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Jason Deleeuw, Pine River Capital Management
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Darci Doneff, Piper Jaffray

Darci Doneff is currently a managing director in the fixed income services department at Piper Jaffray. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray in 1995, Doneff was a managing director for Citigroup (formerly Smith Barney) for eight years. While at Citi, she served as the manager and head municipal trader and underwriter. At Piper Jaffray, Doneff manages a team of 34 fixed income professionals in the Municipal Trading, Underwriting and Sales Division. Doneff's team focuses on the marketing and distribution of new issue municipal debt throughout the country and in addition actively trades municipal securities both tax exempt and taxable in the secondary market. In 2009 her team successfully placed over 450 new issues totaling in excess of $8 billion par value. Doneff attended North Dakota State University, where she earned a degree in Agricultural Economics.

Matt Dudley (Board Chair), The Leuthold Group

Matt joined The Leuthold Group in July of 2002, where he focuses on sales, marketing and client relationships with our institutional research clients. Matt previously worked as an Associate in Lehman Brothers' Private Client Services in Chicago from 2000 to 2002, where he focused on business development and client service for high net worth individuals and families. Matt received his MBA from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, where he concentrated in Finance and is a 1994 graduate of Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA, where he majored in Political Science and earned a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve through the Naval ROTC.

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Marilyn Froelich, State Bank & Trust Wealth Management

Marilyn Froelich is an investment professional with over 30 years of insurance and institutional asset management experience. She is experienced in the critical areas of fixed income investment management, including portfolio management, credit research, risk analysis, strategy, policy development and reporting. Marilyn has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Science Degree from North Dakota State University. In addition to being a Chartered Financial Analyst, she is a Chartered Life Underwriter and Fellow, Life Office Management.

James L. Hamalainen, Ameriprise Financial

Mr. Hamalainen joined Ameriprise Financial in 1991, working as a Financial Analyst. In 1995, he moved to the investment department and during his eight year tenure there worked as a quantitative analyst and a collateralized debt obligation analyst. From 2003-2006, he worked in the Treasury strategy group where he was Vice President of Finance. In 2006, he took a position in the company's asset management division, RiverSource Investments, as VP of Investment Management Analysis. In 2010, he became the corporate Treasurer for Ameriprise, continuing with responsibility for the company's investment portfolios, and adding responsibility for liquidity, capital, and enterprise risk management. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of North Dakota and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Minnesota.

Todd Hedtke, Allianz Life Insurance Company

Todd has been with Allianz for 12 years, the last four years with Allianz Investment Management LLC . He leads investment activities related to general account investments. Prior to joining Allianz Todd held various finance and investment positions at Cargill, EBF& Associates and American Express. Todd received his Bachelor's degree from Hamline University and his MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. In addition to being a Chartered Financial Analyst, he is a Financial Risk Manager and Fellow of the Life Management Institute.

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Phil Hildebrandt, Segall Bryant & Hamill

Philip Hildebrandt is Chief Executive Officer for Segall Bryant & Hamill, a leading investment management firm located in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining SBH, Mr. Hildebrandt was Director of Marketing for CSI Asset Management, an investment subsidiary of The Prudential Investment Corporation. Mr. Hildebrandt has a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Minnesota and an MBA in finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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Mark Hood, Federated Insurance

Mark Hood is a First Vice President and Director of Fixed Income Investments for Federated Insurance Companies. Mark has been with Federated for 19 years and currently oversees $4.5 billion of fixed income assets. Prior to joining Federated, he was a portfolio manager at Trustmark Insurance Companies. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa in 1985. Mark is a CFA Charterholder, and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Minnesota.

Jonathan Horick, Akros Capital

Jonathan Horick is a Principal and Portfolio Manager at Akros Capital, LLC. Mr. Horick has a diverse set of institutional investment experiences involving securities analysis for both public and private entities, and an extensive work history in equity financing and fixed-income objectives. He held positions at several investment managers in New York and the Twin Cities, including Millennium Partners, White Pine Capital, Deephaven Capital Management, Dougherty & Company and Sit Investment Associates. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and holds an inactive Certified Public Accountant certificate. Mr. Horick has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Finance from Wartburg College and his MBA in Finance from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.

