Paul Fox is a senior municipal portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He manages national and state-specific intermediate strategies and institutional client portfolios. Prior to his current role, Mr. Fox worked as a quantitative analyst in the municipal bond department. Previously, Mr. Fox worked as an analyst at Putnam Investments for three years. At Putnam, he supported multiple quantitative research groups while developing Putnam’s quantitative research system. Prior to that, Mr. Fox worked at Mellon Bank as a business analyst for three years. In this role he developed Mellon Bank’s institutional investment analytics products. He joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 1999. He has been a member of the investment community since 1994. Mr. Fox earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Suffolk University. He is a member of the Boston Society of Security Analysts and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Doug Rangel is vice president and client portfolio manager for muicipal fixed-income products at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He joined Columbia Threadneedle Investments in 2019. Previously, he was a senior director for client portfolio management at Galliard Capital Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, offering fixed income management for institutional clients. Doug has been in the investment industry since 2000. He earned a B.A. in Business Management from Greenville University and a M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas. In addition, Doug holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Minnesota.

Mr. Bates joined one of the Columbia Management legacy firms or acquired business lines in 2008. He has been a member of the investment community since 2005. He earned a B.S. in accounting from Bentley University.