Stephanie Link is a Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Hightower's Investment Solutions group, and Contributor af CNBC. She is a former Managing Director of Equity Investments and Active Portfolio Management at TIAA Global Asset Management. She was previously Chief Investment Officer at TheStreet.com. ^[2]

Stephanie Link graduated from Boston College with a B.S in Finance. ^[2]

Stephanie's Career started out as SVP of institutional sales at American stock brokerage and securities firm, Dean Witter Reynolds. After a few years she moved on to Prudential Equity Group where she held several roles over the course of a decade. ^[2]

Stephanie's next gig was at TheStreet, Inc where she served as Chief investment officer. She worked closely with Jim Cramer in managing the Action Alerts Portfolio. She was also Chairperson of The Street Foundation, an organization that promotes financial literacy. ^[2]

Stephanie Link went on to work for TIAA Global Asset Management organization as managing director and equity portfolio manager and in July of 2018, she started managing equity investments with TIAA Investments. She left the company in 2020.^[2] She's also Chairperson of the Investment Advisory Council at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church. ^[2]

In June 2020, Link became the Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Hightower.

Link is responsible for growing and expanding Hightower's Investment Solutions group, which provides Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) services, model portfolios, separately management accounts (SMAs), investment research and due diligence to Hightower advisors seeking support with portfolio construction and strategy.^[17] Bob Oros, Hightower CEO said in a statement:

Stephanie is a contributor to CNBC and has made several appearances on Closing Bell, Fast Money Halftime, Squawk Box and The Kudlow Report. ^[3][4]