As the president of Columbus Macro, Lon Gerber oversees the firm’s business, finance, operations, and compliance activities. Mr. Gerber previously served as the COO for Tower Square Investment Management and First Allied Asset Management. He also led analytical product development for Thomson Financial’s wealth management division and served as an analyst at Citibank. He earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from Binghamton University and an MBA degree from Penn State University. Mr. Gerber and Mr. Columbus met on their first day of graduate business school over 25 years ago, and the two men have worked closely together for most of their professional careers.