Mr. Wear serves as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for the fund. He is a graduate of Arizona State University with a B.A. in Finance. He began at Winslow Capital Management, Inc. (April 1997, and prior to that was at Baird Capital Management (‘96-‘97), Firstar Invest Research and Mgmt., (‘82-‘96) Mr. Wear has been in the industry for 23 years.