Scott is the co-manager of the Mid Cap Core Strategy and related institutional portfolios. He joined the Mid Cap Core management team in 2012. Scott began working in the financial services industry in 1994 and joined the firm in 2007. Prior to his current portfolio management role, he was a senior equity research analyst responsible for building quantitative models to deliver relevant data to the equity portfolio teams. Previously, he worked at Ameriprise Financial as a quantitative equity analyst, business analyst, and account analyst. Scott received a B.A. in accounting from the University of St. Thomas and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Chicago Quantitative Alliance.

Claire L. Ross is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Active Equity Research at Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. Ms. Ross joined TIAA and Nuveen in 2014 and was appointed Associate Director of Equity Research in 2019. Prior to joining TIAA, Ms. Ross worked at Surveyor Capital, a division of Citadel. Ms. Ross started her career as a research analyst at Goldman Sachs.