Kerry A. Guthrie, executive vice president and chief investment officer, has oversight for the company's investment operations. Mr. Guthrie joined the company in 1987 as an investment analyst. In 1992, he was named assistant vice president. He was named portfolio manager and promoted to vice president in 1996. In 2002, Mr. Guthrie was promoted to senior vice president and chief investment officer, and to executive vice president in 2005. Before coming to Selective, he was controller for Ames Rubber Corporation in Hamburg, NJ. Mr. Guthrie received a B.S. in accounting from Siena College in Loudonville, NY and received an M.B.A in finance in 1984 from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ. In 1991, Mr. Guthrie earned the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR). Mr. Guthrie is affiliated with the CFA Institute, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants.