Susan Montgomery

Susan M. Byrne is the Founder and Vice Chairman of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., a registered investment advisor. Founded in 1983, Westwood serves a variety of institutional clients, such as corporate pension funds, religious organizations, endowments and foundations. In addition, Westwood is the investment advisor to The Westwood Funds ®, a family of open-ended mutual funds. Ms. Byrne currently serves on the Board of Westwood Management and Westwood International Advisors (WIA), WHG’s subsidiary in Toronto, offering global and emerging markets products. She is a member of the board of Impact Dallas and also serves on the board of the Dallas Museum of Art. Ms. Byrne is an honorary Trustee of the Southwestern Medical Foundation. She is a former board member of University of Texas Investment Management Co., City of Dallas Employees Retirement Fund, the Presbyterian Communities and Services Foundation, The Governor’s Business Council and The Dallas Citizens Council. Ms. Byrne is a member of both the New York and Dallas Societies of Securities Analysts. She has been a guest on CNBC and has been featured in numerous financial publications such as; Barrons, Smart Money, Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s and Fortune. Ms. Byrne has over forty years of Wall Street, portfolio management and plan sponsor experience.