JOHN G. NORMAN, General Partner, has twenty-three years of investment experience and is responsible for portfolio management and client service. Prior to joining WEDGE in 2004, John was a Senior Vice President at Banc of America Capital Management. He was formerly associated with Brown Brothers Harriman, Wheat First Butcher Singer, and William M. Mercer Investment Consulting. John received his Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance from The College of William and Mary. John is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Committee.

MARTIN L. ROBINSON, CFA, General Partner, has twenty-five years of investment experience and is responsible for portfolio management and client service. Prior to joining WEDGE in 1996, Martin was a Vice President at Alex. Brown & Sons, responsible for investment banking. He was formerly associated with PaineWebber Incorporated in New York. Martin received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and his Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Advisory Council to the Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. Martin is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Committee.

Bryant VanCronkhite is a senior portfolio manager and co-team leader for the Special Global Equity team at Wells Capital Management. Bryant has oversight and portfolio management responsibility for the Special U.S. Small Cap Value, Special U.S. Mid Cap Value, Special Global Small Cap, Special International Small Cap, and Special Dividend Focused Equity portfolios. Prior to this, Bryant was a senior research analyst on the team, which he joined in 2004 before the acquisition of Strong Capital Management. Earlier, Bryant was a mutual fund accountant for Strong. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in professional accountancy from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He is a member of the Milwaukee Society of Financial Analysts and the AICPA. Bryant has earned the right to use the CFA designation.

Mr. Woodberry joined OpCap in 1996, and brings seven years experience to his current position. Previously, he worked in corporate finance at Citicorp, and mergers and acquisitions at Dillon Read.

Todd D. Raker, Managing Director and Director of Research, is the portfolio manager for our U.S. Equity portfolios and is responsible for coordinating and supervising various aspects of the investment team.  Prior to joining Iridian in July 2011, he worked seven years as a director within the equity research department of Deutsche Bank.  Previously, he worked as a director within equity research for five years with Credit Suisse First Boston and one year with ING Baring Furman Selz.  In addition, from 1995 to 1998, he served as an equity analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston, from 1991 to 1993, he worked in sales for Semiconductor Packaging Materials Inc. and from 1990 to 1991, he worked as a research associate with Strategic Planning Associates.  Mr. Raker holds a B.A. in Economics from Brown University (1990) and an M.S.M. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management (1995).

Co-Lead Mid-Cap Analyst, responsible for the fundamental, bottom-up research for the Fund and making investment recommendations to the Investment Policy Committee; also responsible for making adjustments to the position size, as well as the decision to sell the security.

Jim is a senior portfolio manager and co-team leader for the Special Global Equity team at Wells Capital Management. He joined WellsCap from Evergreen Investments, where he began his investment industry career in 1994, which includes serving as a portfolio manager with Wachovia Asset Management Group. Prior to this, he served in the Personal Financial Group of Ernst & Young. Jim earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Florida. He is a CPA and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society. Jim has earned the right to use the CFA designation.