Nick Macrina, CFA, is a Senior Portfolio Specialist within Vanguard Financial Advisor Services division where he consults with advisors on investment thought leadership and Vanguard’s full range of investment solutions.

Prior to Vanguard, Nick held various roles at BlackRock, where he was most recently an Institutional Product Strategist within its Active Equities Group, representing both Fundamental and Quantitative equity strategies. Previously, Nick was a Product Strategist for BlackRock’s Global Equity Platform, its fundamentally-driven equity offering. Nick began his career at BlackRock within the US Wealth Advisory Group, its intermediary-driven distribution team, primarily as an internal wholesaler covering clients in the mid-Atlantic region. Nick earned a B.S. in finance from the Pennsylvania State University in 2011. Nick is a CFA charterholder and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA).