Mr. Hammond has served as portfolio manager of Alerian's funds since inception in 2004.

Prior to founding Alerian Capital Management in 2004, Mr. Hammond covered the broader Energy and Power sector at Goldman, Sachs & Co., in the firm's Equity Research Division. Specializing in the Master Limited Partnership midstream energy space, Mr. Hammond advised Goldman Sachs, & Co. Asset Management, which holds an estimated $2 billion of MLP securities (both as principal and on behalf of its clients), with portfolio allocation, short-term trading, and tax-advantaged specialty applications. In addition, Mr. Hammond marketed nearly 30 public MLP offerings while at Goldman. Mr. Hammond sits on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Semgroup Energy Partners, L.P.

Mr. Hammond graduated from Johns Hopkins University, with Honors in Economics.