Wendy Casetta is a senior portfolio manager for the Wells Capital Management Tax-Exempt Fixed Income team. She joined Wells Capital Management from Strong Capital Management where she held a similar position. Prior to joining Strong, Wendy was a fixed income trader and investment associate at Barnett Capital Advisors in Jacksonville, FL. She began her investment industry career in 1993 as a registered representative at the Nicholas Company in Milwaukee, WI. Wendy earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Florida, Jacksonville.

Lyle Fitterer is head of the Tax-Exempt Fixed Income team at Wells Capital Management, where he manages portfolio teams focused on municipal fixed income strategies. In addition to this role, Lyle also served as head of the WellsCap Customized Fixed Income team, which manages taxable longer duration strategies, from mid-2005 to early 2009. Lyle joined the firm in 2005 from Strong Capital Management. At Strong, he was appointed director of Strong’s Municipal Fixed Income team in 2000. Prior to that, he served in a variety of other roles with the firm, including managing director of Strong’s Institutional Client Services team where he was responsible for overseeing institutional and intermediary sales. For six years prior to that, Lyle was a member of the Strong Taxable Fixed Income team, initially as an analyst and trader and then as a portfolio manager specializing in mortgage and asset-backed securities. Lyle began his investment career in 1989. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of North Dakota. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has earned the right to use the CFA designation. Lyle is a member of CFA Institute. His views have been cited in various publications including: The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Barron's, and The Bond Buyer.