Vision, Security, Trust

Lou Robinson, TEP
CEO and President

Denis Damiens, CFP®
Founding Member

J. Keith Shelton, Esq.
Co-Manager

Justin Cain
Chief Operations Officer

Francesca Harris
Chief Compliance Officer

Pamela Hankins
Chief Fiduciary Officer

Eric McMullen
Chief Strategy Officer

John Gallo, Ph.D., CFA®, CFP®
Chief Investment Officer

Andy Robinson
Director of Finance

Carlos Guzman
Director of Business Development, Latin America

Rick Kane, CPA
Controller

Tim Morgan
Investor Relations/Business Development

Jacqui Miller
Senior Trust Officer

Justin A. Serafin, JD
Trust Officer, Fiduciary Specialist
Lou Robinson, TEP
CEO and President
As Chief Executive Officer/President of Alliance Trust Company of Nevada, Lou Robinson oversees financial operations, internal reporting, and regulatory compliance while providing investment advice, tax planning opportunities, and estate plan administration to domestic and international families. Recruited by the company from a private accounting practice in 2011, Lou is an expert on complex estate and tax planning issues.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Lou holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nevada, Reno with a dual major in Finance and Accounting. Lou is married and has two children.
Denis Damiens, CFP®
Mr. Damiens is a co-manager and a member of the Board of Managers of Alliance Trust Company. He entered the financial services industry in 1982 after graduation from the University of Southern Mississippi with an MBA degree. In 1984, after a few years of experience with a local financial planning firm, he started his own registered investment advisor company to offer fee-based services.
Denis has worked primarily with high-income and high-net-worth individuals and professionals. His main concentration is on investment management for individuals, qualified retirement plans, and estates. Estate and asset protection planning represent the majority of his activities. Qualified retirement plans are frequently used as planning tools along with structuring various business entities and trust arrangements while working closely with the client's attorney and accountant. His background includes over twenty years of experience as a branch manager for two independent broker-dealers in which he was responsible for compliance issues and supervision responsibility of other licensed representatives. He has also managed a fee-based registered investment advisor company since 1984.
Industry designations include Certified Financial Planner, Accredited Asset Management Specialist, and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. He has also received additional training in pension plan design, estate planning, business valuation, and asset protection planning. Other professional activities include business valuations, business mergers, and acquisitions, expert witness testimony on business valuations, and divorce settlements regarding financial issues.
Denis is recognized by industry professionals for his expertise and has been a featured speaker at various industry education programs, professional groups, and trade associations.
J. Keith Shelton, Esq.
Keith maintained his business consulting practice and relocated to the great state of Texas where he continued consulting on commercial real estate transactions, oil and gas, qualified and non-qualified executive compensation planning, and asset protection and estate planning.
Keith has international experience representing clients before business firms in Panama, Bermuda, and the United Arab Emirates, and as recently as 2010 brought his business experience and legal perspective to bear for Alliance Trust Company developing and qualifying its precious metals Common Trust Funds and Collective Investment Funds utilizing a Canadian based bullion management company and a Canadian Bank. Once this work was completed, Keith was asked to join Alliance Trust and became Co-Manager of the company and is a member of the Board of Managers for Alliance.
Keith has gained nationwide recognition as a featured speaker having given talks on Estate Planning and Asset Protection Planning at advanced estate planning seminars at Lake Tahoe, Reno, and Las Vegas, Nevada; Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; and Lubbock, Texas and he has had several articles published covering similar topics.
Keith presently resides in Lubbock, Texas, and concentrates on commercial real estate development nationally and provides asset protection planning for high net-worth clients. He is married to a world-renowned artist, Cynara, and they have two adult children.
Justin Cain
Chief Operations Officer
A Missouri native, Justin holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Upon earning his MBA, Justin started his career with H&R Block Financial Advisors in the Kansas City area before relocating to the Reno-Tahoe area with his wife in 2006. The couple now calls Reno home and has two young boys who keep them more than busy and always on their toes.
Justin enjoys traveling, golfing, snowboarding, and spending time in the great outdoors with his family.
Francesca Harris
Francesca has an extensive background in the finance and accounting industry, specializing in improving efficiency, reducing risk, and ensuring compliance. She can identify areas of strength and weakness in a process and implement company policies, standards, changes in operation, and systems that optimize productivity and improve the bottom line.
Originally from California and graduating with a Bachelor’s in Accounting from California State University, Sacramento, Francesca moved to Reno in 2018, joining the Alliance team in early 2021.
She is married with one son and two golden retrievers. When she is not working, she and her family enjoy outdoor activities like mountain biking, dirt biking, and camping.
Pamela Hankins
Pamela "Pam" Hankins has joined Alliance Trust Company, bringing with her a wealth of experience in fiduciary matters. Previously, she has held Managing Director positions at both Comerica Bank and JP Morgan Chase, where she was responsible for overseeing the delivery of Personal Trust services and administration. Pam has also managed the regulatory and compliance requirements for Trust Companies. Throughout her career, Pam has worked in various areas of Financial Services, including Retail Banking, Small Business Lending, and Trust.
