Crestone Capital Advisors, an independent wealth management firm, has named Jennifer Hardy as chief compliance officer. In her new role, she will be responsible for managing the firm's statutory and regulatory compliance matters as well as broker dealer operations.

Hardy joined Crestone Capital Advisors in 2006 and most recently served as the firm's senior securities administrator. Prior to joining Crestone, Hardy served as the operations manager at Rhodes Securities, a private brokerage firm in Fort Worth, Texas.