Head of San Francisco Fixed Income Core PM at BlackRock, Inc. since 2020; Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2015; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2014; Vice President of State Street Global Advisors from 2001 to 2010. James Mauro has been employed by BlackRock Fund Advisors and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”) as a portfolio manager since 2011. Prior to joining BTC, Mr. Mauro was a Vice President at State Street Global Advisors. His primary responsibilities include management of all government, inflation linked and derivative strategies. Other responsibilities include hedging and managing risk across all asset classes through futures and option overlays. James joined State Street Corporation in 1993. Previously, he worked as a portfolio manager on the passive team where he co-managed several Bond Index portfolios.

Jonathan Graves, CFA, Managing Director, is Head of Credit within BlackRock’s Index Fixed Income (“IFI”) Portfolio Management team in the Americas. Mr. Graves’ team is responsible for managing US based iShares and indexed corporate credit portfolios. Previously, Mr. Graves was a senior portfolio manager in the US Fixed Income Group responsible for implementing credit trading across investment grade, high yield and credit long/short strategies. Prior to joining Barclay’s Global Investors (“BGI”), which merged with BlackRock in 2009, he managed active investment grade corporate bond portfolios at Banc of America Capital Management. Mr. Graves earned a BS degree in finance from the California State University, Northridge in 1987 and an MBA in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1997.

Marcus Tom, Director, is head of BlackRock’s IFI Portfolio Management team in Atlanta. Mr. Tom’s service with the firm dates back to 2000, including his years with BGI. At BGI, he was an institutional index portfolio manager/trader. Currently, he leads the Securitized, US Rates, and Optimized Outcome Solutions teams across IFI’s suite of portfolios. His sector specialties include Agency MBS, US Treasuries, TIPS, Agencies, and Listed and OTC Derivatives. Mr. Tom earned a BA degree in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis, in 1999.