Gregory B. Coverdale, Jr. a Certified Financial Planner™, is the co-founder and Managing Principal of Civitas Partners.  Prior to establishing Civitas Partners, LLC, he worked at Merrill Lynch, specializing in investment management and income planning.

He serves on the finance committee for the National Association of State Boards of Education, and in 2010 Delaware Governor Jack Markell appointed him to the Delaware State Board of Education.  He has been a trustee on such nonprofit boards as the Delaware Nature Society, the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, and the Brandywine YMCA.  He earned his B.S. in business administration from Delaware State University in 1999.  He also graduated from William Penn High School in 1994.

He has two children, Benjamin and Anna.