Leonard Mills PhD is founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Verte Opportunity Fund Dr. Mills has over 30 years of experience and proven success in the asset selection and portfolio management. 

Dr. Mills’ prior experience includes senior level positions at the Federal Reserve Bank, Fannie Mae, Wells Fargo Bank, and as an adjunct professor. He earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Hampden-Sydney College and a doctoral in Economics from Tulane University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF).

Dr. Mills spent over 15 years as Head of Portfolio Analytics and Research for Fannie Mae’s direct portfolio which peaked at over $1.5 trillion in assets under management. Dr. Mills and his team of 150 quantitative analysts were responsible for all the proprietary analytics and research underlying all asset selections and portfolio management strategies for the entire portfolio.  After leaving Fannie Mae, he was a Principal at Unison Investment Management that managed two funds.

Len founded PI Analytics Investment Adviser in 2016 specializing in alternative, hard-to-value assets. Among accounts managed are its first fund, Verte Capital in 2015, to invest in the emerging cannabis industry.  He founded the Verte Opportunity in 2019 to invest in and develop emerging companies impacting Opportunity Zones.