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Joe Jolson is a founder and Chief Executive Officer of JMP Group, JMP Securities' parent company. He is a member of the executive committee of JMP Group and serves on its board of directors. In addition, he is Chief Executive Officer of JMP Asset Management and JMP Realty Trust. Prior to founding JMP, Joe served as a Senior Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst in the financial services group at Montgomery Securities, now Banc of America Securities, for 15 years. Previously, he was a consulting research analyst at Fidelity Management and Research, in 1983 and 1984, and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, from 1980 through 1982. Joe was named to Institutional Investor magazine's All-America Research Team for ten consecutive years, between 1986 and 1995, for his coverage of the savings and loan industry and was also selected as an All-Star Analyst by the Wall Street Journal in the financial services category in 1996 and 1997. Additionally, he was ranked as a top-five thrift analyst by Greenwich Associates every year from 1985 through 1994. Joe received an MBA with distinction from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA degree from Yale University. | 