He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and currently serves as a trustee or director on various non-profit boards. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1967) and completed post-graduate studies in Advanced Currency Theory at Dowling College, Adelphi-Suffolk University (1970).

Timothy Evnin has over 20 years experience managing balanced portfolios for high net-worth clients, equity accounts for institutional clients, and equity mutual funds. Mr. Evnin also serves as partner and trader/analyst for the Fund's investment adviser. Tim was previously a managing director at U.S. Trust, and, following Bank of America's acquisition of U.S. Trust, a Senior Equity Portfolio Manager with Columbia Management, where his group managed over $14 billion in assets. He is the President of the Mianus River Gorge Preserve and on the board of the Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla, New York. Mr. Evnin received his BA from Princeton University in 1987 and an MBA from Columbia University in 1999.

Charles Ryan
Portfolio Manager

Charles Ryan has over 20 years experience managing equity portfolios for high net worth clients and equity mutual funds. Mr. Ryan is a partner of the Fund’s investment adviser where he is an Equity Portfolio Manager responsible for overall asset allocation for clients, and a member of the Equity Selection Committee. Charlie was previously a Managing Director and a Market Investment Executive for U.S. Trust, a portfolio manager in the Growth Equity Strategy Group at U.S. Trust and a member of the division's Investment Policy Committee. Prior to that, he was with BNY Asset Management, the institutional investment arm of The Bank of New York, where he was Head of the Equity Division. Charlie was the co-manager of the bank's largest mutual fund, The Hamilton Equity Income Fund. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, a member of the Board of Trustees for The Rumson Country Day School, in Rumson N.J. and a member of the Board of Visitors for Worcester Academy in Worcester MA. Mr. Ryan earned his B.A. from Villanova University in 1989.

Michael R. Linburn
Executive Vice President and Secretary
Chief Compliance Officer

Michael R. Linburn has over 30 years of marketing and new business experience, having served as a senior marketing officer and consultant for several companies, including The Balcor Company, Angeles Corporation and The National Housing Partnership. In addition to new business, he is in charge of compliance. Prior thereto he spent 15 years in corporate finance with Shearson, Hammill & Co., Incorporated, where as a first vice president and voting stockholder he analyzed, structured and marketed debt and equity offerings. He later moved to Oppenheimer Properties, specializing in sale and leaseback transactions. He served as an officer in the United States Army and currently serves as Treasurer of the Church of the Incarnation in New York, NY. He received a BS degree in Industrial Administration from Yale University in 1954 and an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School in 1959.

Jian H. Wang has been the head trader for the Fund for over 16 years. Prior thereto he worked for two years in the options market, trading for various investors. A native of China, he worked initially in sales for Siemens PC Division in Shanghai; subsequently he became an assistant to the director of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Tung-Ji University in Shanghai. He graduated from Long Island University in 1991 and earned an MBA degree in Finance from the New York Institute of Technology in 1995.