Miner A. Crary, CFA

PRINCIPAL & CO-FOUNDER

Miner is a co-founder of Birch Hill and has more than 35 years of experience providing investment counseling and investment research for high net-worth clients. Prior to co-founding Birch Hill, he was a Managing Director at Seaward Management. He also held positions at P.D. Sinclair and Associates and started his career as an equity analyst at Liberty Mutual and Arkwright Insurance.

Miner has a BA from Amherst College, an MA from Tufts, and an MBA from Boston University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Society Boston, the CFA Institute, and The Boston Economic Club. He is a Trustee of the Sudbury Foundation and a Trustee of the Wayside Inn Historical Site. He is a former Director and Treasurer of the Boston Security Analysts Society (now CFA Society Boston). He also served as an Overseer of the Bank of America Celebrity Series and was Co-Chair of its Investment Committee.

Miner can be reached:

By phone at 617-502-8304
By email at MCrary@BHBoston.com
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Q: What are your role and responsibilities at Birch Hill?
A: I’m a Manager, a Research Director, and a Co-Founder.

Q: What do you think Birch Hill’s best qualities are?
A: Our honest, sincere, and focused dedication to our clients.

Q: What about what you do brings you the most personal satisfaction?
A: Interactions with my clients and helping them solve problems; researching and picking successful stocks.

Q: When you’re not working, how do you spend your time?
A: I’m actively involved in two local not-for-profits. When I’m not engaged with them, I like to relax and cook with my wife, chase and be chased by my two lovely granddaughters, read, and build and fly model gliders and airplanes.

Q: When someone asks you what you do for a living, what do you tell them?
A: I’m an investment advisor. I try to provide steady guidance to families and individuals looking to grow their assets and protect their financial future.

Q: If you weren’t at Birch Hill, what do you think you’d be doing?
A: In my Walter Mitty life, I’m an aerospace engineer and an ace stunt aircraft pilot. In reality, since I enjoy research, politics, and finance, I’d probably be an economist.

Q: What words do you live by?
A: “Be kind, honest, and humble. And of course, buy low, sell high.”