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meet the team at aspect

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Justin Schleifer

Co-Founder & CEO

Justin Schleifer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aspect Advisors. He has spent his entire career in compliance, beginning with non-profit fiscal sponsorship before transitioning into securities compliance as a ground-floor employee at Gordian Compliance Solutions. After Gordian, Justin joined Growth Capital Services as Chief Compliance Officer, prior to Aspect’s founding in 2019.

As a consultant, Justin has been the outsourced Chief Compliance Officer for a large wealth manager, a fund-of-funds complex, an options-overlay adviser, an internet-based investment adviser/financial planner, a private placement custodian, and a private placement investment bank. His clients’ strategies run the gamut of the alternative investment spectrum and range broadly from more traditional public/private equity to debt, volatility, robo-advisor services, and digital assets and cryptocurrencies. Justin has also served as the Financial Operations Principal for multiple broker-dealers.

Justin has extensive experience interfacing with the SEC, FINRA, the NFA, and state regulators on topics ranging from initial registration applications, business expansion applications, regulatory audits, enforcement proceedings, and arbitrations. He is a firm believer in understanding and appreciating all of the traits that make his clients unique in order to provide them with tailored advice specific to their needs.

Justin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration, with a concentration in Business Law, from Cornell University. He holds FINRA series 7, 24, 27, 55, 66, 79 and 87 licenses, and serves on FINRA’s Continuing Education Committee.

Jordan Jasser

President

Jordan Jasser is the President of Aspect Advisors. He has spent his entire career in Financial Services serving as CFO over the last 14+ years for Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds and most recently a high-net-worth Single-Family Office. Prior to that, he was in public accounting for five years and then followed by some time at a fund administrator.

Based in New York, Jordan brings over 21 years of experience in leadership roles within the organizations he has been involved with and is focused on leading the efforts with the internal finance function while also working to support the needs of our clients in these areas as well.

Jordan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Finance, while attending The University of Buffalo.

Frances Meany

Principal Consultant

Frances Meany is a Principal AML Consultant and seasoned compliance professional with over 15 years of experience across banks, fintechs, investment firms, and global payment networks. Most recently, she served as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at GreenFi, a fintech offering banking and investment services, where she led the Compliance, Financial Operations, and Anti-Money Laundering Teams.

Before her role as CCO, Frances served as GreenFi’s AML Compliance Officer, managing BSA/AML compliance, including regulatory audits, transaction monitoring, compliance training, SAR filings, and OFAC screening.

Her earlier experience also includes serving as a BSA Compliance Advisor at a community bank where she supported both traditional banking and fintech partnerships. She also held roles as AML Administrator at a global payments company and as a Senior AML Administrator at an international consumer finance provider, where she established an enterprise BSA/AML program to support a fintech launch.

Frances began her career at American Century Investments, where she managed their AML and fraud mitigation programs, conducted risk assessments and trainings, managed regulatory audits and led AML and fraud investigations in highly regulated environments under SEC and FINRA oversight.

She holds both Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Sanctions Compliance certifications through the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

Harris Bogner

Principal Consultant

Harris Bogner is a compliance specialist with more than two and half decades of financial industry experience successfully developing, implementing, and maintaining compliance programs for SEC-registered advisers, state registered advisers, and exempt reporting advisers, as well as startup and early-stage investment managers.

After starting his career with UBS Asset Management serving as counsel, he worked in various compliance roles with Morgan Stanley, Bessemer Trust and APG Asset Management. In 2007 he joined Cadogan Management, a long-short equity hedge fund-of-fund manager, as Chief Compliance Officer. Since Cadogan wound down in 2011, Harris served as the Chief Compliance Officer for Cantor Fitzgerald’s asset and wealth management business units. He has also held senior compliance consultant positions with several firms including Insight Investment North America.

Harris holds a BA from the University at Albany (SUNY) and a JD from New York Law School.

Mark Dempsey

Principal Consultant

Mark Dempsey is a Principal Consultant at Aspect Advisors bringing more than 10 years of experience in the financial services industry, holding various leadership roles in compliance. As a compliance professional and former regulator, Mark has a deep understanding of issues facing brokers dealers, investment advisors, and those in the digital assets space.

Prior to joining Aspect, Mark was the Director, Investment Adviser Compliance at MissionSquare Retirement, where he oversaw the compliance program for its robo-advisor ($6B in AUM). Additionally, Mark previously served as the Chief Compliance Officer at Navy Federal Brokerage Services (over 2B in AUM), where he focused on developing and implementing a compliance program for its retail broker-dealer and registered investment adviser that included oversight of financial advisors and a digital fractional share investing program. Prior to this, Mark was a regulatory analyst at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) where he focused on reviews of fixed income trading.

Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of Delaware and a Masters of Security Analysis and Portfolio Management at Creighton University. Mark holds or has held various securities licenses including Series 4, 6, 7, 24, 27, 31, 52, 53, and 66 as well as a DC insurance license. Mark also holds the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Professional (CRCP) and Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional (IACCP) certifications. Mark served in the United States Marine Corps, including a deployment overseas.

Meredith Geldhauser

Principal Consultant

Meredith Geldhauser is a Principal Consultant at Aspect Advisors and leverages over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Over the course of her career, she has effectively navigated compliance and sales roles, while always embracing a strong client-centered approach.

Prior to joining Aspect, Meredith served as a Principal Consultant at InnReg, where she specialized in establishing robust compliance frameworks for fintech firms, broker-dealers, and registered investment advisers. She also served as an Outsourced Chief Compliance Officer for several robo-advisors, broker-dealers, and neobanks in the Fintech sector. Meredith has a deep understanding of the complex compliance challenges her clients face and is committed to helping identify and mitigate their compliance risks with solutions based on their unique circumstances.

Meredith earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Georgia and holds or has held various securities licenses including Series 63, 65, 7, and 24.

Patrick Labbe

Principal Consultant

Patrick Labbe is a Principal Consultant at Aspect Advisors with more than 9 years of experience providing regulatory compliance services to broker-dealers and municipal advisors.

Prior to joining Aspect Advisor, Patrick served as a Sr. Principal Consultant at ACA Group where he managed the compliance program for a variety of broker-dealers and municipal advisors. Some of his responsibilities included assisting firms maintain and implement supervisory procedures, responding to regulators, drafting and submitting regulatory filings, providing compliance training and conducting compliance testing including branch exams, supervisory procedures testing and AML testing. He also served as the Chief Compliance Officer for broker-dealers and municipal advisors.

Patrick holds the FINRA S7 and S24 licenses and the MSRB S50 and S54 licenses.

Tarik Abdullah

Fund Controller

Tarik Abdullah joined Aspect Advisors in 2025, bringing extensive experience in fund accounting and client service.

Prior to joining the firm, he was a Fund Controller at Harrison Street, where he focused on the firm’s infrastructure investment strategy. Earlier in his career, Tarik led a client service team at Northern Trust, overseeing fund accounting for private equity, infrastructure, fund-of-funds, and other alternative investment strategies.

He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Economics, as well as an MBA from Dominican University. In his free time, Tarik enjoys tennis, learning about emerging technologies, and checking out new cafes.

Tayler Covers

Principal Backoffice Consultant
& Finance Manager

Tayler Covers joined Aspect Advisors in September 2023 as the Controller of Private Equity Accounting and is now the Principal Backoffice Consultant & Finance Manager of Aspect.

Prior to joining the team, Tayler worked in both public and corporate accounting before moving into the private equity space. Most recently, she served as the fund accountant for a high-net-worth Single-Family Office responsible for both partnership and individual accounting.

Tayler earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Dayton. She is also a practicing Certified Public Accountant licensed in Illinois.

Diane Remer

Information Systems Manager

Diane Remer is the Information Systems Manager for Aspect Advisors. Her responsibilities at Aspect include overseeing IT infrastructure, managing endpoint and network security, and tending to any other technological or operational needs of the company.

Diane has over 15 years of IT experience and has worked for companies such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft. She has also been a project manager and operations manager at previous companies, which has taught her to prioritize long-term planning for scalability and how to stay cool headed in fast paced environments.

Diane earned a B.A. in Behavioral Sciences with a focus on Anthropology from San Jose State University. She is also an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician and Certified Casper Administrator.

Advisory Board Members

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Bart Mallon

Aspect Advisors Co-Founder
Bart Mallon is a Co-Founder of Aspect Advisors and participates on our Advisory Board. He is also a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, a successful boutique investment management law firm.

Bart has cultivated a successful career helping investment managers start and grow their businesses. His practice specializes in forming domestic and offshore hedge funds, private equity funds, and other types of pooled funds, as well as providing advice on management company operational issues, separately managed account structures, and registration and compliance matters. He is also the creator and manager of the prominent Hedge Fund Law Blog and has been quoted in a number of high-profile industry publications including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Compliance Update, and Absolute Return + Alpha.

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Karl Cole-Frieman

Aspect Advisors Co-Founder
Karl Cole-Frieman is a Co-Founder of Aspect Advisors and participates on our Advisory Board. He is also a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, a successful boutique investment management law firm.

Karl has become a recognized authority in the compliance consulting industry. His extensive resume boasts of years of advising clients on critical transactional, operational and regulatory matters. His experience includes serving as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of an SEC-registered hedge fund manager and Associate General Counsel of a multi-strategy hedge fund. He specializes in the formation of hedge funds, private equity funds, and other types of pooled investment vehicles.