Emerging Top Performing Mutual Fund Managers and Funds

Managers with new funds that have done well against its category average

Below are a list of "emerging" fund that has been around for less than 1.5 years and has been able to beat its category average during its limited lifespan. Some of these managers are new stars and some of these are experienced fund managers who strike out and start a new fund, we want to track them to ensure we have them on our radar screen.

  

John Cummings - PFAEX

Long-Short funds with PIMCO Funds

Cummings is a senior vice president and portfolio manager in PIMCOs municipal bond team. He joined PIMCO in 2002. Prior to joining PIMCO, he served as vice president of Municipal Trading at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1997.

  

Abhijit Sarkar - DEAAX

Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk funds with Dreyfus

Sarkar has been a portfolio manager with Hamon since March 2007. For five years prior thereto, he was a portfolio manager at Birla Sunlife Asset Management Limited, one of Indias largest asset management companies.

  

John Capeci - DAINX

Foreign Large Blend funds with Dunham Funds

Capeci served at Arrowstreet as Head of Research from 1999 through 2005 and has served as a Portfolio Manager since 2006. He helps oversee all elements of Arrowstreets portfolio management and production processes, including incorporating new research and implementation initiatives. Prior to joining Arrowstreet, Capeci oversaw PanAgora Asset Managements quantitative research program and supervised an internal research staff responsible for the development and refinement of PanAgoras forecasting models.

  

Dara J. White - EEMAX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with Columbia

White has been associated with Columbia Management Advisors, LLC since January, 2006. Prior to joining Columbia Management Advisors, LLC, White was a portfolio manager and analyst with RCM Global Investors from February, 1998 to July, 2005. White holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Douglas Lober - FACNX

Foreign Large Blend funds with Fidelity Investments

Doug is the Director of Research for Fidelitys Canadian equity research team. Mr. Lober joined Fidelity in 1986 as an analyst. In 1999, he assumed portfolio management responsibilities for Canadian equity sub portfolios. Mr. Lober received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history magna cum laude and an MBA in finance from Columbia. Doug is a CFA and a member of the Boston Society of Securities Analysts.

  

Tobias Welo - FMFAX

Natural Resources funds with Fidelity Investments

Welo is a portfolio manager in Fidelity, his employee since 2005. He was an analyst and assistant portfolio manager for BlackRock from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, Welo was an equity analyst with Boston Partners Asset Management, L.P. Before joining BPAM, Welo spent five years with Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. From 1995 to 2002,he worked for Putnam Investments as a research analyst. Welo holds the Charted Financial Analyst designation.

  

Edward Perkin - GSIKX

Foreign Large Blend funds with Goldman Sachs

Perkin is a vice president and portfolio manager at GSAM. He joined GSAM as a research analyst in June 2002. Perkin became a portfolio manager in June 2004. From August 2000 to May 2002, he served as a research intern for Fidelity Investments and Gabelli Asset Management. From September 1997 to May 2000, Perkin was a senior research analyst for a subsidiary of Fiserv. Perkin holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Chris Diaz - INGBX

World Bond funds with ING Funds

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Mark J. Otterstrom - ILTIX

Short-Term Bond funds with Ivy Funds

Otterstrom is a vice president of Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company and Ivy Investment Management Company. He joined Waddell & Reed in May 1987 as a fixed income specialist with emphasis in high yield municipal bonds. He was appointed assistant vice president and assistant portfolio manager in January 1995 and vice president in January 1996. He was named portfolio manager of the Waddell & Reed Advisors Municipal High Income Fund in June 2000.

  

Timothy J. Miller - IVVIX

Small Blend funds with Ivy Funds

Miller is a portfolio manager with Ivy Investment Management Company (IIMCO) and Waddell & Reed Investment Management Co. (WRIMCO), his employer since February 2008. Previous employment included serving as portfolio manager, senior vice president, and Chief Investment Officer at Invesco Funds Group, his employer since 1992. Prior to joining Invesco, he was associated with Mississippi Advisors for 13 years, where he was an analyst portfolio manager. Miller holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Ginny Chong - LEMNX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with Laudus Funds

Chong is senior portfolio manager within the Emerging Markets team of Mondrian Investment Partners Limited. Prior to joining Mondrian in 2000, she worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver, within the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking Division where she qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant. Chong holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

David J. Linsen - LGOQX

Mid-Cap Growth funds with Lord Abbett

Mr. Linsen joined Lord Abbett in 2001 and has served as a research analyst for the mid cap growth strategy.

  

Harvey Fram - MMORX

Mid-Cap Blend funds with MainStay

Fram is lead portfolio manager for the core equity team of NYLIM Equity Investors. He took over management of the Large-Cap Enhanced strategy in 2000 while developing the Mid-, and Small-Cap Core offerings. He manages those products as well as Large-Cap Core 130 30. Prior to joining Monitor Capital Advisors LLC (acquired by NYLIM), he was a quantitative equity research analyst at ITG, a leading technology based equity brokerage firm.

