Mr. Stoechmann joined Wells Capital Management or one of its predecessor firms in 2005, where he currently serves as a Portfolio Manager with the Tax-Exempt Fixed-Income team and is the leader of the Tax-Exempt Research team. Previously he worked with SCM from March 1993 and began a municipal research analyst in February 1996.

Bruce Johns is a senior portfolio manager for the Municipal Fixed Income team at Allspring Global Investments. In this role, he manages national short to intermediate maturity strategies and certain state-specific mutual funds. Bruce joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to his current role, he served as a front end trader for the team. Before that, Bruce was a senior research analyst at Strong Capital Management, and earlier, he led the Fixed Income Settlements Operations team. He began his investment industry career in 1998. Bruce earned a bachelor’s degree in business and finance from the University of Wisconsin, Parkside. He is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts and the Minnesota Society of Municipal Analysts.

Nicholos Venditti is a senior portfolio manager and head of the Municipal Fixed Income team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Before joining WFAM, he was with Thornburg Investment Management as a portfolio manager and head of the municipal bond group. Earlier positions there include serving as a portfolio manager on seven mutual funds and separately managed accounts with total assets of approximately $10 billion. Prior to Thornburg, Nicholos held a variety of roles focused on municipal credit analysis at Financial Security Assurance/Assured Guaranty, where he began his investment industry career in 2007. He earned a bachelor’s degree in theoretical economics from Trinity University; a master’s degree in applied economics from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where he also served as an adjunct professor; and a master’s degree in finance from Syracuse University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.