Ann Holcomb is a director of research, North America, in the Global Equity Division. Ann is a member of the Global Equity Steering Committee, and she is co-portfolio manager of the US Structured Research Equity Strategy. She also is cochair of the Investment Advisory Committee of the US Structured Research Equity Strategy. Ann is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Ann’s investment experience began in 1995, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 1996, beginning as a quantitative analyst and database programmer in the Quantitative Equity Group. She was a portfolio manager and member of the Investment Advisory Committee for the US Equity Index Strategies. Ann earned a B.A. in mathematics from Goucher College and an M.S. in finance from Loyola University Maryland. She also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Ann presently serves on the Board of Trustees of Calvert School and the Walters Art Museum. CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

Jason Polun is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. He joined the T. Rowe Price Group in 2003. He is a director of equity research for North America, chair of the Equity Research Advisory Committee, and a member of the Equity Steering Committee. In addition, Jason is co-portfolio manager of the Capital Opportunity Fund and is a member of the portfolio oversight team. He is also cochair of the Capital Opportunity Fund's Investment Advisory Committee. Previously, Jason was a research analyst following money center banks and specialty finance companies and a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Equity Income Fund and Financial Services Fund. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2007, Jason was employed by Wellington Management Company, LLP, as a vice president and an equity research analyst, where his coverage included aerospace and defense, energy, packaged food, restaurant, and chemical companies. He earned a B.S. in business and finance from Mount St. Mary's College and an M.B.A. in finance and accounting from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jay Nogueira is the head of Global Equity Research, a member of the Global Equity Steering Committee, and chair of the Process and Innovation Subcommittee and the Equity Research Advisory Committee in the Equity Division. He is a co-portfolio manager of the US Structured Research Equity Strategy, cochairman of the US Structured Research Equity Strategy's Investment Advisory Committee, and a member of the portfolio oversight team. Additionally, Jay is a member of the oversight team for the International and Global Structured Research Equity Strategies. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Jay's investment experience began in 2001, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2004, beginning as an investment analyst covering health care services in the U.S. Equity Division. He subsequently became associate portfolio manager for the Global Growth Equity Strategy. In 2015, Jay became the sector portfolio manager of the Global Consumer Equity Strategy, which he incepted that year as the sector team lead. He also had portfolio management responsibilities for the US Structured Research Equity Strategy, both as an analyst and as a sector portfolio manager. Most recently, Jay was director of equity research for North America in the U.S. Equity Division. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Jay was employed by Putnam Investments as a health care equity analyst. Jay also was a leveraged buyout analyst at J.W. Childs Associates and an investment banking analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Company prior to business school. Jay earned an S.B. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A., with high distinction, from Harvard Business School, where he was designated a Baker Scholar, a Siebel Scholar, and a Ford Scholar. Jay also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.