John Sanders
I was in a business class over the summer at Campell University before my Sophomore year when the professor asked to see me after class. In addition to teaching summer school, Mr. Witherspoon turned out to be the Director of the Trust and Investment Management Program. Affectionately referred to as “Spoon”, but also known as “The Godfather of the Campbell Trust Mafia” he made me an offer that day I couldn’t refuse – to enroll in the Trust program.
After a couple of internships in Cleveland and Dallas, I was very fortunate to land a coveted full-time position working in the Trust Department of the Private Bank at Bank of America in Charlotte. I was also able to stay in my home state of North Carolina while watching my classmates land positions all over the country. While I had the opportunity most college students aren’t given, to take exactly what I learned in school to my first full time job, it didn’t take long for me to realize corporate America wasn’t for me.
After a few years at the bank, I joined GenSpring Family Offices, which at the time was one of the largest Registered Investment Advisor firms in the country, where I served ultra-high net worth families. I spent roughly a decade at GenSpring with some of the most talented advisors who helped shape the Advisor I am today.
I’m a native of New Bern, NC, the first capital of North Carolina, birthplace of Pepsi, and where one Grandfather started a drug store and the other started a logging company.
My Dad worked for his Dad in the woods when he identified the need for transportation to the mills, bought a truck, and started a log trucking company currently run by my youngest brother. Small businesses have been a big part of my life and I’m passionate about guiding owners to find their financial success.
Away from the office you can find me coaching my son’s little league baseball teams or watching my daughter play goalie for her Club and High School soccer teams.
We also love to travel as a family. I enjoy National Parks and Major League Baseball Parks almost equally – and spending time at the beaches and mountains of the Carolinas.
John Sanders
I was in a business class over the summer at Campell University before my Sophomore year when the professor asked to see me after class. In addition to teaching summer school, Mr. Witherspoon turned out to be the Director of the Trust and Investment Management Program. Affectionately referred to as “Spoon”, but also known as “The Godfather of the Campbell Trust Mafia” he made me an offer that day I couldn’t refuse – to enroll in the Trust program.
After a couple of internships in Cleveland and Dallas, I was very fortunate to land a coveted full-time position working in the Trust Department of the Private Bank at Bank of America in Charlotte. I was also able to stay in my home state of North Carolina while watching my classmates land positions all over the country. While I had the opportunity most college students aren’t given, to take exactly what I learned in school to my first full time job, it didn’t take long for me to realize corporate America wasn’t for me.
After a few years at the bank, I joined GenSpring Family Offices, which at the time was one of the largest Registered Investment Advisor firms in the country, where I served ultra-high net worth families. I spent roughly a decade at GenSpring with some of the most talented advisors who helped shape the Advisor I am today.
I’m a native of New Bern, NC, the first capital of North Carolina, birthplace of Pepsi, and where one Grandfather started a drug store and the other started a logging company.
My Dad worked for his Dad in the woods when he identified the need for transportation to the mills, bought a truck, and started a log trucking company currently run by my youngest brother. Small businesses have been a big part of my life and I’m passionate about guiding owners to find their financial success.
Away from the office you can find me coaching my son’s little league baseball teams or watching my daughter play goalie for her Club and High School soccer teams.
We also love to travel as a family. I enjoy National Parks and Major League Baseball Parks almost equally – and spending time at the beaches and mountains of the Carolinas.
