Wells Fargo Strategic Municipal Bd Adm

Robert Miller is a senior portfolio manager for the Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) Municipal Fixed Income team, where he manages both mutual funds and separate accounts. Prior to joining WFAM in 2008, Robert worked for American Century Investments for 10 years where he was part of team managing the firm’s municipal bond portfolios. Robert had direct responsibility for the firm’s national intermediate- and long-term investment grade strategies. In addition, he managed several other state-specific funds for the firm. Robert also served as a member of its analytical team. Earlier, Robert spent eight years in New York as a municipal bond analyst with Moody’s Investors Service where he served as an analyst in the States and High Profile Ratings Group as well as the Airport Credit Group, the Southeast Regional Ratings Group, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ratings Group. He also founded a small venture capital firm and served as a consultant with Black and Veatch and KPMG Peat Marwick, where he specialized in conducting financial feasibility studies in support of large infrastructure projects. Robert earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from San Jose State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Terry Goode is a senior portfolio manager for the Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) Municipal Fixed Income team, where he manages California, Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon funds and separate accounts. Previously, Terry served as the leader of the WFAM Tax-Exempt Research team, where he managed a group of professionals who provide credit research for the Municipal Fixed Income team. He also specialized in directly covering a number of municipal sectors. Prior to joining WFAM in 2002, he performed similar research duties and provided bond ratings as a director at Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services, focusing on health care, education and nonprofit sectors. He began his investment industry career in 1995 when he held a similar position with Wells Fargo Bank’s health care division, analyzing the credit quality for a variety of nonprofit and corporate health care organizations. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance and investment strategy from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Terry is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts, the National Federation of Municipal Analysts and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. His industry comments can often be found in The Bond Buyer.

Nicholos Venditti is a senior portfolio manager for the Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) Municipal Fixed Income team. Before joining WFAM, he spent 10 years at Thornburg Investment Management, most recently as a portfolio manager and head of the municipal bond group. Earlier positions include serving as a portfolio manager on seven mutual funds and separately managed accounts with total assets of approximately $10 billion. Prior to Thornburg, Nicholos held a variety of roles focused on municipal credit analysis at Financial Security Assurance/Assured Guaranty where he began his investment industry career in 2007. Nick earned a bachelor’s degree in theoretical economics from Trinity University and a master’s degree in applied economics from University of North Carolina – Greensboro, where he also served as an adjunct professor. He received a master’s degree in finance from Syracuse University and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.