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Thomas Van Spankeren, CFP RISE Investments

Start at RISE

2019

Industry Start

2015

Education

Kent State University, B.S.
The Ohio State University, M.S.

Favorite Candy

KitKat

Alternative Investments

Vince DeCrow

Founder & Wealth Advisor

Chief Operating Officer

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Vince is the Founding Principal at RISE, serving as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, he is responsible for the company's business operations, service line offerings, steering RISE's vision and growth, and alternative investment manager/fund selection.

In addition, Vince serves as a Wealth Advisor providing financial planning and investment management services to his clients. He enjoys working with and helping clients/families of all shapes and sizes. Vince places an extraordinary amount of effort toward delivering a superior, white-glove client service experience.

Being a life-long guru of investing and methods to achieve financial freedom and success, Vince founded RISE in February 2019 as a part-time endeavor to provide tax and cost-efficient investment management and financial solutions to his friends and family members. In 2024, he transitioned to focus his full-time efforts on RISE. Prior to RISE, Vince spent seven years in the real estate private equity industry at Origin Investments. During that tenure, he built-out and led the company's business development and investor relations team, was a key contributor to the company's 5x growth over that time period, and served over 1,000 high-net-worth individual clients; providing education and investment solution recommendations to help them achieve their financial goals and objectives. Vince began his career in 2015 at Duff & Phelps, a leading global valuation and corporate finance advisor.

Vince earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Kent State University and his Master of Science degree in Corporate Finance and Real Estate from The Ohio State University.

Vince is a volunteer at The Shared Table, serving hot meals to homeless Chicagoans through the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Outside of the office, he enjoys spending time with his family, being productive with home improvements, traveling, skiing, boating, and golfing. Vince resides in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago with his wife, Jackie, and their mini Bernedoodle.

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