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Marc Thompson
President
Marc Thompson is a Christian man, having attended fellowships with the same church since 1986. He has been married to his wife Diana since 1988 and together they have four daughters. Marc is an owner and founder of Sovereign Capital Vantage, and leads Sovereign’s multi-state operations, with responsibility for the business of caring for client’s wealth and planning in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. He developed the five investment models that form the foundation of investments we offer our clients.
Marc began his career as a Financial Advisor in 1996 and since that time has worked with clients of all sorts from clients in late retirement years, to high net worth accredited investors, from retail investors to Private Placements and Intrastate Public Offerings.
Marc has served in a high-level leadership role in four investment related companies in Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee, including his role as President, CEO, and Director of Heartland Associates, Inc., a diversified financial holding company located in Missouri, which owned and operated two subsidiaries, Heartland Insurance Group and Heartland Investment Management, a Registered Investment Advisor.
Heartland was a privately held company owned by more than 230 accredited investors. In this role, Marc was responsible for the formation of the parent company as well as their subsidiaries and exercised a fiduciary duty to the shareholders. He oversaw three stock offerings which raised millions of dollars and executed a business plan he developed, which resulted in Heartland Insurance Group becoming the fastest growing Health Insurance Agency in the state of Missouri. According to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri, the company was the fastest growing they had ever seen.
Marc has served in various charity volunteer positions, including the President board of directors of Beauvoir, scout leader, church duties and speaks regularly to audiences presenting the six historical programs he’s developed related to events during the War Between the States.
Diana L Thompson
Secretary/Treasurer
Diana is a Christian woman, attending fellowships with the same church since 1988. She and her husband Marc married in 1988 and have four beautiful and successful daughters. Diana is an owner and founder of Sovereign Capital Vantage, Inc. and was key in its formation and development, assisting in the establishment of important structures within the corporation.
By profession, Diana is a educator, and has served as the Multidisciplinary Educational Team Chairman, and as such was responsible for the enormous amount of legally required paperwork associated with special education. This experience with detailed regulatory requirements has been a tremendous benefit to the administration of Sovereign as it operates in a highly regulated industry.
Diana holds a degree in Special Education Hearing Impaired and she volunteers regularly with her church, has served as a scout leader, EF Tours Exchange Student Host and served for many years as President of the Southaven Highschool Art Boosters, where three of her and her husband’s daughters graduated. Diana is currently pursuing her securities registration to further expand her ability to provide value to our clients.
Emily Griswell
Marketing VP
Emily is a Christian woman, attending Bible fellowships with the same church her whole life. She and her husband have been married since 2013 and have two school-age daughters.
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Emily is a builder and innovator with a diverse background, bringing a variety of skills and experience into her role. She worked as an HR manager for a fortune 500 company, where she developed a new onboarding and orientation program. After launching this program, she exceeded company goals for reducing turnover and increasing retention by over 200% while hiring and training 2000 new employees a year. Also in her HR role, Emily guided union relations, supervised benefit administration, and promoted and supported strong relationships with local community organizations, all while ensuring compliance and associate knowledge of federal, state, and local employment law.
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Additionally, Emily has experience working as an operations manager for a fortune 500 company, stewarding and regulating a multi-million-dollar weekly budget. In this role, she implemented regular operational performance tracking and reporting, leveraging data to improve operational efficiency, assisting with labor management, wage budgets, and supply costs, as well as overseeing health and safety guidelines for nearly 500 employees.
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In another role, while working as a merchandising manager, Emily was responsible for executing merchandising initiatives, and exceeding sales and profit budgets, as well as other targeted goals. She directed 12 teams in pricing and displaying merchandise within company guidelines for product presentation, signage, quality, and proper space allocation in a 200,000 square foot merchandising space. She also oversaw promotional activities and events, working with her own teams, vendors, and company affiliates within the local community.
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Emily has a heart to serve people and improve lives, striving to personally connect with everyone she encounters. She believes you should always leave people, places, and things better than you find them. She holds a high standard of excellence, refuses to cut corners or compromise on her integrity, and approaches life with joy, enthusiasm, and optimism.