  

Edward B. Meigs - ODHYX

High Yield Bond funds with Old Mutual Advisor

Meigs is a senior vice president with Dwight Asset Management Company. He specializes in non-investment grade corporate bonds. He was formerly with Mt. Washington Investment Group, Falcon Asset Management, and Wheat First Securities in portfolio management and credit research. Meigs holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Agnes Deng - OBCAX

Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk funds with OppenheimerFunds

Deng joined Baring Asset Management in September 2007, before that she was an investment director and portfolio manager covering China and Asian regions and a member of the Global Investment Committee at Standard Life Investment Asia from August 2001 to August 2007. Deng was a client relationship manager at Citibank in Montreal, Canada from 1998 to 2000. Deng holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Wesley A Sparks - PMFIX

Intermediate-Term Bond funds with PMC Funds

Sparks has been with Schroder as the Head of U.S. Credit Strategies for eight years and is now the Head of U.S. Fixed Income for the firm. Sparks holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Dan Roberts - MYHAX

High Yield Bond funds with MainStay

Roberts joined MacKay Shields in 2004 when the firm acquired the fixed income division of Pareto Partners. He was the chief investment officer and an equity shareholder at Pareto. Roberts assembled the US fixed income team while serving 10 years at UBS Asset Management, most recently as managing director and head of the fixed income group. Prior to its acquisition by UBS, he was a financial economist for Chase Manhattan Bank, NA and later was head of Global Interest Rate and Currency Swaps Trading.

  

Richard Foran - SSMIX

Small Blend funds with scm-funds

Foran joined the adviser as Vice President of Research in 2004 and, in addition to serving as a Portfolio Manager of the Fund. Prior to joining the adviser, he had a successful career in clinical medical research at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pittsburgh.

  

Mark J. Vaselkiv - RPIFX

Bank Loan funds with T. Rowe Price

Vaselkiv is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Group, heading taxable high-yield bond management. He serves as president of the T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund and chairman of the High Yield Fund Investment Advisory Committee.

  

R. Scott Berg - PAGLX

World Stock funds with T. Rowe Price

Berg is the manager for the T. Rowe Price Global Stock Fund.

  

Derek S. Derman - TGGIX

Large Growth funds with TCW

Derman is a senior vice president of the Advisor, TCW Asset Management Company and Trust Company of the West since September 2005. Previously, he was a co-Portfolio manager at Provident Investment Counsel.

  

Michael J. Hasenstab - TGTRX

World Bond funds with Franklin Templeton Investments

Hasenstab first worked for Franklin Templeton from 1995 to 1998, rejoining again in 2001. He has been an analyst since 2001, and is currently senior vice president, co-director, and portfolio manager for Franklin Advisers, Inc.

  

Cheryl M. Duckworth - HDVAX

Foreign Large Blend funds with Hartford Mutual Funds

Cheryl Duckworth has been with Wellington Management for 10 years working in global and international product management area and now leading a team of individuals that co-ordinate all research portfolios for Wellington. Prior to Wellington, she spent four years at Massachusetts Financial Services in the marketing and client group. Duckworth joined Wellington Management as an investment professional in 1994.

  

Edward C. Caputo - HTJRX

Target Date 2011-2015 funds with Hartford Mutual Funds

Caputo joined Hartford Investment Management in 2001. He has been an investment professional involved in trading, portfolio management and investment research since 2000. Caputo holds the Charted Financial Analyst designation.

  

James T. Evans - THPMX

Mid-Cap Blend funds with Thompson Plumb

Evans has been a research analyst at Thompson Investment Management, Inc. (TIM) since March 2005 and has been a portfolio manager at TIM since June 2008. Prior to joining TIM, he was a managing director for Nakoma Capital Management, a hedge fund currently headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin that he joined in July 2000. Evans holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Ruxiang Qian - TLIIX

Large Growth funds with TIAA-CREF Mutual Funds

Qian is managing director with Teachers Advisors, Inc., TIAA and its affiliates. Qian joined the firm in 2000.

  

John Cunniff - TTFIX

Target Date 2041-2045 funds with TIAA-CREF Mutual Funds

Cunniff is a managing director of Teachers Advisors Inc., he joined in 2006. Prior to that, he served for Morgan Stanley Investment Management form 2001 to 2006. Previously, he served as a vice president and portfolio manager with Van Kampen Asset Management, his employer since October 1995. Cunniff holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.

  

Wasif A Latif - URFFX

Target Date 2050+ funds with USAA

Latif is assistant vice president of Equity Investments and joined USAA in June 2006. Prior to joining USAA, he was an equity portfolio manager at Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management (DB PWM) from December 1998 to May 2006, where he was responsible for managing two fund-of-fund products and an international equity fund. Latif was also a member of DB PWMs U.S. Investment Committee responsible for covering the international equity and emerging markets asset classes.

