1965
1965-1966 Began working
at Oglebay Institute’s
observatory and Oglebay
Park’s driving range
1970
1975
1980
1971 Graduated cum
laude from Kenyon
College with degrees in
music and psychology
1973 Began teaching
at Wheeling Country
Day School
1981 Joined Hazlett,
Burt & Watson, Inc.
1985
1987 Appointed to WV
Aeronautics Commission
1990
1995
2000
2005
2000-Present Serves the
Wheeling Arts & Cultural
Commission, WV Independent
Colleges & Universities and
WV Public Broadcasting
Foundation boards
2003 Helped ring the opening
bell at the New York Stock
Exchange
2010
2015
2014 Honored with the
City of Wheeling
Community Spirit Award
Holloway is motived by his
commitment to serve his
clients to the best of his ability.
His persistence, rapport with
clients and connection with his
community have helped grow
his client base from zero.
will learn about the company retirement
plan and be expected to make immediate
investment choices,” he says. “I explain
401ks and discuss the importance of setting up a solid financial plan.”
Holloway is motived by his commitment to serve his clients to the best of
his ability. His persistence, rapport with
clients and connection with his community have helped grow his client base from
zero. “My biggest obstacle was growing
the business from the ground up by cold
calling day after day, year after year,” he
says. “At times, it was very hard to separate the honest ‘I’m not interested’ responses from personal feelings of rejection.”
That persistence, along with the importance of personalized attention for each
client, is a value he tries to instill in the
colleagues he mentors, including his son,
Walker, who has worked with him for three
years. “When times are tough, newer brokers may come in with a glazed look, and
we talk through the situation and try to
make sense of it,” he says. “Helping my
son learn the business in real depth has
been fun. What is truly spectacular is that
he is now teaching me things.”
In addition to being a mentor, Holloway also finds time to give back to his
community as well as instill the value of
community service in his colleagues. His
current board memberships include the
Ohio Valley Health Services and Education Corporation; West Virginia Independent Colleges & Universities, Inc.; West
Virginia Public Broadcasting Foundation and Rotary Club of Wheeling. He
has also served on a variety of boards,
including Big Brothers and Big Sisters of
the Upper Ohio Valley, Children’s Home
of Wheeling, United Way of the Upper
Ohio Valley, Oglebay Institute and West
Virginia Northern Community College
Foundation, as well as the West Virginia
Commission on the Arts and West Virginia Aeronautics Commission. In 2014,
he received the Community Spirit Award
in honor of his service.
As a member of the rotary, Holloway
reads to second graders in the Rotary
Readers program. Some of the students
come from broken families and economically challenged areas, and he feels it’s important for professionals to come to their
classrooms and interact with them. It’s also
rewarding for him. “Having a discussion
with second graders as to whether they
would invite the Cat in the Hat into their
house—let alone Thing One and Thing
Two—is more fun than most of my discussions with adults,” he says.
Holloway finds it difficult to say no
when he is asked to participate in a community program or charitable board, and
he believes every professional should give
of their time and talent to their community. “A professional’s success comes from
the community, and giving back should be
a natural consequence of that,” he says.
“Besides, these experiences are terrific.
They allow me to hopefully have a positive impact on the organizations and my
neighbors.”
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