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| James
A. Gardner - President, Gardner Associates, an investment and real estate firm, since 1989; Partner, Ranch of the Canyons, a real estate firm, since 1991; President Emeritus, Lewis and Clark College and Law School; director, Oregon High Desert Museum since 1989, Vice Chairman since 2002; active in civic, business, educational and church organizations in Oregon. |
| Gary
C. Cornia - Director, Romney Institute of Public Management, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 2004–present; Professor, Marriott School of Management, 1980–present; Past President, the National Tax Association; Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2002-present; Associate Dean, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 1991-2000; Utah Governor's Tax Review Committee, 1993. |
| Diana
P. Herrmann - Vice Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Aquila Management Corporation, Founder of the Aquila Group of Funds and parent of Aquila Investment Management LLC, Manager since 2004, President and Chief Operating Officer since 1997, a Director since 1984, Secretary since 1986 and previously its Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, 1986-1997; Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair since 2004 and President, Chief Operating Officer and Manager of the Manager since 2003; Chair, Vice Chair, President, Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President of funds in the Aquila Group of Funds since 1986; Director of the Distributor since 1997; trustee, Reserve Money-Market Funds, 1999-2000 and Reserve Private Equity Series, 1998-2000; Governor, Investment Company Institute (a trade organization for the U.S. fund industry dedicated to protecting shareholder interests and educating the public about investing) and head of its Small Funds Committee since 2004; active in charitable and volunteer organizations. Other Directorships held by Trustee: ICI Mutual Insurance Company. |
| Edmund
P. Jensen - President and CEO, VISA International, 1994-1999; director: Phoenix Technologies, a Tech/BIOS company, 2000-2005; Corillian Corp., a banking software company, 2000-2002; Trintech, a payment software company, 1999–2002. Other Directorships held by the Trustee – BMG-Seltec, a software company; Portland Family of Funds, a community investment bank. |
| John
W. Mitchell - Principal of M & H Economic Consultants; Economist, Western Region, for U.S. Bancorp since 1998; Chief Economist, U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, 1983-1998; member, Oregon Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, 1984-1998; Chairman, Oregon Governor's Technical Advisory Committee for Tax Review in 1998. |
| Ralph
R. Shaw - President, Shaw Management Company, an investment counseling firm, 1980-present, General Partner, Shaw Venture Partners, 1983-2005, Shaw Venture Partners II, 1987-2005 and Shaw Venture Partners III, 1994-2005 (US Bancorp, parent of the Sub-Adviser, was a limited partner in these last three ventures). Other Directorships held by Trustee - Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Telestream, Inc., BMG Seltec Corporation; Rentrak Corporation, United Fund Advisors, One-to-One Interactive. |
| Nancy
Wilgenbusch - President, Marylhurst University since 1984; member, former Chair, Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; active board member of a number of civic organizations. Other Directorships held by Trustee - Chair, Oregon Regional Advisory Board for PacifiCorp; West Coast Bank’s Board; director, Cascade Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of lift truck attachments, director, Scottish Power. |
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