Jack Chee Principal, Senior Research Analyst and Co-PortfolioManager Jack joined Litman Gregory in 2000 and became a principal in 2011. He is Co-Portfolio Manager of the Litman Gregory Masters Equity Fund, High Income Alternatives Fund, and Smaller Companies Fund. Jack's research responsibilities include asset-class analysis on the majority of fixed-income markets as well as the equity REIT market. He is also responsible for selecting and monitoring equity, fixed-income, and REIT money managers. His analysis appears regularly on AdvisorIntelligence. Prior to joining Litman Gregory, Jack was an analyst with Value Line Mutual Fund Survey. Jack is a graduate of Drexel University (BS - Mechanical Engineering).

Gabe Houston serves as a Senior Research Analyst and an investment committee member. He is responsible for new idea generation, research, analysis and valuation. Mr. Houston joined Scharf Investments in May 2006. Mr. Houston earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Mr. Houston has earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of San Francisco.

Mr. Krawez began his career more than 20 years ago with Smith Barney in San Francisco and later moved to their investment banking division in New York City where he was ranked as a top-rated analyst focusing on health care. Prior to joining Scharf Investments, Mr. Krawez was a Partner and head of research for Belden and Associates Investment Counsel where he managed a successful large blend portfolio. He has also held research analyst positions at Dodge & Cox, Telegraph Hill Investment Counsel, and SC Fundamental, a successful value oriented hedge fund. Mr. Krawez earned both a BS with honors in Business Administration and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. While at UC Berkeley he worked for Professor Yellen, the current Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Mr. Krawez is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the Security Analysts of San Francisco.

Mr. Ficklin joined Polen Capital in 2003. Mr. Ficklin is co-head of the Large Company Growth Team and the lead portfolio manager of the firm’s Global Growth strategy. From 2012 through June 30, 2019, Damon Ficklin was a co-portfolio manager on the Focus Growth strategy. Prior to joining Polen Capital, Mr. Ficklin spent one year working as an equity analyst with Morningstar and four years as a tax consultant to Fortune 500 companies with Price Waterhouse. Mr. Ficklin graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Accounting, earned a M.S. in Accounting from Appalachian State University, and earned an M.B.A. with high honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He serves on the Investment Committee to the Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida.

Bryan is Director of Research & Analyst and co-Portfolio Manager of Polen Capital’s Global Growth strategy. Prior to joining Polen Capital in 2016, Bryan spent two years as an Associate in equity research and institutional equity sales at Oppenheimer & Co. Prior to that, he spent almost three years working in various equity-related analytical roles at Bloomberg LP. Bryan received a B.A. in Economics and Business (cum laude) from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a student-athlete, and earned an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Bryan is a CFA® charterholder and member of the CFA Society of South Florida.