Tim Bacik, CFA graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Economics. Mr. Bacik joined LGIMA in 2011 as a Senior Portfolio Manager and has over 23 years of industry experience. Tim serves as an analyst and portfolio manager, with over 14 years of fixed income experience. In 2019, he was promoted to Head of Active Fixed Income. Prior to joining Lee Munder Capital Group in April 2004, he worked at Alliance Capital as a portfolio manager for institutional core/core+ fixed income products. His responsibilities also included generating and executing strategies across all Alliance fixed income credit investors and providing daily commentary to Alliance fixed income personnel, who then communicated these strategies, ideas, and market events.

Bill joined IR+M in September 1994. Prior to IR+M, Bill was a Vice President at Wellington Management Company, LLP. Before joining Wellington in 1989, Bill worked at The Vanguard Group and in Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division. Bill has a BA from Amherst College (1984) and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1989).

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.

Jeff Koch, CFA, joined LGIMA as a Senior Portfolio Manager in 2012 and was promoted to Co-Head of Fixed Income in 2013. In 2019, he was promoted to Head of Active Fixed Income. Mr. Koch has over 30 years of investment grade and high yield fixed income experience. Mr. Koch earned a B.S. in Economics from the University of Minnesota, Morris and an M.B.A. with an emphasis in Finance from Washington University. Prior to joining Metropolitan West Asset Management, Mr. Koch had been at Strong Capital Management for over 13 years where he was responsible for building their high yield bond business. Prior to joining Strong, he was employed by Fossett Corporation as a market maker clerk.

Dave Nirtaut joined LGIMA in 2007 as Head of Securitized Assets and Interest Rates and was promoted to Head of Portfolio Management in 2012, and to Co-Head of Fixed Income in 2013. Mr. Nirtaut graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. in Finance and Accounting and from the University of Notre Dame with an M.B.A., magna cum laude.

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.

Stephen Mullin is a portfolio manager and leads long duration fixed income for MetLife Investment Management (MIM) Public Fixed Income. Mullin joined MIM in September 2017, in connection with the acquisition of Logan Circle Partners (LCP) by MetLife. He assists in the risk / duration management of core-based and credit mandates. Prior to joining LCP in 2007, Mullin worked on the long duration portfolio management team at Delaware Investments. Prior to joining Delaware Investments, he worked at Ryan Labs where he created custom liability indices and performed asset/liability studies for the firm's clients, including public and private defined benefit plans, insurance companies, and state lotteries.

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.

Jake joined IR+M in July 2005. Prior to IR+M, he was an associate with Lehman Brothers Holdings. Previously, he was a Senior Consultant at Whitelight Systems, Inc. Jake has a BSE from Princeton University (1995) and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (2002).