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Advisor Information for GIEYX

Fund Inception08/27/2001
Name of IssuerGuideStone Funds
Fund Advisor(s)GuideStone Capital Management, LLC
Sub-Advisor(s)Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC
MFS Institutional Advisors Inc
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
WCM Investment Management
Wellington Management Company LLP
AQR Capital Management LLC

Fund Managers for GIEYX

Clifford Asness
Portfolio Manager since 03/31/2008
Dr. Asness is a Founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer at AQR Capital Management. He is an research notable for its relevance and enduring value to investment professionals. Prior to co-founding AQR Capital Management, he was a Managing Director and Director of Quantitative Research for the Asset Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Dr. Asness is on the editorial board of The Journal of Portfolio Management, the governing board of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Finance at NYU, the Board of Directors of the Q-Group.
John Liew
Portfolio Manager since 03/31/2008
Dr. Liew is a Founder and the head of the Global Asset Allocation team at of AQR, overseeing the research, portfolio management and trading associated with that strategy. Prior to AQR, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a portfolio manager in the Asset Management Division where he developed and managed quantitative trading strategies. Dr. Liew began his career at Trout Trading, developing quantitative market-neutral stock-selection strategies. Dr Liew has published articles in The Journal of Portfolio Management and Financial Analysts Journal, and has received the Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy award and the Graham and Dodd award for his articles. Dr. Liew is a member of the University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees and sits on the university’s investment committee. Dr Liew earned a B.A. in economics, an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in finance from Chicago.
Daniel Ling
Portfolio Manager since 05/01/2016
Mr. Ling, Investment Officer, has been portfolio manager of the MFS since October 2009. From 2006-2009, Mr. Ling was a global equity research analyst at MFS. Prior to joining MFS, Mr. Ling was an Investment Manager for Lion Capital Management in Singapore. Mr. Ling, who is based in Singapore, has a BA from Nanyang Technological University.
Filipe Benzinho
Portfolio Manager since 05/01/2016
Filipe M.G. Benzinho is a Investment officer of MFS since 2009 and portfolio manager of MFS since 2016. He began his investment career in 2009 and has an undergraduate degree from Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Filipe M.G. Benzinho is a Portfolio Manager for Massachusetts Financial Services Company.
Michael Trigg
Portfolio Manager since 04/13/2019
Mike Trigg is a Portfolio Manager and President with WCM Investment Managers. As a member of the Investment Strategy Groups for the firm’s global fundamental growth strategies, his primary responsibilities are portfolio management and equity research. Prior to joining WCM in 2006, he served as an equity analyst at Morningstar, Inc., where he also managed the company’s Model Growth Portfolio. Mike has also served as an analyst at the Motley Fool, an online investment service. He holds a BS in finance from Saint Louis University.
Paul Black
Portfolio Manager since 04/13/2019
Paul joined WCM in 1989; his primary responsibility is portfolio management for our global, fundamental growth strategies. Since the start of his investment career in 1983, Paul’s experience includes positions as Portfolio Manager with Wells Fargo Private Banking Group, and at Bank of America. Paul earned his B.S. in Finance from California State University, San Diego.
Brandon Pizzurro
Portfolio Manager since 04/30/2019
Brandon Pizzurro serves as Chief Investment Officer over all investment-related lines of business within GuideStone. In this capacity, he serves as President of both GuideStone Capital Management, LLC (“GSCM”), the investment adviser to GuideStone Funds, and GuideStone Investment Services (“GSIS”), which provides investment advisory services to nonprofit institutions. He is also an Interested Director of the Board of Directors of GuideStone Funds. Mr. Pizzurro is a member of the executive leadership team for the parent company, GuideStone, and chairs both the organization’s Committee on Faith-Based Investing, which directs GuideStone’s faith-based research efforts, as well as the Investment Committees of GSIS and GSCM, which approve all new investments for use on the GuideStone platform. Mr. Pizzurro joined GuideStone in 2017 and most recently served as Director of Public Investments, where he led the public markets complex in overseeing all aspects of the management of the GuideStone Funds lineup of registered mutual funds. Prior to assuming his responsibilities at GuideStone, Mr. Pizzurro spent 13 years in roles of increasing investment responsibility and scope at First Command Financial Services, 1st Global and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Pizzurro holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Real Estate from Baylor University. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant and a member of both the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Dallas/Fort Worth.
Andrea Frazzini
Portfolio Manager since 11/30/2019
Andrea Frazzini is a Principal at AQR Capital Management, where he is the Head of our Global Stock Selection team. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has published in top academic journals and won several awards for his research, including the Smith Breeden Award, the Fama-DFA Prize, the BGI Michael Brennan Award, several Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Awards and the PanAgora Crowell Memorial Prize. Prior to joining AQR, Andrea was an associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also served as a consultant for DKR Capital Partners and J.P. Morgan Securities and was on the board of directors of the Center for Research in Security Prices at the University of Chicago. He earned a B.S. in economics from the University of Roma Tre, an M.S. in economics from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.
Sanjay Ayer
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2020
As a member of the Investment Strategy Group for the firm’s global fundamental growth strategies, his primary responsibilities are portfolio management and equity research. Prior to joining WCM in 2007, he served as an equity analyst for Morningstar, Inc., where he covered the gaming, cruise and online travel industries. Sanjay also served previously as a performance analyst at J. & W. Seligman & Co. In addition to being a CFA® charterholder, he holds a BA in economics and a BA in applied mathematics from Johns Hopkins University.
Rich McCormick
Portfolio Manager since 12/17/2020
Mr. McCormick is a principal and portfolio manager/analyst at Altrinsic Global Advisors with primary focus on the financials sector. Prior to joining Altrinsic in 2009, Mr. McCormick was a research analyst at Blackmont Capital Inc. Previously, he was manager of global risk management at Scotia Bank.  Mr. McCormick received a BCom from St. Mary’s University and an MBA from Dalhousie University.  He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
