Stephen J. Czepiel Managing Director, Head of Municipal Bonds Portfolio Management, Senior Portfolio Manager Stephen J. Czepiel leads the portfolio management of the firm's municipal bonds strategies for Macquarie Asset Management Fixed Income (MFI) in the Americas, a role he assumed in February 2019. He is a co-portfolio manager of the firm's municipal bond funds and client accounts, a role he has held since August 2007. He joined Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) in July 2004 as a senior bond trader. Previously, he was vice president at both Mesirow Financial and Loop Capital Markets. He began his career in the securities industry in 1982 as a municipal bond trader at Kidder Peabody and now has more than 20 years of experience in the municipal securities industry. Czepiel earned his bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Duquesne University.

Gregory A. Gizzi is head of municipal bonds for Macquarie Asset Management Fixed Income (MFI) in the Americas, a role he assumed in February 2019. In this role, he is responsible for the overall operation of the strategy and is team lead on several of the tax-exempt strategies. Additionally, Gizzi continues to be responsible for MFI's taxable municipal business and the marketing efforts for the municipal product. Previously, Gizzi was co-portfolio manager of the firm's municipal bond funds and several client accounts, a role he held since November 2011. Before joining Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) in January 2008 as head of municipal bond trading, he spent six years as a vice president at Lehman Brothers for the firm's tax-exempt institutional sales effort. Prior to that, he spent two years trading corporate bonds for UBS before joining Lehman Brothers in a sales capacity. Gizzi has more than 20 years of trading experience in the municipal securities industry, beginning at Kidder Peabody in 1984, where he started as a municipal bond trader and worked his way up to institutional block trading desk manager. He later worked in the same capacity at Dillon Read. Gizzi earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University.

Bill is a Co-Portfolio Manager for the firm’s municipal bond funds and client accounts, a role he assumed in May 2023. He was also a Senior Trader for the Municipal Bond Team within Macquarie Asset Management Fixed Income (MFI), a position he held from March 2019 until October 2023. Prior to joining the Municipal Bond Team in April 2015, Bill spent three years as an Internal Sales Consultant for the firm’s Client Solutions Group, where he managed relationships across the country and across asset classes. Before joining Macquarie, he worked at Merrill Lynch as an Investment Consultant and Analyst and at Creative Financial Group as a financial advisor. He earned a Bachelor of Science with dual concentrations in business administration and political science from Albright College and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Villanova University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Market Technician® designations.