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Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Robert Gruendyke | Senior Portfolio Manager | 2024 | Now |
Biography | Robert (Bob) Gruendyke is a senior portfolio manager and co-head of the Dynamic Growth Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to his current role, he was a senior research analyst for the team, covering the financials and health care sectors. Before joining WFAM, Bob served as a senior research associate and, earlier, as a senior compliance advisor for Raymond James Financial. Prior to that, he was a financial consultant for A. G. Edwards and Sons. He began his investment industry career in 1999. Bob earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and history from Duke University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. | ||
David Nazaret | Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst | 2024 | Now |
Biography | David (Dave) Nazaret is a senior portfolio manager for the Dynamic Growth Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to his current role, he was a senior research analyst for the team, covering the information technology and health care sectors. Before that, he was a senior research associate at Raymond James Financial. He began his investment industry career in 2000. Dave earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. | ||
Michael T. Smith | Managing Director | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Michael (Mike) Smith serves as a senior portfolio manager and head of the Discovery Growth Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. In this role, Mike has oversight and portfolio management responsibility for all growth equity portfolios managed by the team. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Mike joined WFAM in 2005 from Strong Capital Management, where he served as a senior research analyst focusing primarily on the healthcare sector. Prior to that, he served as a research analyst and trader at Conseco Capital Management. Mike began his investment industry career in 1999. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from DePauw University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. | ||
Christopher J. Warner | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Chris Warner is a senior portfolio manager for the Discovery Growth Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to joining WFAM, Chris worked as an equity research associate following the enterprise software, systems management, and data storage industries for Citigroup in San Francisco. He has also worked as an equity analyst at Morningstar and PPM America, Inc. Chris’s related professional experience includes technology-consulting positions at Evolve Software and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. He began his investment industry career in 2002. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance and corporate strategy from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. | ||
Alexi Makkas | Co-Portfolio Manager | 2015 | 2018 |
Biography | Alexi Makkas is Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst on the Redwood investment team and has 30 years of investment experience. Before joining Redwood, he was Lead Portfolio Manager for the Beacon Growth Equity Team at Wells Fargo Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a Senior Equity Analyst at Alydar Capital. Alexi also held several roles at State Street Global Advisors, most recently as Co-Lead Senior Portfolio Manager/Analyst for the small/mid cap team, covering the consumer sectors, industrials, technology hardware, semiconductors and utilities. Alexi received his M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his B.A. from Bucknell University, graduating cum laude. | ||
Jeffrey A. Harrison | SVP, Managing Director, PM | 1997 | 2015 |
Biography | Jeff Harrison is a Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the firm. Jeff is a portfolio manager/analyst for the multi-managed Small Cap and SMID-Cap portfolios. Jeff came to GIM in 2015 with 18 years industry experience specializing in small cap equities, with the last 11 years as a portfolio manager. Jeff has spent much of his career as portfolio manager on a diversified small cap growth equity fund with Wells Capital Management and its predecessor companies in Richmond, VA. Jeff has extensive fundamental research experience across industries with specific expertise in the healthcare and financial services sectors. Jeff received his MBA in Finance from the College of William & Mary, and his BA from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. | ||
Jeffrey S. Drummond | Director, Portfolio Manager | 1993 | 2015 |
Biography | Jeff Drummond is a managing director and senior portfolio manager with the Diversified Small Cap Growth Equity team at Wells Capital Management. He joined WellsCap from Evergreen Investments, where he served in a similar role since 1993. He began his investment industry career in 1988 in the investment strategy department at Wheat First Butcher Singer. Jeff earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Richmond. He has earned the right to use the CFA designation and is a member of CFA Virginia and CFA Institute. | ||
Linda Z. Freeman | Director, Portfolio Manager | 1991 | 2015 |
Biography | Linda Freeman is a managing director and senior portfolio manager with the Diversified Small Cap Growth Equity team at Wells Capital Management. She joined WellsCap from Evergreen Investments, where she served in a similar role since 1991. Earlier, she served as vice president and portfolio manager of Federated Investment Counseling and Federated Research Corporation in Pittsburgh and as an analyst at Virginia National Bank. She began her investment industry career as an analyst with Investment Corporation of Virginia. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh. Linda has earned the right to use the CFA designation and is a member of CFA Virginia and CFA Institute and a former officer of the Pittsburgh Society of Financial Analysts. | ||
Paul Carder | Senior Research Analyst | 2005 | 2014 |
Biography | Mr. Carder joined Wells Capital Management or one of its predecessor firms in 2004, where he currently serves as a Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager with the Diversified Small Cap Growth Equity team. From 2000 to 2004, Carder served as an associate equity research analyst for Wachovia Securities. Carder holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. | ||
Edward Rick | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | 1994 | 2010 |
Biography | Rick is a vice president, portfolio manager and member of the Small Cap Growth team at EIMC. He joined EIMC since in November 2000. Rick holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
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