Mr. Stephen Frank Auth is the Chief Investment Officer of Global Equity and Asset Allocation and Executive Vice President of Global Equity of Federated Investors Inc. He is the Chief Investment Officer of Equity and Executive Vice President at Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania. Mr. Auth joined Federated in 2000 and is responsible for overseeing Global portfolio management teams to maintain and enhance portfolio performance and assist in crafting the ... firm's international investment strategy. He was the Director of Global Portfolio Management at Federated Investors. Mr. Auth was an Executive Vice President at Federated Investment Counseling and Passport Research II, Ltd. He was an Executive Vice President at Federated Investment Management Company and Passport Research, Ltd. Mr. Auth was a Senior Vice President at Global Portfolio Management Services Division and Senior Vice President at Federated Investment Management Company and Passport Research, Ltd. He was a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Prudential Investments. Mr. Auth is a Member of Board of Trustees of American University in Bulgaria. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and graduated in B.A. from Princeton University.