Bryan T. Whalen, CFA Group Managing Director U.S. Fixed Income Mr. Whalen is a Generalist Portfolio Manager in the U.S. Fixed Income Group. Mr. Whalen joined TCW in 2009 during the acquisition of Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC (MetWest) as co-head of the Securitized Products division. Prior to joining TCW, Mr. Whalen was a partner and co-head of MetWest's Securitized Products division. Prior to joining MetWest in 2004, he was a director in the fixed income department at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Previously, he was a vice president at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Whalen earned a BA in Economics from Yale University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Itai is a Co-CIO of fixed income and a fixed income portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in 1996. Prior to assuming his current position in 2005, he was a fixed income trader with the firm. Itai received a BA in English from Amherst College.

Eric is a fixed income portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in 2010. Prior to Jennison, Eric worked at UBS Global Asset Management for eleven years, most recently as a senior fixed income portfolio manager. He received a BA in economics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from DePaul University.

Richard A. Bamford serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Fixed Income Team within SIMC's Investment Management Unit. Mr. Bamford is responsible for investment grade debt and municipal bond portfolios. Mr. Bamford's duties include manager analysis and selection, strategy development and enhancement as well as investment research. Mr. Bamford has over 20 years of investment experience in investment management. Prior to joining SEI in 1999, Mr. Bamford worked as a Municipal Credit Analyst for Vanguard. Mr. Bamford received a Bachelor of Science in Economics/Finance and Accounting from the University of Scranton and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from St. Joseph's University.

Jarad Vasquez is a senior portfolio manager and co-head of the Core Fixed Income team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to joining WFAM, Jarad was a trader at Susquehanna International Group, where he traded mortgage-backed securities in a proprietary relative-value strategy and equity options as a specialist on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He began his investment industry career in 2001. Jarad earned a bachelor’s degree in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Maulik Bhansali is a senior portfolio manager and co-head of the Core Fixed Income team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to his current role, Maulik served as an equity research analyst responsible for quantitative modeling and portfolio construction in addition to fundamental analysis for various equity teams. Before Joining WFAM, he served as a retirement actuary at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. He began his investment industry career in 2001. Maulik earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and international studies, graduating cum laude, from Yale University and a master’s degree in financial engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation.

Andrew Kronschnabel is a portfolio manager and leads investment grade credit for MetLife Investment Management (MIM) Public Fixed Income. Kronschnabel joined MIM in September 2017, in connection with the acquisition of Logan Circle Partners (LCP) by MetLife. He is responsible for high grade credit across all core-based, corporate and long / short credit strategies. Prior to joining LCP in 2007, he was a member of the portfolio management team at Delaware Investments where he was responsible for core-based and high-grade products from 2000 to 2007.

David is a fixed income portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in 2020. Prior to Jennison, David was Managing Director of Global Credit and Head of Credit Research at Mellon Investment Management. David joined Mellon in 2006 as an Associate Portfolio Manager, and over the 14 years there has held several different positions spanning trading, research and portfolio management. Prior to joining Mellon, David worked at Merrill Lynch and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He received a B.A. from Lafayette College and an M.B.A. and M.S.F. from Boston College.

– Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Portfolio Manager, 2003- – Salomon Smith Barney – Associate, Private Client Group, 2000-2001 – Digital Coast Partners – Senior Analyst, 1999-2000 – Arthur Andersen, LLP – Senior Analyst, 1997-1999 – Cornell University, M.B.A. – University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude – Chartered Financial Analyst

– Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Portfolio Manager, 2012- – U.S. Department of the Treasury – Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic Analysis; Senior Advisor in the Office of Economic Policy, 2009-2011 – University of California, Berkeley, PhD Economics – Dartmouth College, B.A. Economics, magna cum laude – Chartered Financial Analyst