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Advisor Information for GIIZX

Fund Inception04/29/2022
Name of IssuerGuideStone Funds
Fund Advisor(s)GuideStone Capital Management, LLC
Sub-Advisor(s)Legal & General Investment Management America Inc

Fund Managers for GIIZX

Joseph LaPorta
Portfolio Manager since 06/24/2016
Joseph LaPorta has been with Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc since 2015, and prior to that, he was at The Northern Trust Company serving as Second Vice President, Portfolio Manager.
Aodhagán Byrne
Portfolio Manager since 06/24/2016
Mr. Byrne leads the North American equity portfolios team and joined the Legal & General in 2014. Prior to that, he spent two years with the Legal & General Investment Management Index Team. Mr. Byrne joined LGIM America in 2018 and was previously employed by LGIM from 2012 to 2018. Prior to 2012, he was an index fund manager at Irish Life Investment Managers.
David Barron
Portfolio Manager since 06/24/2016
Dave Barron leads the London based Index Equity team by overseeing portfolio management strategy, working on product development, and creating innovative rules-based client solutions. Mr. Barron served as the back-up lead portfolio manager for North American mandates and has been with Legal & General since 2015. Prior to joining LGIM, Dave was based in the US where he served as Portfolio Manager, Quantitative Management at Northern Trust Company and BNY Mellon focusing on creating derivative based client solutions as well as managing index and ETF portfolios.
Michael O’Connor
Portfolio Manager since 10/01/2016
Mr. O’Connor serves as the back-up portfolio manager for International mandates and has been with LGIMA since 2016. Prior to that, he served as Head of International Equity at The Northern Trust Company.
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.
Craig Parker
Portfolio Manager since 01/31/2020
Craig Parker, CFA, Portfolio Manager. Mr. Parker serves as the back-up portfolio manager for North American mandates, has been with Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. since 2014 and transitioned from serving as an Operational Risk Analyst to the portfolio management team in 2018.
Joshua Chastant
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2024