  

Joe V Rodriguez - VGREX

Real Estate funds with AIG

Joe is a portfolio manager and the Director of Securities Management for Invesco Real Estate. Joe was born in Houston, Texas. He began his career in the investment industry in 1983. He joined the company in 1990 as the Director of Research and in 1995 was named to head up Securities team.

  

Jan Baars - VRAAX

Target Date 2000-2010 funds with Van Kampen

  

Kristian Heugh - VGGAX

World Stock funds with Van Kampen

Heugh is a vice president and a portfolio manager with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors. He has worked in a research capacity for the Adviser since June 2001 and joined the team managing the Fund in June 2006.

  

David L. Albrycht - PFSRX

Bank Loan funds with Virtus

Albrycht is a senior managing director and portfolio manager with Phoenix Investment Counsel, his employee since 1981. Since joining the company, he has held various positions including investment analyst, senior bond investment analyst, and investment director. Albrycht holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Robert Gardiner - WAGOX

World Stock funds with Wasatch

Gardiner is a vice president and director of the Wasatch Advisors, Inc. He joined Wasatch Advisors as an equity analyst in 1987and has spent his entire career in the field of investment management. He served as a director of Wasatch Advisors from 1994 - 2007 and the director of Research from 2005 - 2007. Cardiner holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Bryant VanCronkhite - WFSMX

Small Blend funds with Wells Fargo Advantage

VanCronkhite is responsible for managing the Strategic Small Cap Value Fund. He has managed since 2009, when he became a co-Portfolio Manager with the Disciplined Value Equity Team at Wells Capital Management. Prior to his current role, he was a senior research analyst on the Disciplined Value Equity Team from 2004 to 2009. Prior to joining Wells Capital Management, VanCronkhite was a mutual fund accountant for Strong Capital Management.VanCronkhite holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Jay Compson - AOFOX

Long-Short funds with Forum

Compson is the principal and founder of Absolute Investment Advisers LLC since 2004. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager and partner at Abington Capital LP. Before that, he was at Tucker Anthony Sutro, Inc. Previously Compson was at Lehman Brothers in New York where he analyzed business unit RAROC for the firms executive committee to understand volatility in overall firm ROE and to diversify systemic risk exposures. He began his career as a mega-yacht and catastrophe underwriter for the Chubb Group.

  

Edward Eberle - ADCEX

Large Blend funds with Advance Capital I

Eberle, president of Seizert, joined Seizert at its inception in December 2000 as a senior portfolio manager. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager with Munder Capital Management, his employer since 1995. Previously, he was an executive vice president and portfolio manager with Westpointe Financial Corporation. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors for Westpointe Capital Management and Dart Investors Bermuda Ltd.

  

Andrew Lees - IGDYX

Precious Metals funds with Invesco Aim

Lees has been responsible for the fund since 2008 and has been associated with Invesco Aim and or its affiliates since 2005. From 2004 to 2005, he was the director of investment banking for Trinity Capital Services, LLC. From 2002 to 2004, he was an energy analyst for RBC Capital Markets.

  

Juan Hartsfield - ILSYX

Miscellaneous Sector funds with Invesco Aim

Hartsfield is a portfolio manager at AIM Advisors which he joined in 2004. Prior to joining the firm, he was a co-portfolio manager with JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management from 2000 to 2004. Hartsfield holds the chartered financial analyst designation.

  

Daniel A. Kostyk - AGWYX

Large Blend funds with Invesco Aim

Daniel A. Kostyk, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the management of Power Shares Active Mega Cap Fund since 2008 and has been associated with Investor Institutional and or its affiliates in an investment management capacity since 1995.

  

Seung H. Minn - ARDAX

Large Blend funds with Allianz Funds

Minn joined Templeton Quantitative Advisers in May 1990. From August 1988 through April 1990, he was employed by Anderson Consulting. Minn is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.

  

Samuel A. Lieber - AEMEX

Real Estate funds with Alpine

Lieber is managing member and chief executive officer with Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC. From 1985 until February 1998, he was a portfolio manager and senior real estate securities analyst with Evergreen Asset Management Corp. Prior to 1985, Lieber was associated with Whitbread-Nolan, Inc. in the investment property brokerage division. Previous to this, he worked for the urban design firm, Project for Public Spaces, as a Noyes Fellow.

  

Alan N. Berro - HVABX

Moderate Allocation funds with Hartford Mutual Funds

Berro is senior vice president of Capital World Investors. He has been employed by Capital Research or its affiliates for over 17 years and has over 23 years of investment experience, 9 of which have been as a portfolio counselor for Capital Researchs Asset Allocation Fund.

