Mr. Scott Brayman has served as Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Champlain Investment Partners, LLC since September 2004. Prior to joining Champlain, Scott was a Senior Vice President at NL Capital Management, Inc and served as a Portfolio Manager with Sentinel Advisors, Inc. He was responsible for managing small cap and core mid cap strategies. He was a Portfolio Manager and Director of Marketing for Argyle Capital Management in Allentown, PA., before joining NL Capital Management, Inc.  Scott began his career as a Credit Analyst with the First National Bank of Maryland. Scott graduated cum laude from the University of Delaware with a BA in Business Administration.  He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1995 and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Vermont CFA Society.

FRANK LATUDA, JR., CFA, a Vice President, Director, and the Chief Investment Officer (CIO), is Portfolio Manager (PM) of the Small Cap Value I, SMID Cap Value, Mid Cap Value, and All Cap Value portfolios. As CIO, Frank also serves as the Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee. Frank began his investment career in 1992 and prior to joining Kennedy Capital, he was an analyst with Burns, Pauli, Mahoney Company. Frank joined Kennedy Capital as an equity analyst in 1997 and served as Director of Research from 1998 until 2000.  He has been a PM since October of 2000 when he took over the Small Cap Value I strategy. Mr. Latuda earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, as well as an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Shapiro serves as the Senior Portfolio Manager for Palisade’s Small Cap Core Equity strategy and is a member of the Firm’s Investment Policy Committee. Prior to his promotion to Senior Portfolio Manager in March 2012, Marc was Associate Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President of Research for the strategy, with lead research responsibility for a number of sectors, including Information Technology and Telecom Services. Prior to joining Palisade in March 2004, Mr. Shapiro was a Senior Equity Analyst at Awad Asset Management and a Small Cap Analyst at Schroders. Mr. Shapiro received his M.S. in Finance from Drexel University and his B.S. in Finance from the College of New Jersey.