Rusty Leonard Founder and CEO

Howard J. "Rusty" Leonard, CFA®, is CEO of Stewardship Partners Investment Counsel, LLC. Prior to forming Stewardship Partners, Rusty was Executive Vice President of Templeton Investment Counsel, Inc. He owns and serves as CEO of the Institute of Christian Worldview Research, Inc. (ICWR). Rusty and his wife, Carol, founded in 1998 a non-profit ministry, Wall Watchers, that provides insightful research reports on Christian ministries for use by current and prospective donors to those organizations. He is a graduate of Temple University (BBA, with double majors in Finance and Economics, 1981). Rusty is a Charter Member of Kingdom Advisors. Rusty and Carol have three children and reside in Matthews, North Carolina.