Ryan S. Hedrick is an investment analyst in the U.S. Equity Division of T. Rowe Price in the natural resources group, covering the utility, pipeline, and coal sectors. Mr. Hedrick is also a vice president and an Investment Advisory Committee member of the Blue Chip Growth, New Era, Capital Appreciation, Capital Opportunity, Dividend Growth, Equity Income, Mid-Cap Value, Growth & Income, Small-Cap Stock, Large-Cap Core, and Small-Cap Value Strategies. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mr. Hedrick has 15 years of investment experience, six of which have been with T. Rowe Price. Prior to joining the firm in 2013, he was an analyst with Davidson Kempner Capital Management in New York, covering energy, materials, and consumer/retail sectors. Previously, he was an associate at Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private-equity firm, and an investment banking analyst at William Blair & Company in Chicago. Mr. Hedrick earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, where he was selected for the applied value investing program. Mr. Hedrick also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.