Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington is the Chief Executive Officer of Gilman Hill Asset Management, LLC, an income-focused, boutique investment management firm located in New Canaan, CT.
Ms. Harrington also serves as Portfolio Manager of the firm’s flagship Equity Income strategy, which she created and has managed since its inception. In this capacity, she is responsible for an equity portfolio with a mandate of generating a 5% or higher aggregate annual dividend yield, with additional potential for capital appreciation.
Ms. Harrington has over twenty-five years of investment experience. Prior to joining Gilman Hill in 2006, she was a Vice President in Private Wealth Management at Neuberger Berman where she originated the Equity Income strategy that she manages today at Gilman Hill. Previously, Jenny began her Wall Street career as an Analyst in Goldman Sachs’ Private Client Services group, where she worked with high net worth individuals and families in a variety of investment capacities. She subsequently worked as an Associate in Goldman’s Investment Management division, where she served as a strategic liaison for the Investment Banking Division.
A sought-after expert on dividend investing, Ms. Harrington is regularly quoted in major business publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s.
Ms. Harrington serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for Economic Education, as a member of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, as Vice Chair of the Investment Committee of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation, and as a member of the Johns Hopkins Health System Pension Investment Review Committee. Previously she was a Trustee of her alma mater, Hollins University, where she served on the Investment Committee and co-chaired the Audit Committee.
She received her MBA from Columbia University, and her BA from Hollins University, where she graduated cum laude, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
