Dan is a member of the Investment Policy Committee and has oversight responsibilities for all the investment strategies at Palisade Capital Management involving publicly traded securities. Dan became associated with the partners of Palisade in 1984 at Drexel Burnham Lambert and later at Smith Barney Harris Upham where he held a variety of analytical positions. From 1992 through 1999, he was President and Director of Research at Awad Asset Management, a division of Raymond James & Associates, and helped oversee the firm’s growth from start up to more than $1 billion in assets. Mr. Veru rejoined his colleagues at Palisade in 2000 as Co-Chief Investment Officer. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College in 1983, Mr. Veru is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg News, Fox News and CNN. He also contributes market opinions to various financial publications.

Scott has more than 38 years of investment management experience. He is a founding partner of the firm and leads the small and mid cap investment team. Prior to founding Champlain in 2004, Scott was a Senior Vice President at NL Capital Management, Inc. and served as a Portfolio Manager with Sentinel Advisors, Inc. where he was responsible for managing small cap and mid cap core strategies. He also spent time as a Portfolio Manager and Director of Marketing for Argyle Capital Management in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 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 Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation in 1995 and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Vermont.

FRANK LATUDA, JR., CFA®, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager for the Small Cap Value, SMID Cap Value, and All Cap Value strategies. Frank also serves as a member of the Board of Directors. As CIO, Mr. Latuda 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. Mr. Latuda joined Kennedy Capital as an equity analyst in 1997 and served as Director of Research from 1998 until 2000.  Frank has been a PM since October of 2000 when he took over the Small Cap Value strategy. Mr. Latuda earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, as well as an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois.

Marc is a Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager for Palisade Capital Management’s Small Cap Core Equity and Smid Cap Core Equity strategies. He is a member of the firm’s Investment 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 2004, Marc was a Senior Equity Analyst at Awad Asset Management and a Small Cap Analyst at Schroders. He received his M.S. in Finance from Drexel University and his B.S. in Finance from the College of New Jersey.

Shawn McKay, CFA, is a Vice President of SSGA and a member of the portfolio construction team within the Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (“OCIO”) business. In his role with OCIO, he has also worked as part of the manager research team where he conducted due diligence, and ongoing oversight on a variety of asset managers/strategies. Prior to this, Mr. McKay was a member of the Fiduciary Advisory Solutions group within SSGA where his responsibilities included daily operations, data gathering for manager research, trading, and client reporting. He has been with SSGA since 2007 and State Street since 1999. Prior to joining SSGA, he was an AVP and Senior Public Reporting Analyst in the Corporate Finance group responsible for capital adequacy reporting to the Federal Reserve, as well as being a part of the Basel II implementation project. Prior to this he held various positions in the Investor Services division of State Street Bank. Mr. McKay holds a Master of Science in Finance from Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, and is a member of the CFA Institute, Inc., and CFA Society Boston, Inc.

Mr. Cook joined SouthernSun in 2006. He is responsible for coordination of research and communication within the Investment Team and is responsible for the research and analysis of existing portfolio companies as well as new ideas. He also provides input on portfolio management and construction. Prior to joining SouthernSun, Mr. Cook served as the Analyst to the Chairman and CEO of Trivest Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm focused on middle-market LBOs. He received his B.S. in International Business, summa cum laude, from Auburn University. Mr. Cook serves on the Board of Su Casa Family Ministries.

MCAFEE BURKE, CFA®, Portfolio Manager for the Small Cap Value and SMID Cap Value strategies and Research Analyst. As a Research Analyst at KCM, Mr. Burke is responsible for selecting and monitoring securities within the consumer and industrials sectors of KCM’s universe.  McAfee joined Kennedy Capital in October 2015.  Mr. Burke began his investment career in 2005, and prior to joining KCM he worked as a portfolio manager and senior equity analyst for Delaware Investments for 8 years.  McAfee earned a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Bowdoin College.

Fares Altaher is a Vice President of SSGA and the Adviser and a member of the Manager Research Team for the Investment Solutions Group. This team is responsible for manager research and investment due diligence for all public investment strategies utilized by the Investment Solutions Group. Prior to joining SSGA in 2018, Mr. Altaher spent eleven years at Segal Marco Advisors, an institutional investment consultant, where he held various roles, most recently as a Director of Global Equities. Mr. Altaher holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Southern Connecticut State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Bridgeport.

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer Market Outlook, Strategy, & Portfolio Management 1994-Present: Westfield Capital Management 1992-1994: Alex. Brown & Sons 1983-1990: Kidder Peabody & Co. 1992: Harvard Business School, MBA 1983: Middlebury College

Managing Partner and Director of Research Covering Financial Technology & Business Services 1999-Present: Westfield Capital Management 1996-1999: Johnson Rice & Company LLC 1996: A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, BS

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer Covering Hardware, Semiconductors & IT Services 2004-Present: Westfield Capital Management 2001-2003: KL Financial Group 1999-2000: Soundview Technology Group 1996-1999: Hambrecht & Quist, LLC 1994-1996: Salomon Smith Barney 1994: Harvard University, BA