Fund Inception | 04/02/2004 |
Name of Issuer | Schwab Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc |
Sub-Advisor(s) | Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited American Century Investment Management Inc Harris Associates L.P. Columbia Management Investment Advisers |
Fund Managers for SWMIX
David Herro
Portfolio Manager since 02/28/2006
• Vice President of the Oakmark Funds
• Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark International Fund, the Oakmark International Small Cap Fund, the Oakmark Global Fund and the Oakmark Global Select Fund
• Portfolio Manager of the International, International Small Cap, Japan, Global All Cap, Global and Global Concentrated Strategies
• BS (University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 1983)
• MA (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1985)
• Portfolio Manager specializing in developing and managing international portfolios for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (1989-92), and The Principal Financial Group (1986-89)
Trevor Gurwich
Portfolio Manager since 02/28/2006
Trevor Gurwich is a vice president and senior portfolio manager for American Century Investments®.
Mr. Gurwich joined American Century Investments in 1998 and has worked in the financial industry since 1992. Previously, he was a manager for Arthur Andersen in their business consulting group.
Mr. Gurwich holds a master's degree in finance and investments from Columbia Business School, a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor of science degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business. He's also fluent in French and Afrikaans.
Federico Laffan
Portfolio Manager since 10/09/2014
Federico Laffan is a vice president and portfolio manager for American Century Investments®. Mr. Laffan joined the firm in 2001 as an investment analyst and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2004. In 2008,Mr. Laffan left the firm and served in portfolio management roles at Axiom International Investors and Ranger International. He returned to American Century Investments in 2011. Before joining American Century in 2001, Mr. Laffan was director of international equities, portfolio manager and analyst with Credit Suisse / Warburg Pincus Asset Management.
Michael Manelli
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2016
- Vice President of The Oakmark Funds
- Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark International Fund and the Oakmark International Small Cap Fund
- Portfolio Manager of International and International Small Cap Strategies
- BBA (University of Iowa, 2000)
- Research Associate/Analyst at Morgan Stanley (2001-05)
Pratik Patel
Portfolio Manager since 02/28/2018
Pratik Patel, is a portfolio manager for American Century Investments®.He joined American Century Investments in 2009 from Mackay Shields, where he was an international equity analyst, covering European small- and mid-cap companies. Prior to Mackay Shields, Mr. Patel was a portfolio manager and equity analyst for Fiduciary Trust Company International, also focused on European small- and mid-cap companies. He has worked in the industry since 1998.
Mr. Patel has a bachelor's degree in finance and international business from New York University.
Lawrence Burns
Portfolio Manager since 12/12/2019
Lawrence Burns joined Baillie Gifford in 2009 and became a Partner of Baillie Gifford & Co. in 2020. He is a portfolio manager in the Manager's strategies that focus on transformative growth companies. Mr. Burns has been a member of the International Growth Portfolio Construction Group since October 2012 and took over as Deputy Chair in July 2019. Mr. Burns is also a co-manager of the International Concentrated Growth Strategy. He has also spent time working in both the Emerging Markets and U.K. Equity Departments. Mr. Burns graduated BA in Geography from the University of Cambridge in 2009.
Mr. Burns has been a member of the team since 2012.
Paulina McPadden
Portfolio Manager since 12/12/2019
Ms. Sliwinska is co-manager of International Concentrated Growth. She is also an analyst in the International Growth Team and has spent time working with regional and global equity teams. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2013 and graduated MA (Hons) Arabic and Politics from the University of Edinburgh in 2013.
Tony Creasy
Portfolio Manager since 02/25/2022
Tony Creasy is a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Multi-Asset Strategies Team for Schwab Asset Management. He contributes to the strategic investment decisions of Schwab Asset Management’s multi-asset and sub-advised strategies. In addition, he oversees the team responsible for providing nondiscretionary investment management services to the Charles Schwab Trust Bank Collective Investment Trusts, as well as the Schwab International Opportunities Fund and Schwab Select Large Growth Fund.
Prior to his current role, he was a portfolio manager on the Multi-Asset Strategies Team, responsible for the daily management of several multi-asset portfolios. He also spent eight years as lead analyst on the Schwab Asset Management Investment Manager Research Team. Mr. Creasy started his tenure at Schwab in 2005 as an institutional investment analyst for the firm’s retirement investment services group, providing mutual fund analysis.
