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Prior to Spence Asset Management, Mr. Spence obtained a wealth of experience in the financial industry.
In 1977, he worked as a Resident Assistant Store Manager with K-Mart Corporation.
In 1980 he began a fourteen year career in the financial services lending industry, with Norwest Financial, as a loan officer.
In 1982, Mr. Spence was hired on with Ford Motor Credit Company as a Dealer Services Analyst until he joined Lord Spence & Associates in March of 1994.
At Ford Motor Credit Company he managed the company's collection department.
During his tenure with Ford Credit, Mr. Spencer was also responsible for making decisions on auto loans, auditing dealer floor plans and analyzing dealer financial statements.
On March 17, 1994 he joined Lord, Spence & Associates and began managing investments and client relationships while heading up the Lord, Spence El Paso office.
Mr. Spence attended the University of New Mexico on a baseball scholarship.
In 1972 he was drafted by the Montreal Expos Major League Baseball organization.
He pitched in the Expos farm system in Jamestown, New York, NY-Penn League, West Palm Beach, Florida, Florida State League, and finally in Kingston, North Carolina, before an elbow injury forced him to retire from professional baseball.
Former positions of Jack S. Spence
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC is an automotive finance company. The company provides dealer and customer finance to support the sale of Ford Motor Co.'s products. Its primary business is to finance Ford vehicles and supporting Ford's dealers. It offers automotive financing products to and through automotive dealers. The firm operates through the following segments: Consumer and Non-Consumer. The Consumer segment engages in products offering to individuals and businesses that finance the acquisition of vehicles from dealers for personal and commercial use. The Non-Consumer segment engages primarily to products offered to automotive dealers, like loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory, improvements to dealership facilities, working capital, and the purchase of dealership real estate. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Dearborn, MI. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 27/02/1994 |
| Norwest Financial, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 29/12/1981 |
Kmart Corp.
 Kmart Corp. Discount StoresRetail Trade Kmart Corp. engages in retailing of general merchandise. It also offers pharmacy services. The company was founded by Sebastian S. Kresge in 1899 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 30/12/1979 |
Spence Asset Management
 Spence Asset Management Investment ManagersFinance Westwind Capital, Inc. (WWC) is an independent, employee-owned, registered investment firm headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. Originally founded in 1992 as Lord, Spence & Associates, the business was formerly a partnership between Roger Lord and James Spence. In 2000, James Spence and Kristi Spence became sole owners and changed the firm’s name to Spence Asset Management. In 2024, the firm became Westwind Capital, Inc. WWC provides investment management services in separately managed accounts that are tailored to an individual client's investment objective. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Jack S. Spence
| The University of New Mexico | Undergraduate Degree |
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Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC is an automotive finance company. The company provides dealer and customer finance to support the sale of Ford Motor Co.'s products. Its primary business is to finance Ford vehicles and supporting Ford's dealers. It offers automotive financing products to and through automotive dealers. The firm operates through the following segments: Consumer and Non-Consumer. The Consumer segment engages in products offering to individuals and businesses that finance the acquisition of vehicles from dealers for personal and commercial use. The Non-Consumer segment engages primarily to products offered to automotive dealers, like loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory, improvements to dealership facilities, working capital, and the purchase of dealership real estate. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Dearborn, MI. | Finance |
| Norwest Financial, Inc. | Finance |
Spence Asset Management
Spence Asset Management Investment ManagersFinance Westwind Capital, Inc. (WWC) is an independent, employee-owned, registered investment firm headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. Originally founded in 1992 as Lord, Spence & Associates, the business was formerly a partnership between Roger Lord and James Spence. In 2000, James Spence and Kristi Spence became sole owners and changed the firm’s name to Spence Asset Management. In 2024, the firm became Westwind Capital, Inc. WWC provides investment management services in separately managed accounts that are tailored to an individual client's investment objective. | Finance |
Kmart Corp.
Kmart Corp. Discount StoresRetail Trade Kmart Corp. engages in retailing of general merchandise. It also offers pharmacy services. The company was founded by Sebastian S. Kresge in 1899 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL. | Retail Trade |
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