is an independent director of the UBS Brinson Advisors Funds Group, New York. He concentrates on the activities of his own firm, RQA Enterprises, following a career that included the presidency of Canada Dry International, Canada Dry Worldwide and the combined companies of Canada Dry and Dr. Pepper.

 is the chair of the board of Professionally Managed Portfolios and an independent director of the Allegiant Funds. She is a member of the Independent Directors Council's executive committee and the chair of its governing and nominating committee. She is president of Talon Industries, Inc., a business consulting firm. Previously, she was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Integrated Asset Management, Inc.

 is a BlackRock independent director. Mr. Bodurtha also is a founding member and the first Chairman of the Independent Directors Council of the Investment Company Institute, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute. Until 1993, he was a partner in the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey where he chaired that firm's investment company practice.

 is a director of the Prudential Retail Mutual Funds and chair of the JennisonDryden Investment Committee. She is president and chief executive officer of TELEMAT LTD, a project management and consulting firm based in Chicago. She also serves as a director of various firms, including Fidelity Life Association, The Northern Trust Corporation, Anixter International and Simon Property Group, Inc.

 is an independent director on the board of RiverSource Funds. He is a former governor of the state of Minnesota. Prior to serving as governor, he served as Minnesota's State Auditor. In addition to his service on the board of the American Express Funds, he serves on the boards of ActiPep Biotechnology, Inc., Tekna Seal, LLC and Fairview Lakes Regional Health Care.

 is an independent trustee of the Aim Funds. He is senior partner of the Financial Services Group at Kramer, Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York. He is a pioneer in the field of bank-related mutual funds and has counseled clients in developing and structuring comprehensive mutual fund complexes. He also advises mutual funds and their independent directors/trustees. Previously, he was chief administrative officer and general counsel of a large mutual fund complex. In addition, he has served on the board of the Investment Company Institute.

 is the chair of the board of directors of the American Century Mountain View Family of Mutual Funds. He is the Meyers Professor of Law and Business at Stanford University and the Stern Professor of Law and Business at Columbia University. Professor Gilson was one of the Reporters of the American Law Institute's Corporate Governance Project, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the European Corporate Governance Institute.

 is chairman of the board of trustees of Putnam Mutual Funds. He is vice chairman of First Reserve Corporation and has been with the firm since 1983. He was a co-founder of Meridien Capital Company and earlier served as president and chief executive officer of F. Eberstadt & Co., Inc., and president and chief executive officer of Marsh & McLennan Asset Management.

 is a director of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds and also a director of Eli Lilly and Company, Georgia-Pacific Corporation and the Simon Property Group. She is also a director of The U.S.-Russia Investment Fund, a private equity fund, and a Senior Managing Director of the Brock Capital Group. Previously, she has served as Managing Director and President of Global Private Client Services for Marsh, as Head of International Private Banking for Bankers Trust, as Chairman and CEO of Bank One, Cleveland, as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and as Treasurer of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.

 has been an independent trustee of Evergreen Mutual Funds (and its predecessor) since 1984. He has been the independent chairman of the board since 2000. Mr. Scofield also served as an independent trustee of the Mentor Funds. In addition to his responsibilities with Evergreen, Mr. Scofield is chairman of the board of Branded Media Corporation. He is an attorney. His lengthy legal career included tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney before he entered private practice. He is a board member of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum and the Independent Directors Council of the Investment Company Institute.

 is a director of the Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc and chairs the board's compensation, nominations and governance committee. He was previously managing director, senior portfolio manager and director of investment strategy at Smith Barney Asset Management, formerly of Citigroup. Prior to that, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Greenwich Street Advisors.

 is a trustee of the MFS Funds and the TT International Funds.

 is a partner with Morrison & Foerster. His practice focuses on investment companies and investment advisers. Investment company clients include both open-end and closed-end companies, series funds, multi-class funds and master-feeder funds. He has represented several fund companies since their inception and also counsels the independent directors of other fund companies. He joined the Washington, D.C., office in 1985 after a stint with Steptoe & Johnson.

 is a partner in the San Francisco office of the Paul Hastings law firm where she heads the firm's investment management practice. She began her career in 1977 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. After several years with the SEC in its Office of General Counsel, she entered private practice. She has specialized in counseling investment management firms and investment fund fiduciaries since 1985.

 is a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and is the head of the firm's Investment Management Group. He earlier served as the director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management, in which capacity he was among the most senior financial services regulators in the United States.

 is the principal of Bobroff Consulting which provides custom-tailored business consulting services to firms in the investment management industry. Prior to establishing his consulting practice in 1993, he was senior vice president of Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. He had been executive vice president of Integrated Resources, Inc.; and executive vice president of J.& W. Seligman & Co. He had been a trial attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.

 is a partner at Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP and chairs the firm's Investment Management/Mutual Funds Practice Group. He counsels investment companies, investment advisers, independent trustees and broker-dealers on securities and corporate matters relating to pooled investment products, including registered and unregistered, open- and closed-end investment companies. Mr. Leto also serves on the advisory board of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum.

 is a senior partner of Management Practice, a consulting firm specializing in fund governance. Mr. Payne has had more than 20 years of management consulting experience, including six years with McKinsey & Company. He currently works with fund directors on issues such as contract review negotiations and compensation review. In addition, his firm conducts numerous surveys on fund governance issues, uncovering statistics on matters such as the frequency of board meetings and director compensation.

 is a partner with Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. She represents more than 200 mutual funds or their boards as well as investment advisors and fund service providers. Ms. Pike is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law. In addition, she is a member of the Chicago Bar Association Investment Management Practice Group and the Goodman Theatre Scenemakers Council.

 serves as vice chair of Dechert LLP's financial services practice group, which includes over 125 attorneys in the U.S. and Europe. He has over 22 years experience in counseling mutual funds, fund directors, investment advisors, and insurance companies, and he has lectured and written extensively on securities laws. Mr. Puretz formerly worked as a staff attorney with the SEC's Division of Investment Management.

 is a partner in Ropes & Gray LLP's Boston office. He is currently chair of the firm's Investment Management Group. With over 24 years of experience in investment management and corporate work, Greg's practice includes representing registered investments companies (both as fund counsel and counsel to the independent directors), registered investment advisers, hedge funds and their sponsors and other institutional investors in all aspects of their regulatory, compliance and business activities.