Mr. Creasy earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in financial economics from Bowling Green State University. He is a CFA® charterholder.
Spencer Adair
Portfolio Manager since 02/25/2022
Spencer joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and is an Investment Manager in the Global Alpha Team. He became a Partner in 2013 and has also spent time working in the Fixed Income, Japanese, European and UK Equity Teams. Spencer graduated BSc in Medicine from the University of St Andrews in 1997, followed by two years of clinical training in Edinburgh.
John Greves
Portfolio Manager since 02/25/2022
John Greves is a Managing Director and Head of Multi-Asset Strategies for Schwab Asset Management. Mr. Greves oversees the Multi-Asset Funds and Collective Investment Trusts Portfolio Management, Wealth Portfolio Management, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios Portfolio Management, and Investment Manager Research teams. He maintains accountability for multi-asset investment processes including team research and implementation, and contributes to the firm’s efforts to continually enhance investment outcomes.
Prior to joining Schwab in 2016, Mr. Greves worked at Russell Investment Management Company (Russell Investments) for 13 years, most recently as a portfolio manager for multi-asset solutions where he managed multiple target date funds, chaired the multi-asset advisory team, and co-authored papers on glide path methodology and benchmarking. Prior to that, he served in several roles for Russell Investments including associate portfolio manager for multi-asset solutions and senior portfolio analyst for multi-asset solutions.
Mr. Greves earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science and business from the University of Puget Sound. He is a CFA® charterholder.
David Rios
Portfolio Manager since 06/27/2022
David Rios is a Portfolio Manager for Schwab Asset Management. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of international equity index Schwab Funds® and Schwab ETFsTM.
Prior to this role, Mr. Rios was an associate portfolio manager on the equity index strategies team for four years. His first role with Schwab Asset Management was as a trade operations specialist. Prior to joining Schwab in 2008, Mr. Rios was a senior fund accountant at Investors Bank & Trust (subsequently acquired by State Street Corporation).
Mr. Rios earned a Master of Science in financial analysis and investment management from Saint Mary’s College of California and a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology from Sonoma State University.
Eric Liu
Portfolio Manager since 09/26/2023
• Vice President of the Oakmark Funds
• Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark Global Fund, the Oakmark Global Select Fund and the Oakmark International Fund
• Portfolio Manager of the Global All Cap, Global, Global Concentrated, International and Japan Strategies
• BA (University of California Los Angeles, 2001)
• MBA (University of Chicago, 2009)
• Research Associate at Dodge & Cox (2004-07); Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies & Company (2002-04)
Daisuke Nomoto
Portfolio Manager since 09/26/2023
Daisuke Nomoto is head of Japanese equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Prior to his current role, he was a director and senior portfolio manager on the International Equity Team. Mr. Nomoto joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 2005. Previously, Mr. Nomoto worked as an equity analyst at Putnam Investments. Prior to that, he held a variety of positions for Nippon Life Insurance, including four years as a senior portfolio manager and equity analyst at Nissay Asset Management, Tokyo, and five years as an equity analyst with NLI International. Mr. Nomoto received a B.A. from Shiga University, Japan. He is a chartered member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.
Fred Copper
Portfolio Manager since 09/26/2023
Paul Digiacomo
Portfolio Manager since 02/28/2025
Previously, he worked at Putnam Investments as an analyst. Prior to that, Mr. DiGiacomo worked for Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream as a manufacturing supervisor and served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has been a member of the investment community since 2001. Mr. DiGiacomo received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a licensed Professional Engineer.
Mariela Jobson
Portfolio Manager since 02/28/2025
Mariela Jobson is a Senior Portfolio Manager for Schwab Asset Management. Ms. Jobson leads the team of portfolio managers responsible for the oversight and management of international equity index Schwab Funds® and Schwab ETFsTM.
Prior to joining Schwab in 2023, Ms. Jobson worked at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) for 16 years as a lead portfolio manager, where she managed all aspects and investment activities of iShares exchange traded funds in global equity, preferred equity, and commodities. Most recently, she was responsible for leading a team of portfolio managers who managed domestic, developed, emerging and frontier markets covering market-cap, factor, ESG and thematic index strategies. Prior to BlackRock, Ms. Jobson worked as an associate equity analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities and as an equity research analyst at ING Investments.
Ms. Jobson earned a Master of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in finance from Arizona State University.