Mark A. Whitaker, CFA, Senior Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager, is involved in portfolio management for Funds. Mark is an equity portfolio manager on Wellington Management's Mid Cap Opportunities Team, which manages accounts for a globally diverse group of individual, institutional, and mutual fund clients. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Mark was an equity research analyst at Morgan Stanley, covering packaging and containers and electrical equipment (2000 — 2002). Before that, Mark was a cash management consultant at Ernst & Young (1999 — 2000). Mark received his MBA from Stanford University (2004) and his BS in business administration from the University of Kansas, Lawrence (1999). He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Philip W. Ruedi, CFA, Senior Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager, is Portfolio Manager for the Hartford MidCap Funds. Phil is an equity portfolio manager on Wellington Management's Mid Cap Opportunities Team, which manages accounts for a globally diverse group of individual, institutional, and mutual fund clients. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Phil was an equity research analyst at T. Rowe Price, covering a variety of industries, including waste management, staffing, IT services, food and drug retailing, parcel delivery, and other business and consumer services (1998 — 2004). While at T. Rowe Price, Phil was a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the T. Rowe Price Mid Cap Growth Fund and was chosen to Institutional Investor magazine's "Best of the Buyside" in 2002. Before that, he was an analyst in John Nuveen's Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Group (1993 — 1997). Phil received his MBA with a concentration in finance, with high honors, from the University of Chicago (1998) and his BBA in finance and accounting, with high distinction, from the University of Michigan (1993). He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.