Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure Item 1 Cover Page ROCHDALE ...

John T. Buckley, CFA (Year of birth – 1961)
Item 2 Educational Background and Business Experience
Mr. Buckley received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Davis and his Master’s of
Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Buckley joined Rochdale in 1994 as Regional Marketing Director for the western region of the country, and was
subsequently promoted to Vice President in 1995 and Senior Vice President in January 2000. In his current role as
Executive Vice President and Western Regional Director, Mr. Buckley is responsible for all business development
activities for Rochdale in the western half of the United States.
For the five years prior to joining Rochdale, Mr. Buckley was Vice President and Senior Vice President for
Liquidity Fund Investment Corp., an investment manager specializing in real estate securities and a pioneer in the
secondary market for partnership units. Mr. Buckley is also a member of The Security Analysts of San Francisco.
Mr. Buckley holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation. This designation is issued by the CFA
Institute. The prerequisites or experience required is an undergraduate degree, 4 years of professional experience
involving investment decision making or 4 years of full-time qualified non-investment related work experience. It is
a self-study program, approximately 250 recommended hours of study for each of the 3 levels. All three levels are
then achieved through a course exam. There are no continuing education requirements.
Item 3 Disciplinary Information
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any legal or disciplinary events
that would be material to your evaluation of each supervised person providing investment advice.
There are no legal or disciplinary events to report relative to Mr. Buckley.
Item 4 Other Business Activities
Mr. Buckley is an owner of Acebes, D’Alessandro and Associates (“ADA”), the controlling member of Rochdale
and affiliates, thus Mr. Buckley receives a portion of ADA’s earnings.
Item 5 Additional Compensation
In addition to salary, Mr. Buckley may receive additional compensation from the firm based on the assets he brings
to the firm and the fees collected by the firm on those assets. Mr. Buckley may also receive compensation from fees
collected from Rochdale products.
As an owner, Mr. Buckley also receives a portion of profits earned by the firm.
Item 6 Supervision
Rochdale’s Chief Executive Officer Garrett D’ Alessandro and Chief Compliance Officer, Barbara Hawkesworth,
Esq. supervise and monitor the activities of Mr. Buckley as it relates to the Firm and its clients. Such is done
through various channels including the review of documents related to his clients and monitoring of accounts
through automated reports generated directly to the Compliance Department. The Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer,
Barbara Hawkesworth may be contacted at 212-702-3500.