Mr. Smashey is Portfolio Manager of the Scout Mid Cap Equity strategy, including the Scout Mid Cap Fund. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, he was a director at Nations Media Partners, an investment banking firm specializing in media and communications. Mr. Smashey has 15 years of financial industry experience. He earned his MBA from the University of Kansas and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Northwest Missouri State University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Kansas City, as well as the CFA Institute.

Mr. Indellicate is Co-Portfolio Manager of the Scout Mid Cap Equity strategy, including the Scout Mid Cap Fund. He joined the firm in 2004 as a senior qualitative analyst and has been a member of the mid cap team since the product’s inception in 2006. Mr. Indellicate has 15 years of financial industry experience. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Kansas City, as well as the CFA Institute.

Mr. Votruba is Co-Portfolio Manager of the Scout Mid Cap Equity strategy, including the Scout Mid Cap Fund and previously he served as a member of the small cap equity team. Prior to joining the firm in 2002, he worked as an analyst within the Equity Research and Investment Banking divisions at George K. Baum & Company from 2000 to 2002 and Commerce Bank from 1998 to 2000. He has 21 years of financial industry experience. Mr. Votruba earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Kansas State University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Kansas City, as well as the CFA Institute.

Eric D. Chenoweth is the co-portfolio manager of Scout Investments, Inc. Since 2011, Mr. Chenoweth has served as an investment analyst, providing fundamental company research in the utilities and telecommunications sectors for Scout's international equity strategies. He has been in investment field since 2001. Prior to joining Scout Investments, Incin 2011, Mr. Chenoweth was the director of global energy equity research for Morningstar, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Chenoweth earned his MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Chicago. He is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the Kansas City CFA Society as well as the CFA Institute.