Thomas J. Huber is a portfolio manager in the U.S. Equity Division of T. Rowe Price since 2000. Mr. Huber has been chairman of the committee since 2000. He joined the Firm in 1994. Mr. Huber has 21 years of banking and investment experience, 20 of which have been with T. Rowe Price. Prior to assuming his portfolio management responsibilities, he was an equity analyst specializing in leisure, food and drug retail, and specialty retail. Mr. Huber was employed by Robert W. Baird as an assistant vice president managing IPO and merger and acquisition activity. Prior to this, he was a credit analyst and corporate banking relationship manager for NationsBank Corporation (now Bank of America). A graduate of the University of Virginia, Mr. Huber earned a B.S. in finance. He earned an M.S. in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business in the applied security analysis and portfolio management program. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.