Odette Thurston

Senior Vice President

Odette Thurston is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at HeadInvest. Ms. Thurston supports individuals, families, and nonprofit institutions with a wide range of financial planning needs. She maintains a particular focus on investment and portfolio management, equity research, and financial planning in order to achieve her clients’ financial goals. Ms. Thurston has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, and has been part of the HeadInvest team for almost four years. Prior to her current position, she held senior portfolio manager positions at Ark Asset Management and J. & W. Seligman in New York City, where she co-managed both institutional and mutual fund assets totaling $3 billion. Ms. Thurston began her investment career at Morgan Stanley in the 1980s, where she spent seven years as a Research Assistant and Analyst in the firm’s equity research department. She later channeled her investment expertise into financial writing, working as a columnist for TheStreet.com (Jim Cramer’s premier financial news website) and as a staff writer with SmartMoney Magazine. Ms. Thurston holds a B.A. in History from The College of William and Mary, an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and has her Series 65 license. She is a former trustee and Board Chair of Maine Island Trail Association, and a former Trustee and Treasurer for Maine Health Access Foundation. Ms. Thurston enjoys sailing and kayaking the coast of Maine, all racquet sports, hiking and biking, reading historical novels, gardening, and spending time with her husband Scott and chocolate lab, Dory.