Howard Alan Coleman

Mr. Howard A.
Coleman is a Chief Investment Officer & General Counsel at Coldstream Capital Management, Inc. He joined Coldstream through the company’s acquisition of Genesee Investments in 2011.
With a varied background, he brings legal and investment expertise to Coldstream.
In 2014, he became Coldstream’s Chief Investment Officer, working with the Investment Strategy Group to develop strategic and tactical asset allocations and fund due diligence.
Beginning his career at the Seattle firm of Riddell, Williams, Bullitt and Walkinshaw, Mr. Coleman focused on securities related litigation and regulatory issues and became a partner in 1991.
In 1997, he went to work for Genesee Investments as its Managing Director and General Counsel assisting in the analysis and negotiation of its hedge funds’ private investments in public companies.
By the early 2000s, He transitioned away from his legal role and began evaluating hedge funds for Genesee’s three fund of funds.
Having evaluated well over 2,000 hedge funds during his career, he found that his legal background dovetailed nicely into hedge fund analysis and strategies that involved real estate, debt instruments, or bankruptcy.
He received his undergraduate degree from Antioch College and a graduate degree from the University of Washington.