Christopher Miller is a senior portfolio manager and team leader on the Select Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. In this capacity, he is responsible for managing all the activities and investment strategies of the team. Mr. Miller joined Allspring from its predecessor, Wells Fargo Asset Management ("WFAM"). Mr. Miller began his investment industry career in 2002 as an accounting analyst at Strong Capital Management, joined the Select Equity team as an analyst in 2004, and transitioned to WFAM with the rest of the team in 2005 after Wells Fargo acquired Strong Capital Management. He was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2014, co-portfolio manager in 2017, co-team lead in 2019, and team lead in 2020. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance and marketing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Garth Newport is a portfolio manager for the Select Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). He joined WFAM as an analyst. Garth began his investment industry career in 2005 as an investments intern at Sentry Insurance. He interned at WFAM the following year and then served as a senior research analyst at Aristotle Ventures. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Garth has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society Milwaukee.