Name: Kyle Tipping

Your position at JoycePayne Partners: Portfolio/Investment Administrator

Educational background: High School: The Hill School. Undergraduate: Washington and Lee University- Double major B.A. in Mathematics and B.A.C. in Economics.

Describe your family. Supportive, close-knit, compassionate and competitive!

What motivates you? A drive to be the best in all ventures I attempt, competitive spirit, and a robust curiosity about the world.

What are your hobbies/charities/sports (active or fan)? I am a huge Baseball, Football and Soccer fan, and I played competitive soccer through high school and played baseball in college. I’m all about Philadelphia sports teams as well.

What is your favorite childhood memory? Attending the baseball game in which the Philadelphia Phillies clinched the division in 2008, the year they won the World Series!

What is your favorite vacation spot? Any mountain that I can ski on! My family usually goes to Okemo Ski Mountain in Ludlow, VT. It’s a great little town and an awesome mountain.

Are you a cat or dog person? I like both, but I’d have to give a slight edge to dogs.

What is your most memorable or favorite book? “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls. It was the book that made me fall in love with reading at a young age.

What is your favorite movie? “Miracle”

What is your favorite food? My mom’s Pad Thai.