestic Economist.

Jeanette earned an M.A. and Ph.D.(abd) in Economics from Stanford, and a BS (summa cum laude) in Mathematical Economics from Santa Clara University.  She continues her commitment to the advancement of knowledge in a number of roles, serving as a member of the Executive Board of the Stanford University Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), the Advisory Board for the Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) , the Executive Board Member The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Chair of  the Investment Committee of The Phi Beta Kappa Society and Audit Committee chair for the Board of the National Library of Israel.  Jeanette is Chair Emerita of the Northern Arizona University Foundation Investment Committee and Regent Emerita at Santa Clara University.

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