  

Gordon Crawford - HVSBX

World Stock funds with Hartford Mutual Funds

Crawford is a senior vice President for Capital Research and Management Company with portfolio manager and research analyst responsibilities.

  

James K. Dunton - HVNBX

Large Blend funds with Hartford Mutual Funds

Dunton is a senior vice president and director of Capital Research Global Investors. He has been employed in the investment management area of Capital Research or its affiliates for the past 46 year.

  

Alwyn Heong - HVTBX

Foreign Large Blend funds with Hartford Mutual Funds

Heong is a senior vice president of Capital Research Global Investors. He has been employed with Capital Research or its affiliates for the last 17 years. Heong has 20 years of investment experience.

  

James D. Hamel - ARTRX

Large Growth funds with Artisan

Hamel is a managing director of Artisan Partners. He joined Artisan Partners in May 1997 as an analyst. Previously, he was a financial associate, cost analyst and operations manager of Kimberly-Clark Corporation from March, 1990 to May, 1997. Prior to that he was an accountant for Carlson, Posten & Associates in Minneapolis, MN. Prior to July 2006, he had been Associate Portfolio Manager of Artisan Mid Cap Fund since October 2001.

  

Jeremiah H. Chafkin - GAFYX

Long-Short funds with Natixis Funds

Jeremiah H. Chafkin has served as President of AlphaSimplex since 2007. He is also a member of AlphaSimplexs Investment Commitee and Risk Committee. From 2006 until November 2007, Mr. Chafkin was President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. division of Natixis Global Asset Management. Prior to that time, he headed investment advice and research for Charles Schwab & Co. and served as president of Charles Schwab Investment Management.

  

John F. Flahive - MOTIX

Muni National Interm funds with Mellon Funds

Flahive has been a senior portfolio manager with Mellon since 1994. Prior to joining Mellon, he was a senior portfolio manager and vice president with Neuberger erman Asset Management Inc., and a vice president and associate portfolio manager with T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. He has over 20 years of investment experience. Flahive holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

R. Hutchings Vernon - BAFVX

Large Blend funds with Brown Advisory Funds

Vernon has 26 years of investment management experience. He was a portfolio manager and or analyst with ABIM for over 15 years and is continuing in the same capacity as a partner at Brown following the combination of the two firms in July 2008. Prior to joining the firm in 1993, he was a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst for T. Rowe Price Associates, Legg Mason and Wachovia Bank.Vernon. Vernon holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Doron S. Eisenberg - BIAUX

Small Value funds with Brown Advisory Funds

Eisenberg has been an equity research analyst researching investment opportunities in the technology sector for Browns growth and value strategies since 2002. He is also a contributing research analyst for Brown Advisory Opportunity Fund. Prior to joining Brown in 2002, Eisenberg worked in New York at Slattery Skanska, Inc. as an equity analyst and at Carret & Company as an engineering project analyst from 1995 to 2000. Eisenberg holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Nick P. Calamos - CNWDX

World Allocation funds with Calamos

As Head of Investments, Calamos oversees research and portfolio management for Calamos Investments family of mutual funds, closed-end funds and separately managed accounts. Leading the development of the firms proprietary research tools and investment processes for a team of more than 50 professionals, serves as a portfolio manager of various strategies utilizing equities, high yield bonds, convertible securities and alternative investments.

  

Stephen Hammers - CTMAX

Conservative Allocation funds with Compass Group

Hammers is a managing partner, co-founder and chief investment officer of the Advisor. He has served in those roles since 2003 when the Advisor was registered with the SEC. Hammers has been the portfolio manager primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund since their inception.

  

William B. Whitlow, Jr. - DFMAX

Large Blend funds with Advisor Series Trust

Whitlow is a senior vice president, senior portfolio manager and research analyst of Davidson Investment Advisors, Inc. He joined the company in October 2004. Prior to his affiliation with Davidson Investment Advisors, Inc, he was employed at SAFECO Asset Management since 1997. Whitlow holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

J. Dennis Delafield - DESAX

Mid-Cap Value funds with Natixis Funds

Delafield is chief executive officer and a manager analyst with Delafield Asset Management. He has also been a managing director with Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC since 1991.

  

Christopher J. Bonavico - DGGAX

World Stock funds with Delaware Investments

Bonavico is a Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Equity Analyst at Delaware Management Company(DMC), had been with Transamerica since 1993 as a portfolio manager. Before joining Transamerica in 1993, he was a research analyst for Salomon Brothers. Bonavico holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation

  

Joseph P. Darcy - DNYIX

Muni New York Interm/Short funds with Dreyfus

Darcy is a portfolio manager with The Dreyfus Corporation, his employer since 1994. Previously, he was a vice president and portfolio manager with Merrill Lynch. From 1986 to 1989, he served as an institutional sales and marketing specialist with Chemical Bank. Prior to that, he worked for Prudential Securities as a retail account executive and vice president of the institutional municipal-sales department from 1981 to 1986.

