Jeff Sampson is a Senior Portfolio Manager on the quantitative active equity team responsible for the implementation of several quantitative equity strategies, specializing in dividend and ESG investing. He has a leadership role on the Quality Dividend suite of strategies and currently co-manages the Northern Income Equity Fund and the Northern U.S. Quality ESG Fund. Prior to his current role, Jeff was a senior portfolio manager on the tax advantaged equity team. Prior to joining asset management, Jeff managed a division of account managers within the Global Family Office group. He joined Northern Trust in 1999. Jeff received a BBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an MBA degree in Accounting, Finance, and Organizational Behavior with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a CFA charterholder and is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago and the CFA Institute.

Reed LeMar, Vice President, is a portfolio manager on the quantitative active equity team responsible for the research and implementation of several large/small cap quantitative equity strategies. Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2007, Mr. LeMar was an options trader at the Chicago Board of Trade, focusing on Treasury Bond Options. Mr. LeMar received a B.S. in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an active CFA® Charterholder.

Sridhar Kancharla, CFA, is Head of Large Cap Quantitative Portfolio Management, responsible for research and implementation of several large/small cap quantitative equity strategies. Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2007, Sridhar was a Senior Software Engineer at Grossman & Associates responsible for developing industry leading commodity management and accounting software deployed at multi-billion dollar grain companies throughout North America. Sridhar holds a B.S in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a CFA charter holder, a member of the CFA Institute, and the CFA Society of Chicago. Mark received his B.A. degree in Quantitative Economic and Decision Sciences from University of California, San Diego and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago. Mark is a CFA Charterholder.