Support Services
Carol E. Manzon
 Carol is the Managing Director of Franklin Street Support Services. Carol served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Franklin Street Partners for 25 years. Prior to joining Franklin Street in 1993, she was Accounting Manager for Digital Pathways, Inc., a California-based high-tech computer security system manufacturer, acquired by Symantec Corp. She started her career with First National Bank of South Carolina. Carol graduated in 1981 from the University of South Florida with a degree in Business Administration. |
Diana H. Inman
 Diana is a Support Services Administrative Officer with Franklin Street Partners, previously serving as a Compliance Officer and Family Office Administrator. Prior to joining the firm in April 2011, she practiced law in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Alston & Bird LLP and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP in each firm’s global finance group. Diana also spent seven years with Bank of America and Banc of America Securities LLC in corporate and investment banking. Diana graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in Business and earned a Juris Doctor from The Marshall Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. She is a member of the North Carolina and Georgia bars. She has 25 years of experience working in the financial services industry. |
Compliance
| Cindy Stroik, Esq. Cindy is the Chief Compliance Officer of Franklin Street Advisors. She has more than 11 years’ experience in the financial industry. Cindy joined Franklin Street Advisors’ parent company, Fifth Third Bank, N.A. in September 2021, serving as the Vice President and Director of Asset Management Compliance. She is also Chief Compliance Officer for MainStreet Investment Advisors, LLC and Fifth Third Wealth Advisors, LLC., each registered investment advisory firms and wholly owned subsidiaries of Fifth Third Bank, N.A. Prior to joining Fifth Third, she was the Senior Compliance Adviser for Wilmington Investment Management (“WTIM”), an affiliate of Wilmington Trust/M&T Bank that provided retail investment advisory services through sponsorship of a Wrap program. Prior to WTIM, she served as Chief Compliance Officer and Counsel for WBI Investments, Inc. and The Hartshorne Group, providing compliance oversight and legal support to the firms’ investment management, family wealth management, mutual fund and ETF offerings. She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Delaware and earned her J.D. from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. She is admitted as a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. |
Operations
Jason T. Guthrie
 Jason is the Director of Operations of Franklin Street Partners. Jason joined Franklin Street Partners in 2007 as Operations Manager for the Hedge Fund of Funds team. Jason has also worked for Advent Software, Inc., a leading portfolio management software company, where he managed a team of consultants. Jason began his career at Schwab Performance Technologies, Inc. He received his Masters in Business Administration from North Carolina State University and his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Campbell University. |
Susan M. Baas
 Susan is an Administrative Assistant at Franklin Street Partners. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Susan worked in both the construction industry and the psychology field. Susan is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Psychology and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Masters of Education in Counseling Psychology. |
Sheri P. Cox
 Sheri, an Operations Specialist, joined Franklin Street Partners in April 2019. She has over 40 years of experience in the banking industry in a variety of loan and trust administration, customer support and internal audit roles. Most recently, she worked with SunTrust Bank in Private Wealth Management where she provided trust administration support. Sheri is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. |
Stephanie D. Mills, CTP
 Stephanie is an Operations Specialist who joined Franklin Street Partners in 2023. Prior to joining the firm, she has worked as a Cash Manager for Bell Partners and Duke University. Stephanie is a graduate of Greensboro College and Alamance Community College. She also holds the Certified Treasury Professional designation and the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification and has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. |
John B. Nichols III
 John is an Operations Specialist who joined Franklin Street Partners in February 2019. He has over 30 years of experience in the banking and trust services industries. John joined us from SunTrust Bank, where he held recent positions in Trust Client Support and Trust Operations. Prior to that, he worked with Coast Federal Credit Union. He earned his B.B.A in Trust Management from Campbell University. In 2016 and 2017, John was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award at the Bronze Level in recognition of his community volunteer service hours. |
Beth A. Parker
 Beth is a Franklin Street Support Services Specialist. Beth served as accountant and human resource manager for Franklin Street Partners for over 17 years. Prior to joining the firm in 2001, Beth was a Sales Assistant for Centura Securities. Beth is a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Wilmington with a degree in Business Management. |