John DeVita
Portfolio Manager since 12/17/2020
John DeVita, CFA, CPA, is a principal and portfolio manager/analyst at Altrinsic Global Advisors with primary focus on the consumer sector. He also serves as the Director of Research and leads the research team's ESG efforts. Prior to joining Altrinsic in 2000, Mr. DeVita began his investment career with Société Générale Asset Management. His diverse background includes extensive experience in international securities analysis, trading, and operations in the equity, fixed income, and foreign currency markets.
John Hock
Portfolio Manager since 12/17/2020
John Hock, CFA, is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Altrinsic Global Advisors with primary focus on the financials sector. Prior to founding Altrinsic in 2000, Mr. Hock was Senior Vice President, portfolio manager, and member of the Investment Strategy Committee at Hansberger Global Investors. Before joining Hansberger in 1996, Mr. Hock was a vice president and senior analyst in the Global Securities Research and Economics Group at Merrill Lynch, where his analysis focused on overseas equities. He received a BS in Applied Economics from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from New York University. Mr. Hock holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation
John Huss
Portfolio Manager since 01/31/2022
John J. Huss, Principal, rejoined AQR in 2013 and oversees multi-asset class strategies as a researcher and portfolio manager. Mr. Huss rejoined the AQR Capital Management in 2013 and is a portfolio manager for the firm’s World Allocation strategy where he focuses on macroeconomic and portfolio construction research for risk parity and other asset allocation strategies. Prior to rejoining the firm, where he first worked from 2004 to 2008, Mr. Huss was a vice president in RBC’s Global Arbitrage and Trading division and a systematic portfolio manager for Tudor Investment Corp. Mr. Huss earned a B.S. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jon Tringale
Portfolio Manager since 03/31/2022
Jon joined WCM in 2015; his primary responsibility is portfolio management for our global, fundamental growth strategies. Since he began his investment career in 2008, Jon’s experience includes positions as an Analyst on the trading floor with Wedbush Securities, and as Vice President at Gerson Lehrman Group. Jon earned his B.S. (cum laude) in Finance from San Jose State University (California).
James Reber
Portfolio Manager since 05/31/2022
James Reber, Managing Director – Portfolio Management, is responsible for portfolio management of Parametric’s Private Client Direct Group — primarily serving Parametric’s wealth management and family office client base. The Private Client Direct Group manages US, non-US and global Custom Core® portfolios. Prior to joining Parametric in 2004, James was a Senior Associate with Standard and Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting Group providing financial valuation services to IT and technology industries. He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Washington and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Michigan State University
Joshua Chastant
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2024
Jonathan White
Portfolio Manager since 03/22/2024
Jonathan G. White is Managing Director and Director, Research Portfolios of Wellington Management, and joined the firm in 1999. In his role, he is responsible for broad oversight of the firm’s suite of diversified and sector analyst-managed investment approaches, including risk management and implementation, and acts as a representative for these products with clients and prospects. He also manages our customized research approaches, including Global Islamic Research Equity and Global Research Equity High Dividend Yield, and is a member of the Global Perspectives investment team. Prior to his current position, Jon was manager of equity portfolio coordination for the firm. Before joining Wellington Management in 1999, he spent several years at Putnam Investments, serving as portfolio coordinator for the Emerging Markets Equity Department, manager for Pricing Operations, and supervisor, senior fund accountant, and fund accountant for Mutual Fund Accounting Operations (1994 – 1999). Jon received his MBA, magna cum laude, from Babson College (Olin, 2002) and his BBA in finance, cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts (1994). Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Mary Pryshlak
Portfolio Manager since 03/22/2024
Mary L. Pryshlak, CFA, Senior Managing Director, Partner and Head of Investment Research of Wellington Management. Ms. Pryshlak is the head of Investment Research, an investment group comprised of Wellington Management's core fundamental investment research teams spanning equity; credit; macro; technical; sustainable; and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). Ms. Pryshlak supervises a team of global industry analysts that manage the equity portion of the Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio and has served in this capacity for the Portfolio since 2018. Ms. Pryshlak joined Wellington Management as an investment professional in 2004.
XiaoZhen Li
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2024
Xiaozhen is supervisor for Parametric’s Private Client Direct Group that manages US, developed non-US, and global Custom Core® portfolios, primarily serving Parametric’s wealth management, family office, and institutional client base. She has been with the company since 2000. She earned a PhD in economics and an MS in physics from the University of Washington.
Gordon Wotherspoon
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2024
Gordon is responsible for overseeing portfolio management of the Custom Core® product for the firm’s brokerage and bank-sponsored channels. Prior to joining Parametric in 2004, Gordon led the investment manager due diligence effort for an institutional investment consulting group within UBS Financial Services. He earned an MBA and a BS in economics from the University of Washington.
Harry Purcell
Portfolio Manager since 05/01/2025
Harry Purcell is an investment officer, portfolio manager and equity research analyst at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is a member of the firm's emerging market equity portfolio management team. As an analyst, he is responsible for identifying the most attractive investment opportunities in his assigned coverage areas. Harry works closely with MFS portfolio managers to ensure investment ideas are properly positioned within portfolios. Harry joined MFS in 2012 as an analyst and added portfolio management duties in 2017. Prior to joining MFS, he co-founded and served as a portfolio manager at Zedd Capital for three years. He previously held portfolio management roles at CQS Management Limited and Tribeca Global (part of Citigroup). He spent seven years at F&C Management Ltd., holding both the roles of pan-European fund manager and head of global technology research. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1998. Harry holds earned his Master of Arts degree from Oxford University.