Jeffrey M. Palmer to Receive Prestigious Alumni Achievement Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fulton, Mo. ‒ March 21, 2025: Westminster is pleased to announce that Jeffrey M. Palmer, Class of 1999, will receive the College’s prestigious Alumni Achievement Award on April 12 during Alumni Weekend.
Palmer is a senior vice president, senior portfolio management director, global sports and entertainment director, institutional consultant and financial advisor with Graystone Consulting of Morgan Stanley.
With more than 25 years of experience in financial services, Palmer is noted for serving institutional clients as well as a select group of individuals, including professional investors, entrepreneurs, sports team owners and others in sports and entertainment. As a senior portfolio management director, Palmer manages various discretionary equity strategies, ranging from core equity to dividend growth equity to sustainable equity investing.
Palmer earned a B.A. in business administration with a concentration in finance from Westminster, where he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Blue Blazers Investment Committee ― a student-run organization he credits with helping launch his career.
Currently, Palmer serves in a leadership role at his local church and chairs the Business Advisory Council at the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. He is also a board member of Boston Scores in Boston, Massachusetts, which helps urban youth build essential life skills and character through soccer and team-based enrichment programs. In addition, Palmer is one of the founding owners of the National Women’s Soccer League team in Boston.
Palmer resides in the greater Boston area with his wife and son.
The Alumni Achievement Award honors alumni whose accomplishments reflect the Westminster mission and who have distinguished themselves through personal achievements, professional achievements and/or have made significant contributions to society.
For more information on the 2025 Alumni Weekend, please visit Westminster’s website.
ABOUT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: Founded in 1851 and home of Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech, Westminster College is ranked prestigiously by The Princeton Review as one of the “Best 150 colleges in the Midwest” for 2025 and is one of only 37 full-participation institutions with the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition as recognized by the Higher Learning Commission. New graduates experience a more than 90% placement rate within six months of graduation, while Westminster alumni are in the top 16% nationwide for graduate earnings. The only National Liberal Arts college in Missouri, Westminster has long been recognized for its focus on educating and inspiring students to make an impact on the world around them. Find out more about Westminster College by visiting our website.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Sarah Backer at 573-220-9038 or [email protected].
