Mr. Essen has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Adviser since it was founded in November 2010. Mr. Essen also serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Octavus Group, LLC, and as a Registered Representative of LoCorr Distributors, LLC, positions both held since April 2008. Mr. Essen also began serving as Principal and Chief Compliance Officer of LoCorr Distributors, LLC in September 2008. Mr. Essen also served as Chief Operating Officer of the Adviser and affiliates from 2008 to 2016. Previously, Mr. Essen served as Chief Operating Officer of a commercial finance enterprise from May 2002 to April 2008. Additionally, Mr. Essen was Chief Financial Officer of Jundt Associates, Inc. from 1998 to 2002.

Mr. Carhart has been with the sub-adviser since its founding in 2016. He has been an investment manager since 1987. His previous experience includes President and Chief Investment Officer of Trust & Fiduciary Management Services, Inc. from 1999 to 2016, management of institutional portfolios at the Northern Trust Company from 1987 to 1991; portfolio manager of the Baker Fentress closed-end fund from 1991 through 1996; and management of the Pioneer Mid Cap fund from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Carhart holds an SB in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an SM from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He is also a CFA® Charterholder.

Sean Katof, CFA, has served as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager for the Funds since 2016. Prior to joining LoCorr, Mr. Katof served as Director of Capital Markets at SLOCUM, an institutional consulting firm, from 2005 to 2015. Prior to joining SLOCUM, Mr. Katof served as Portfolio Manager at Devenir Investment Advisors where he managed the Industry Leaders Core Equity portfolio from 2004 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Katof was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at INVESCO Funds Group where he worked from 1994 to 2003. Mr. Katof received his B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an M.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado at Denver. Mr. Katof holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (“CAIA”) designations.

Mr. DeGaetano is the Chief Investment Officer and Founder of Bramshill Investments. Prior to founding Bramshill, in 2012, Mr. DeGaetano was a Senior Portfolio Manager at GLG Partners LP where he not only managed the predecessor to the Bramshill Income Performance Strategy, but also managed a levered US credit portfolio for the GLG Market Neutral Fund. Combined Mr. DeGaetano had approximately $375 million in assets under management for GLG Partners LP. Prior to GLG Partners in 2007, Mr. DeGaetano was a Managing Director and Head of US Credit Trading at RBS Greenwich Capital from 2005 through 2006. He traded and oversaw the credit trading desk, comprised of 14 traders across corporate bonds, credit default swaps and index products from investment grade to high yield averaging a $4 billion gross position. Prior to RBS Greenwich Capital, he traded credit for 12 years for Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. He was a Senior Managing Director and the Head Trader on the high yield trading desk from 2000 through 2004. He managed a group of 4 traders along with trading his own positions during this period overseeing a gross position of approximately $1billion. His expertise has been in high beta sectors such as telecom, utilities, and special situations. Prior to trading high yield, he was a Managing Director on the investment grade trading desk at Bear Sterns from 1992 through 1999. Mr. DeGaetano has a B.A. from Colgate University. Art is a member of the Columbus Citizens Foundation and actively supports student-athlete programs and scholarships through a family foundation.

"Before joining Bramshill Investments in 2014, Mr. Byrnes worked at SAC Capital for 8 years where he co-ran an equity portfolio focused on the energy, power and utility sectors. Before managing a portfolio, Mr. Byrnes was a sector analyst at SAC. Prior to that, Mr. Byrnes started his career as an analyst at CJS Securites focusing on the industrial sector and special situations. Mr. Byrnes graduated from Vanderbilt University and has been an investment management professional since 1998. "

Curt LaChappelle, CFA started with LoCorr in 2019 as an analyst and has served as portfolio manager for the Funds since 2024. Prior to joining LoCorr, Mr. LaChappelle served as Senior Investment Operations Analyst at Thrivent Asset Management from 2017 to 2019. Curt received his B.B.A in Financial Markets – Finance, from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Mr. LaChappelle holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation and serves as the Education Chair on the CFA Society of Minnesota Board of Directors.