Pam is a resident of one of the many inland lakes in Southeast Michigan, where she enjoys boating, golfing, traveling, spending time with her family, and being outdoors.
Eric McMullen
Eric McMullen works collaboratively with the CEO and other members of the leadership team to ensure the strategic plan for the firm has properly defined tactics for implementation. He has served in various executive management roles in the trust and financial services sector for over 30 years, including Regional Managing Director and Chief Fiduciary Officer. Eric has successfully led teams across the United States to generate sales and meet corporate goals and has extensive experience in fiduciary guidance.
Eric received his Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership from Purdue University and is a certified Financial Planner™ professional. He was the founder of No More, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting children's cancer and a past volunteer for Lurie Children's Hospital, Make A-Wish Foundation and has been dedicated to animal rescue for over 20 years.
John Gallo, Ph.D., CFA®, CFP®
John has thirty-five years in academia conducting financial research and teaching finance courses. He received Ph.D. (Finance) and MBA degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington; a BS was earned at the University of Iowa. He was most recently on the Finance faculty at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business and the University of Colorado-Boulder Leeds School of Business. His research has been published in financial journals including the Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Banking and Finance, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, and Journal of Financial Services Research.
His career concurrently includes over thirty years of experience in the investment industry serving as a portfolio manager, research analyst, pension consultant, and financial advisor. John holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and the Certified Financial Planner professional designations and nine FINRA securities licenses.
Andy Robinson CFP®
Andrew “Andy” Robinson comes to Alliance Trust Company with over 25 years experience in public accounting and private industry. As a CPA licensed in the State of Nevada, he is bringing to us his knowledge of accounting, audit, finance, and operational management experience in positions ranging from Director of Internal Audit and SOX Compliance to Vice President of Operations to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of an SEC company. He has been a licensed Gaming Executive in the States of Nevada and California.
A native Nevadan and UNR Graduate, he serves as the Vice Chairman and Treasurer of the Neighborhood Mediation Center and served as the Treasurer of Ridge House, a substance abuse rehabilitation center. On his off time, he enjoys gardening, playing his mandolin, camping, and the gym.
Carlos Guzman
Carlos has more than 30 years of experience in family wealth and cross-border planning, working with major international banks and international trust companies in the Cayman Islands, Mexico City, Panama, and the U.S. Carlos has been doing cross-border planning for the most influential families in the Latin American region.
Carlos holds an Economics Degree from Universidad Iberoamericana, a Family Business Advisory and Family Wealth Advisor Certificate from the Family Firm Institute in Boston, and has the Trust and Estate Practitioner designation issued by STEP.
Rick Kane, CPA
Rick Kane graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a degree in Business Economics and Accounting. Rick has seven years of tax and accounting experience and is a member of the Nevada Society of CPA’s. With an eye for detail, Rick enjoys the complexity of discovering strategic solutions for a variety of clients. He has tackled projects servicing high net-worth individuals and their trust compliance needs, with a specialty in taxation and strategic planning for wealthy individuals. In addition, his professional experience includes financial analysis and stock portfolio management.
During his free time, Rick can be found racing Go-Karts, kayaking, or occasionally enjoying a relaxing round of golf.
Tim Morgan
With immense experience in both the finance and fiduciary industries, Tim Morgan is an asset for both domestic and international Alliance Trust Company of Nevada clients. Tim holds a Bachelor of Art in International Business from the University of Nevada, Reno as well as graduate studies focused on healthcare econometrics. Tim's experience includes being director of operations at a boutique financial advisory firm, healthcare technology consulting, and various roles in the financial services industry.
Tim is an avid golfer, runner, and snowboarder. Tim and his wife have four children and reside in the Reno/Tahoe area.
Jacqui Miller
Before joining Alliance Trust Company of Nevada, Jacqui accumulated over twenty-five years of trust administration and operations experience as a Trust Officer, Trust Operations Manager, Special Asset Treasurer, and Auditor. Jacqui obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Finance from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Originally from Connecticut, Jacqui relocated to Reno in 1998. As a mother of three wonderful children, Jacqui makes time to enjoy the outdoors with her family and friends.
Justin A. Serafin
Justin A. Serafin is an experienced Trust Officer and Fiduciary Specialist with about a decade of experience, having worked at both wealth management and law firms. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Providence College, and a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law. Prior to his career in wealth management, Justin was in the military for 13 years, having reached the rank of Staff Sergeant. Outside of work Justin enjoys wood working/ furniture building, metalwork, and brewing his own beer.