Marshal K. McReal earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Whitman as well as an MBA from Cambridge in 1996. He is principal and co-founder of Garde Capital, Inc., a registered investment advisory and wealth management firm serving families, foundations and non-profit institutions in Seattle. Garde Capital has been named one of the top 300 registered investment advisors in the United States by The Financial Times and one of the top 100 fee-only advisors in the United States by CNBC. Prior to founding Garde, McReal was a vice president with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and senior vice president of Salomon Smith Barney. He has served on the boards of Cambridge in America and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Henry Art Gallery and the Episcopal Diocese of Western Washington.