  

Philip W Dobrzynski - DMECX

Small Value funds with Dreyfus

Dobrzynski has been in the industry since 1998 and brings a spectrum of financial and investment industry background and talents to Riverbridge clients. He joined Riverbridge Partners in May 1998. Before joining the staff at Riverbridge Partners, Dobrzynski worked for Tyler, Simms & St. Sauveur, Certified Public Accounts, as an audit and tax supervisor. Dobrzynski holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Robert A. Isbitts - EASAX

Long-Short funds with Northern Lights Fund Trust

Isbitts co-founded Emerald in 1998 and chairs the firms Investment Committee. He has an extensive background in the investment management industry that spans over 20 years. Isbitts is the creator of Emeralds proprietary Hybrid investment approach as well as the firms other internally-managed portfolio styles. He has published over 75 investment articles and commentaries in addition to co-authoring a book in 2006, Wall Streets Bull and How to Bear It.

  

Finny Kuruvilla - ETGLX

Mid-Cap Blend funds with Catalyst Mutual Funds

Kuruvilla, M.D., Ph.D., is a portfolio manager with Eventide Funds, his employer since 2008. Kuruvilla serves as principal at Clarus Ventures (since 2008), a health care venture capital firm. He has served as research fellow at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT in medical genetics (2006-2008). Kuruvilla did his residency at the Brigham & Womens Hospital (2003-2006) and his fellowship in transfusion medicine at Harvard Medical School (2006-2007).

  

Lawrence Rakers - FDGKX

Large Blend funds with Fidelity Investments

Rakers is a vice president and portfolio manager for Fidelity Investments. He joined Fidelity as an equity research analyst in 1993. Before joining Fidelity, Rakers was a project engineer for Loral Corporation in Lexington, Massachusetts, from 1986 to 1993.

  

John D. Avery - FSAEX

Large Blend funds with Fidelity Investments

Avery is a vice president and portfolio manager with Fidelity Investments, his employer since 1995. Prior to joining the firm, he was a domestic equity analyst for Putnam Investments from 1993 to 1994. He was also an investment banking associate for Alex Brown & Sons from 1986 to 1991.

  

Shawn Gault - FAKDX

Large Value funds with Frost Bank

Gault is a Vice President and joined KCM in January 2001.

  

Jeffery Elswick - FADLX

Short-Term Bond funds with Frost Bank

Elswick joined The Frost National Bank, the parent company of the Adviser, in 2006 and has over 13 years of investment experience. Prior to joining The Frost National Bank, he served as a fixed income portfolio manager, analyst and trader at Capital One Financial Corporation from 2000 to 2006.

  

Janet Brown - TACTX

World Stock funds with Fund X

Brown is a president and portfolio manager with DAL Investment Company, her employer since 1978.

  

Steven M Barry - GALLX

Large Growth funds with Goldman Sachs

Steve is a chief investment officer, managing director and senior portfolio manager for the growth investment team of Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP. He has primary responsibility for investment research in media, communications and technology. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in June 1999, he was a portfolio manager at Alliance Capital Management since 1988.

  

Jay Paul Leupp - GBEIX

Real Estate funds with Grubb & Ellis Funds

Leupp founded the Grubb & Ellis Alesco Global Advisors, LLC in 2005 and has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of Real Estate Equity Research at RBC Capital Markets (RBC) from 2002 to 2006. Prior to joining RBC, Leupp served as Managing Director of Real Estate Equity Research at Robertson Stephens & Co., Inc. From 1991 to 1994, he served as Vice President of the Staubach Company.

  

Mihir Worah - HACMX

Natural Resources funds with Harbor

Worah has been a portfolio manager at PIMCO since 2003 . He joined PIMCO in 2001 as a member of the analytics team and worked on term structure modeling and options pricing. Previously Worah was a post-doctoral research associate at the university of California, Berkeley, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

  

Frank van Etten - IABAX

Long-Short funds with ING Funds

Etten is currently an Investment Manager of Structured Products and joined IIM Europe in 2002. In this capacity he is responsible for managing a range of structured products and the execution of transactions in the derivatives portfolios. Etten also carries out research in structured products development and option strategies and markets.

  

William A. Evans - IAWAX

World Allocation funds with ING Retirement Funds

Evans, vice president, is responsible for sub-advisory oversight and oversight of INGs asset allocation fund of fundsproducts. He has been with ING since 2002. Prior to joining ING, Evans worked at Fleet Investment Advisors as a Portfolio Manager for high net worth and institutional clients. Evans holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Tracy L. Gage - ILABX

Intermediate-Term Bond funds with ING Retirement Funds

Principal, joined LCM in 1995. Prior to joining Lincoln Capital, Tracy was a Treasury Analyst at PacifiCorp, a northwest public utility company. At PacifiCorp she was responsible for all parent company and subsidiary company short-term debt management. Tracy received her BS in Finance from Portland State University.

