Cary Fitzgerald, managing director, is a member of the Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities (GFICC) group. Based in New York, Cary is the head of the Short Duration Team which is responsible for multi-sector investment strategies including short-core, short-core plus, short-custom solutions, and stable value. An employee since 2000, Cary previously worked on the Fixed Income Client Portfolio Management Team in the Private Bank and as an analyst within the Internal Consulting Services (ICS) Leadership Development Program. Cary holds a B.B.A. from the College of William and Mary.

Kay Herr, managing director, is the Associate Director of U.S. Equity Research and a portfolio manager of real estate securities in the U.S. Equity Group. An employee since 1999, Ms. Herr joined the U.S. Equity Group as a research analyst covering real estate securities in 2002 and became a portfolio manager in 2005. In addition to her portfolio management responsibilities, she was appointed Associate Director of Research at the end of 2011. Prior to joining the U.S. Equity Group, Ms. Herr covered consumer staple and cyclical sectors in the U.S. Fixed Income Credit Research Group. Before joining the firm, she was a credit research analyst with Prudential Securities. She holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. with distinction from New York University Stern School of Business. She is also a CFA charterholder.