Primary Job Title President Primary Organization 
Defend Your Head
Location Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, United States Regions Greater Philadelphia Area, Great Lakes, Northeastern US Gender Male
John Roman enjoyed an impressive career as a professional football player followed by more than two decades as a successful financial services executive. John spent seven seasons as an offensive lineman for the New York Jets, (1976–1983), after playing for one year for the Philadelphia Bell, part of the original World Football League. In 1983, he
received the Menorah Sports Award given to the most outstanding Jet.
Prior to his current role, John served as a management consultant for Arin Risk Advisors, LLC (Conshohocken, PA), where the firm’s assets under management rose 100% in one year under his sales leadership. John was also founder and managing director of Whitford Capital Advisors, LLC (Malvern, PA), an investment advisor representative firm. Prior to that he served as President and Director of Global Marketing for Valley Forge Capital Advisors Inc. (Malvern, PA), a SEC Registered Investment Advisor providing institutional asset management to diverse distribution channels, where he successfully led the firm through a $746 million asset expansion. Earlier, John served as President of mutual fund provider Quaker Funds Inc.; President of mutual fund Penn Street Funds; and Executive Vice President of the Wealth Management division of the Bryn Mawr Trust Company.
John began his financial services career at Merrill Lynch Trust Company where he rose to the position of President stationed in Somerset, NJ.
John graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. He received the ISU Professional Achievement Award and was inducted into the ISU Sports Hall of Fame, in addition to being named to several Big Sky Conference teams during his college years.
