John W. Buoymaster
President and Director of Portfolio Management

John Buoymaster is President of Hall Capital Partners LLC. He serves as a Director of the company, Director of Portfolio Management, and a member of the Firm's Investment Review Committee, and has direct portfolio management and relationship responsibility for a number of the Firm's clients.

Mr. Buoymaster joined the Firm in 1998 as Managing Director. Previously, he was a Vice President in the San Francisco office of J.P. Morgan & Co. At J.P. Morgan, Mr. Buoymaster advised individuals and families on investment strategy, portfolio structuring and generational planning. From 1977 through 1991, Mr. Buoymaster was associated with the San Francisco and Palo Alto law firm of Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum, and was a partner in that firm from 1984 through 1991. His practice concentrated on estate and tax planning and estate and trust administration, primarily for venture capitalists and founders of emerging companies. He also represented non-profit organizations, including family foundations and non-profit research organizations.

Mr. Buoymaster is a member of the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, the Investment Committee of The Children's Health Council (Palo Alto) and the Advisory Board for Kohlberg Investors IV and V, L.P., which are private investment partnerships. He is also on the Planned Giving Advisory Committees for KQED and The California Academy of Sciences, and chairs the Planned Giving Executive Committee at Williams College. He previously served as a director or trustee of various non-profit organizations, including Marin Country Day School, The Little School (San Francisco), Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties, and the Children's Health Council (Palo Alto).

Mr. Buoymaster graduated magna cum laude from Williams College with a B.A. in Economics and earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School.