  

Richard A. Brown - JXSAX

Large Value funds with Jackson National

Brown has been a director, Equity Portfolio Management at Mellon Capital since 2002. Brown joined Mellon Capital in 1995 as senior associate portfolio manager, was promoted to Vice President in 1998, and to his current position in 2002. Brown has 12 years of investment experience. Brown holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation..

  

Laurent Saltiel - JFFAX

Foreign Large Growth funds with Janus

Laurent Saltiel is co-portfolio manager of Janus Institutional International Equity portfolio and is portfolio manager of Janus Adviser International Forty Fund. He is also an equity research analyst on the international team and focuses on the industrials & materials, consumer staples and retail sectors. Prior to joining Janus in September 2002, he worked as an equity analyst at RS Investments in San Francisco researching medical devices, wireless and semiconductor capital equipment.

  

John Mullman - JNOAX

Small Blend funds with JennisonDryden

Mullman is manager director of Jennison, his employer since 2000. Prior to that, he had been in the investment business at Prudential since 1987. Mullman holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Kent M Stahl - JAPVX

Large Blend funds with John Hancock

Stahl is a senior vice president and director of Investments and Risk Management of Wellington Management.He has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception. He joined Wellington Management as an investment professional in 1998. Stahl holds the Chartered Finacial Analyst designation.

  

Steve Orlich - JAFOX

Moderate Allocation funds with John Hancock

Orlich is vice president and senior portfolio manager of Asset Allocation at MFC Global Investment Management, his employer since 1998. Orlich is an associate of the Society of Actuaries.

  

Michael C. Buchanan - JFIAX

Bank Loan funds with John Hancock

Buchanan joined Western in 2005 and is a portfolio manager. Prior to joining Western, he worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management as a managing director, head of U.S. Credit Products and portfolio manager from 2003 to 2005. He joined in 2003 from Janus Capital Management. Previously, Buchnana was a managing director at BlackRock Financial Management and a vice president at Conseco Capital Management. Buchanan holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

David J. Wallack - JMVNX

Mid-Cap Value funds with John Hancock

Wallack, vice presidentjoined T. Rowe Price in 1990 as a value and cyclical analysis. He has been part of the mid-cap value investment advisory committee since the funds inception.

  

Barry H Evans - JRRAX

Moderate Allocation funds with John Hancock

Evans has been a portfolio manager of the fund since January 2008 and joined John Hancock Advisers, an affiliate of MFC Global (U.S.A.) in 1986; and is president and chief operating officer of MFC Global (U.S.) with responsibility for all U.S. and international fixed income strategies managed by the firm.He joined MFC Global Investment Management LLC in 2005. Evans holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

James N. Behre - JSGVX

Small Growth funds with John Hancock

Behre is a managing partner and director of investment research of Perimeter. He has more than 21 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Perimeter, Behre was the lead analyst at Trusco.

  

David R. Giroux - JCANX

Moderate Allocation funds with John Hancock

Giroux is vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. He is also a portfolio manager and research analyst in the equity division following automotive, electrical equipment, industrial manufacturing, and building materials products industries.Prior to joining the firm in 1998, he worked as a Commercial Credit Analyst with Hillsdale National Bank. Giroux holds the Charted Financial Analyst designation.

  

Alan Gutmann - JTVAX

Large Value funds with JPMorgan

Gutmann, vice president, is a portfolio manager with JPMIM or one of its affiliates since 2003 when he joined the firm. Prior to joining JPMorgan, he was a portfolio manager and research analyst at Neuberger Berman in 2002, at First Manhattan Co. in 2001 and at Oppenheimer Capital from 1991 until 2000.

  

William Eigen - JMTSX

Intermediate-Term Bond funds with JPMorgan

Eigen is managing director, head of JP Morgans core plus and absolute return fixed income strategies since April 2008. He has also served as a portfolio manager for Highbridge Capital Management, LLC since August 2005. Prior, he served as a analyst and lead portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments from 1994 to 2005 where he was responsible for managing multi-sector income strategies. He has over 18 years of investment experience Eigen holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Lane M. Kerns - KCMTX

World Stock funds with KCM

Kerns founded KCM in 1994 and has served as its President and Chief Investment Officer since inception.

  

Elizabeth O. MacLean - LARCX

Bank Loan funds with Lord Abbett

MacLean,Leveraged Loans Investment Manager, joined Lord Abbett in 2006 and has been a member of the team since the Funds inception. Prior to that, she was a Managing Director Portfolio Manager at Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management, Inc. from 2000 to 2006 and a Vice President Portfolio Manager at Pilgrim Investments, Inc. from 1999 to 2000. She has been in the investment business since 1987.