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Mark Jordahl, US Bancorp Wealth Management

Mark Jordahl is President of U.S. Bancorp's Wealth Management Group, where he is responsible for all private-client wealth management services, including investment management, brokerage services, private banking, insurance, personal trust and estate services, philanthropic services, insurance, and financial planning. Under Jordahl's leadership, U.S. Bancorp's wealth management business group has developed a client service platform that provides three distinctive service models to meet the unique needs of high-net-worth, and ultra high-net-worth clients with investable assets of $100,000 to more than $100 million.

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Jay Kiedrowski, Humphrey School of Public Affiars - University of Minnesota

Jay Kiedrowski is a senior fellow in the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He teaches courses on public and nonprofit financial analysis and budgeting, organizational performance and change. Before coming to the University in 2004, Kiedrowski was the executive vice president for Wells Fargo and Company. He was responsible for leading institutional trust, institutional brokerage, and trust operations for the merged Northwest/Wells Fargo organization. Kiedrowski earned a B.S.M.E. in industrial engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Arts from the University's School of Public Affairs. He also earned an Ed.D. from St. Mary's University of Minnesota.

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David Kuplic, Advantus Capital Management

As Executive Vice President of Advantus, David co-leads the investment management of approximately $22 billion of client assets and is the Chief Investment Officer of Securian, Advantus's parent company. David has direct accountability for all of Securian's investments, as well as the asset management of all of Advantus's external insurance clients. David is also President of Advantus Series Fund, an investment company that offers fixed income and equity alternatives through life insurance and annuity products. Since starting in the investment industry in 1984, David has specialized in fixed income investment management.

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John Sabre, Mount Yale Capital Group

Prior to joining Mount Yale in 2001, Mr. Sabre was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. and Head of the Mezzanine Capital Group. Mr. Sabre previously served as President of First Dominion Capital, which managed $3.0 billion of assets and is now owned by Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Sabre holds a B.S. degree from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Mark Simenstad, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Mark Simenstad, serves as Thrivent Financial for Lutherans vice president and head of fixed income funds and separate accounts. In this role, he oversees the investment management of all fixed income mutual funds and separate accounts. He held a variety of positions, including head of fixed income research and portfolio manager, before leaving the organization in 1993. He rejoined the organization in 1999 and assumed his new position in October of 2002. Before rejoining Thrivent Financial, Simenstad was employed by Investment Advisers Inc. as vice president and portfolio manager. He subsequently joined Voyageur Asset Management as chief investment officer. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., in 1981. He earned an MBA from the University of Minnesota in 1983.

Matthew Thompson, Faegre Baker Daniels

Matt Thompson is a Partner in the Minneapolis office of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, one of the country's largest law firms. Matt specializes in the formation, syndication and ongoing compliance requirements of registered and unregistered investment funds and their management organizations, as well as related products and services. Matt also represents institutional investors in their review of prospective investments, and independent directors and trustees of mutual funds. Matt received this B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

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Tom Welch is the Midwest regional client services manager Wells Capital Management. Prior to joining Wells Capital Management in 2003, Tom served as senior vice president and director of portfolio management for Boatmen's Trust Company of St. Louis and as Midwest director of institutional advisory services for Bank of America Capital Management. Tom received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Southwest Baptist University.

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William Westhoff, Lakeview Investment Advisors

Bill Westhoff has been in the investment industry since 1969. He started Lakeview Investment Advisors, LLC, in 2002 as a small investment advisory firm dedicated to using his investment experience to help his individual clients preserve and build wealth. Before starting Lakeview, he was senior vice president and chief investment officer of Minnesota Life Insurance Company and president of Advantus Capital Management, the investment management subsidiary of Minnesota Life. At Advantus Capital Management, Bill was responsible for the entire investment function, including portfolio management and research, insurance asset advisory, marketing and sales, legal services, compliance, and investment administration.

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