Brock Moseley was a Little Brother when he was growing up in central Los Angeles, and now he’s now the biggest Big Brother in town. As chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles for the past 17 years, Moseley heads one of Southern California’s largest youth mentoring organizations and presses it to do more for larger numbers of at-risk children. His board members, as well as his clients, include Hollywood power brokers and other area business leaders, but Moseley has not forgotten his roots — despite an academic and career pedigree that could easily be viewed as elite. Heading for law school at Berkeley after graduating from Stanford, Moseley was so motivated by his volunteer work with underprivileged students that he opted instead for a graduate degree in education at Howard University.
But with public money for education drying up, he decided he needed money of his own to make progress happen. That led to a business degree at Northwestern and finance jobs at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. He founded his registered investment advisory firm, named after his childhood neighborhood, in 2007. “Minority kids are accustomed to hardships,” Moseley said, “but we can’t let them retreat into their comfort zone; only when you do the uncomfortable does transformative stuff happen.”
Led by Moseley, Miracle Mile Advisors has increased its staff by nearly 30% this year. It’s now comprised of 39% women, 30% ethnic minorities and 57% millennials.
— Evan Cooper