Mr. Goodger joined Federated in July 2005 as a Quantitative Analyst. He became an Assistant Vice President of the Fund's Adviser in January 2007 and a Vice President in March 2009. He became a Senior Portfolio Manager in 2014. From September 2003 to July 2005, Mr. Goodger was a Research Associate for the U.S. Equity Strategy Team at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Goodger earned his B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Davis, his M.A. in International Studies from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Responsible for product strategy, portfolio management, and research in the international fixed income area. Previous associations: Senior Trader, global fixed income and foreign exchange securities, Federated Hermes; Associate Director, Senior Analyst/Trader, UBS Brinson; Various positions at Bank of New York and Bankers Trust Company. B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook. Joined Federated Hermes 1999.

Mr. Wu joined Federated in 2006 as a Senior Quantitative Analyst in the domestic fixed income area, focusing on structured products, and in 2010 was appointed Assistant Vice President of the Fund's Adviser. In 2014, after multiple years managing institutional portfolios, he became a Vice President and was appointed Senior Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager. Before joining Federated, Mr. Wu was a Financial Analyst and Documentation Manager at Quantitative Risk Management, Inc. from 2004 to 2006 and a Lead Software Engineer at Motorola, Inc. from 2000 to 2004. Mr. Wu has received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, B.S. from Beijing Normal University, M.S. from University of Illinois at Chicago and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

Steven Chiavarone, CFA, Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Equity Strategist, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions Team. Responsible for portfolio management and research on the Multi-Asset Solutions and Tactical Balanced Strategies Teams, as well as helping to formulate Federated Hermes’ views on the economy, the financial markets and the firm’s investment positioning strategies as a member of the Macro Economic Policy and PRISM Asset Allocation committees. Previous associations: Project Analyst, PWM Investments, U.S. Trust Co.; Project Manager, U.S. Trust Co. B.A., Drew University. Joined Federated Hermes 2007.

John F. Sherman, CFA, has been the Fund's Portfolio Manager responsible for asset allocation (including the selection of any exchange-traded funds and derivatives used in the asset allocation process) and the selection of REIT securities for the Fund since October 2002. He is Vice President of the Trust with respect to the Fund. Mr. Sherman joined MDT Advisers in 2000. He has over 20 years of experience analyzing financial markets. Prior to joining the Adviser, Mr. Sherman served as a Vice President and Senior Analyst for Citizens Financial Group from 1999 to 2000 and as a Senior Analyst for FDIC from 1991 to 1999. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston. He received a B.S.B.A. from North Adams State College, and an M.B.A. from Boston University Graduate School of Management.

Qun Liu, CFA is jointly responsible for the asset allocation and U.S. and non-U.S. security selection of the Fund. She has been with Federated since 2012; has worked in investment management since 2005; and has managed investment portfolios since 2018. Education: B.S., Ocean University of China; M.S., The Ohio State University; M.B.A., University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.