  

Daniel S. Solender - LISDX

Muni National Short funds with Lord Abbett

Solender is director of municipal bond management of Lord Abbett, his employer since 2006. Previously, he served as a vice president and portfolio manager at Nuveen Investments from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2006. He served as principal and portfolio manager at Vanguard Group from 1999 to 2003. Solender has been in the investment business since 1987. Solender holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Jack Bauer - MTNCX

Target Date 2016-2020 funds with Manning & Napier

Bauer is a senior analyst. He joined the Advisor in 1990.Current position held since 1990.Member of Senior Research Group since 1992.

  

James Syme - MPASX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with MassMutual

Syme is the head of Baring Asset Managements Global Emerging Markets Equities Team, which covers 28 countries on 4 continents. He joined Baring Asset Management in October 2006 from SG Asset Management in London, where he spent a total of nine years and was head of Global Emerging Markets Team for three years. Before joining SG Asset Management, Syme spent three years at Henderson Investors as an emerging markets portfolio manager.Syme holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation

  

Bruce Picard Jr. - MMARX

Target Date 2050+ funds with MassMutual

Picard joined MassMutual in 2005 as investment consultant. Prior to joining MassMutual, Picard was a vice president at Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP, where he worked in various positions covering research, portfolio analysis and product development for the companys Specialty Growth and mutual fund units. Picard holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Lydia So - MSMLX

Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk funds with Matthews Asia Funds

So is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining Matthews in 2004, she was a Portfolio Associate at RCM Capital Management. Lydia started her investment career at Kochis Fitz Wealth Management in 1999.

  

Axel Merk - MEAFX

Currency funds with Merk Funds

Merk is president of the Merk Investments, LLC which he founded in 2001. He conducted investment advisory activities for Merk Investments AG, a company he founded in Switzerland in 1994, until he transferred these activities to the Adviser in 2001.

  

Thomas H. Fitzgerald Jr. - MIIFX

Mid-Cap Growth funds with Monteagle Funds

Fitzgerald founded T.H. Fitzgerald & Co. in 1959, and serves the firm as its president.

  

Conrad Saldanha - NEMAX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with Neuberger Berman

Saldanha is a PM at GEAMI. He joined GEAM in 1996 and later moved to London in 1998. Prior to that worked at ANZ and GE Capital.

  

Avy E Hirshman - NGEMX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with Newgate

Hirshman is a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser. In 2001, he was named Money Manager of the Year by Emerging Markets Week, an Institutional Investor publication. He has lived and traveled throughout the emerging markets and his comments appear regularly in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barrons, BusinessWeek, Emerging Markets Week and Bloomberg Business News.

  

Joel Feinberg - NMMEX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with Northern Funds

Feinberg is a portfolio manager of Dynamic Equity Investments. He is responsible for the management of client portfolios that employ the firms Dynamic Investment strategies. He is also involved in the trading of active global equities for client portfolios. Prior to joining the Dynamic Equity team, Mr. Feinberg was a Research Associate in the Macro Strategies group at PanAgora.

  

James A. Colon - NMATX

Moderate Allocation funds with Nuveen

Since 2006, Colon has managed the quantitative analysis underlying R&Ts asset allocation, asset liability modeling, manager structuring, alternative investment research and risk management methods. Prior to joining R&T, he was a consultant with Consulting Services Support Corporation from 2000 to 2006. Colon is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Chicago and the International Association of Financial Engineers. Colon holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Peng Chen - OTAIX

Target Date 2016-2020 funds with Old Mutual

Chen is managing director and chief investment officer at Ibbotson. He joined Ibbotson in 1997. Chen holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Ivka Kalus-Bystricky - PXNIX

Foreign Large Blend funds with Pax World

Kalus-Bystricky is a portfolio manager for SSgAs and SSgA FMs Fundamental Team. Prior to joining SSgA in 2004, she was at Baring Asset Management from 2003 to 2004, where she worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager of international and global portfolios. Prior thereto, she spent three years managing international portfolios at Independence Investment and prior to that was an equity analyst at Putnam Investments.

  

Nathan MOSER - PXSCX

Small Growth funds with Pax World

MOSER is vice president and co-portfolio manager of Citizens Advisers since 2006. He was an equity analyst in Citizens Advisers between 2002-2006. Prior to that, he worked as an Investment Analyst in John Hancock Funds from 2000 to 2002. MOSER holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

William H. Gross - PFSDX

Long-Short funds with PIMCO Funds

Gross is founder and chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Company. Gross and his bond team have twice been awarded Morningstars fixed-income manager of the year award, in 1998 and 2000. In a 1993 survey by pensions & investments magazine, he was recognized by his peers as the most influential authority on the bond market in the United States.Gross holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Mohamed El-Erian - PAFCX

World Bond funds with PIMCO Funds

El-Erian re-joined PIMCO in December 2007 after serving for 2 years as president and CEO of Harvard Management Company (HMC), the entity that manages Harvard Universitys endowment and related accounts. Previously, he was with Salomon Smith Barney Citibank in London where he headed the emerging markets economic research team. Prior to that, he was associated with the international monetary fund as a deputy director and advisor.

