Mr. Schiffman is a Portfolio Manager at Aquila since September 2021. Mr. Schiffman was Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager of The Terra Group from 2020 to September 2021. Mr. Schiffman was Director of Insurance Investing at Foresters Investment Management Co. from 2017 to 2019, where he was responsible for the management and credit research of all investment-grade and high-yield fixed income, insurance-related assets. Previously, Mr. Schiffman was a senior fixed income portfolio manager and senior financial strategist at First Empire Asset Management from 2011 to 2017, a risk manager and senior compliance officer at UBS International from 2005 to 2011, a director of fixed income investments and senior fixed income portfolio manager at The Pension Boards – United Church of Christ from 2000 to 2005, and a portfolio manager at GRE Insurance Group from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Schiffman is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, as well as an MBA in Finance. Mr. Schiffman is a member of the Fixed Income Analysts Society and the Bond Club of New York.

John D. Brim, CFA, Chief Investment Officer,joined Smith Group in March 1998 and is a member of the investment management team.Prior to joining the firm, he was a manager within the institutional investment consulting group of Deloitte & Touche from 1997 to 1998. From 1990 to 1997, Brim held a variety of positions, including senior client manager with NationsBank Asset Management in Dallas. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth.