Brandon Pizzurro

President & Chief Investment Officer at GuideStone Financial Resources

Brandon Pizzurro has a strong background in the financial services industry. Brandon is currently the President & Chief Investment Officer at GuideStone Financial Resources, where they oversee all investment-related lines of business and serves as the President of GuideStone Capital Management, LLC and GuideStone Investment Services. Brandon is also a voting member of GuideStone's Institutional Portfolio Committee. Prior to this role, Brandon held the position of Director of Public Investments and Senior Portfolio Manager at GuideStone, responsible for managing a suite of multi-manager sub-advised mutual funds. Brandon led the Public Markets analyst research team and the Faith-Based Investing research analysts, and was in charge of manager research, selection, and ongoing monitoring.

Before joining GuideStone, Brandon worked at First Command Financial Services as a Senior Investment Analyst, where they were responsible for due diligence, capital allocation, and the monitoring of discretionary wrap program and retail mutual fund assets. Brandon also served as the Chairman of the Investment Strategy and Research committee.

Earlier in their career, Brandon held the role of Financial Consulting Director at 1st Global, where they conducted research for a discretionary model portfolio program and was responsible for alternative investments research and creating bespoke investment solutions for advisors' clients. Brandon also had a short stint as a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley and gained internship experience at both Capital Group | American Funds and LPL Financial.

Brandon Pizzurro obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a double major in Finance and Real Estate from Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business. Brandon also holds additional certifications such as being Bloomberg Certified, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant (CFP®), having completed Level I of the CFA Program, being Morningstar Direct Certified, and holding Series 7, 66, 24, and 31 certifications (currently inactive) from FINRA.

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