  

Chris Dialynas - PFIUX

Multisector Bond funds with PIMCO Funds

Dialynas, who joined PIMCO in 1980, is a managing director, portfolio manager and senior member of the firms investment strategy group. He has written extensively and lectured on the topic of fixed income investing. He served on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Portfolio Management and was a member of Fixed Income Curriculum Committee of the Association for Investment Management and Research.

  

Mark Denkinger - PGDCX

World Allocation funds with Principal Funds

Denkinger is a portfolio manager at PGI. He is the senior portfolio manager for high yield credit and leveraged loans strategies at PGI. In addition, he was the Managing Director overseeing global investment grade and high yield credit trading between 2004 and 2008. Denkinger holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Daniel Grana - PEMAX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with Putnam

Grana is a vice president and portfolio manager on the emerging markets equity team. He joined Putnam in 1999. He has 10 years of investment experience. Before joining Putnam, he was with Goldman Sachs & Company during 1998 and Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1993 to 1997. Grana holds the Charted Financial Analyst designation.

  

Rocky Barber - GDIIX

Large Value funds with RNC Genter

James Rocky Barber, CFA joined RNC Genter at the end of 2004 as Senior VP, Director of Equities, and a member of the Executive Management, Equity Strategy, and Investment Policy Committees. In 1977 he joined Alliance Capital Management where he became a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. In 1986 he moved to William Blair & Co. as a Principal and Portfolio Manager. In 1993 he founded the William Blair Large-Cap Equity Product. Mr. Barber earned an M.B.A., M.S., and B.S. from Stanford University.

  

Warren Spitz - RRIAX

Large Blend funds with RiverSource

Spitz joined RiverSource Investments in 2000 as a senior portfolio manager and prior to coming to Riversouce he was a portfolio manager for Prudential Investments from 1987 to 2000. His investment career started since 1984.

  

George Necakov - RYGSX

Foreign Small/Mid Value funds with Royce

Necakov is a portfolio manager and director of quantitative strategies for Royce & Associates, LLC. He manages the firms quantitative product offerings. He joined the firm in 1994 and has been involved in portfolio management since 1998.

  

Stephen W Skatrud - RLISX

Large Blend funds with Russell

Skatrud has been a portfolio manager with Russell Investment Management Company since December 2001. From 1999 to December, 2001, he was a senior research analyst. From 1995 to 1999, Skatrud was director of Benefits Finance and Investment for Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.

  

Larry M. Mano - SFESX

Diversified Emerging Mkts funds with Schwab Funds

Mano is a managing director and portfolio manager of the Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. He joined the firm in Nov 1998.

  

Mark Mitchell - SESAX

Mid-Cap Value funds with Security Funds

Mark Mitchell is a Managing Director and Head of Merger Arbitrage and co-Head of U.S. Activist investing at Ramius Capital Group, LLC. Mr. Mitchell joined Ramius Capital in July 1999. Mr. Mitchell was formerly a Managing Director of BT Alex Brown Inc., responsible for proprietary equity arbitrage trading in New York. Prior to joining Bankers Trust in 1993, Mr. Mitchell was an Associate Managing Director of Wertheim Schroder & Co. and a risk arbitrage trader at Wertheim from 1983 to 1993. Mr. Mitchel

  

James P. Schier - SSUAX

Small Blend funds with Security Funds

Schier is a vice president and senior portfolio manager at Security Management Company, his employer since 1995. Previously, he was portfolio manager with Mitchell Capital Management from 1993 to 1995. From 1988 to 1993, he served as vice president and portfolio manager with Fourth Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he served in various positions in the investment field for Stifel Financial, Josepthal & Company and Mercantile Trust Company. Schier is a Chartered Financial Analyst holder.

  

William W. Smead - SMVLX

Large Value funds with Smead Funds

Smead founded Smead Capital Management, Inc. in July 2007, and serves as Chief Investment Officer and CEO of the firm. Prior to that, He served as Portfolio Manager and Director of Investments for Smead Investment Group of Wachovia Securities from September 2001 through June 2007. Prior to that, Smead served as a financial advisor and portfolio manager with Smith Barney from February 1993 to September 2001. He has over 20 years of experience in the investment industry.

  

William Mason - SOAMX

High Yield Muni funds with Spirit of America

William Mason - Principal. Mason currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at David Lerner Associates, Inc. He is also a member of the Municipal Bond Club of New York. He started working at David Lerner Associates, Inc. in 1988. His career began in back office operations in 1980 at Merrill Lynch where he stayed until 1983. He then moved to Morgan Stanley where he was Manager of Trading Operations from 1983 until 1985 when he became an Institutional Trader.