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The investment seeks a favorable long-term rate of return, mainly through capital appreciation. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks and other equity securities. It invests primarily in large, well-known, established companies. The fund may also invest in smaller, less seasoned companies with growth potential as well as companies in new and emerging areas of the economy. It may also invest in companies in order to benefit from prospective acquisitions, reorganizations, corporate restructurings or other special situations.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Karen Hiatt | Managing Director | 2021 | Now |
Biography | Ms. Hiatt is a senior portfolio manager, a managing director and CIO Focused Growth Equities with Allianz Global Investors, which she joined in 1998. She manages all focused-growth strategies. Prior to joining the team, Ms. Hiatt served as a senior research analyst, sector head of the US Consumer team and US Director of Research. She was previously a vice president and analyst at Bioscience Securities, a boutique investment bank. She has a B.S. in finance, cum laude, from Santa Clara University. Ms. Hiatt is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society San Francisco. | ||
Saira Malik | Senior Managing Director | 2020 | Now |
Biography | Saira Malik, CFA, is a Senior Managing Director and portfolio manager with Teachers Advisors,Inc, TIAA and its affiliates. She has been with the company since 2003.She is a Head of Global Equity Research from 2009 to 2014 and a Head of Global Equity Portfolio Management from 2014 to Present. | ||
Terrence Kontos | Managing Director | 2014 | Now |
Biography | Terrence Kontos, CFA, is Managing Director at Teachers Advisors, LLC. Terrence worked at TCIM and other advisory affiliates of TIAA from 2012 to Present (research of growth portfolios). | ||
Thomas M. Franks | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2017 | 2020 |
Biography | Franks is a managing director with TIAA-CREF, his employer since 2001. He is a Head of Global Equity Portfolio Management from 2009 to 2014 and a CIO of Global Equity from 2014 to Present. Previously, Franks was a financial planner/investment analyst with Professional Planners. Prior to that, Franks was a financial analyst with UGI Development Company. Franks has more than 17 years of investment experience.He is a member of the Bank and Financial Analysts Association of New York and the Pittsburgh Society of Financial Analysts. | ||
Susan Hirsch | Managing Director | 2005 | 2020 |
Biography | Hirsch is a managing director with Teachers Advisors, LLC. She has been in TIAA and its affiliates since 2005. Previously, Hirsch worked in Jennison Associates from 2000 to 2005. Prior, she was a managing director with Prudential, her employer since 1996. Previously, she spent six years at Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management. Hirsch is a member of the Financial Analysts Federation and the New York Society of Security Analysts. | ||
Andrea Mitroff | Managing Director | 2007 | 2019 |
Biography | Mitroff is the portfolio manager. Mitroff has been a Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers since 2000 and was a Vice President from 1999 to 2000. Ms. Mitroff has been an analyst and portfolio manager with the Manager since 1999. Ms. Mitroff served in various positions, including Director of Quantitative Analysis, at AIM Funds from 1991 to 1999. | ||
Gregory B. Luttrell | Vice President | 2006 | 2007 |
Biography | Gregory B. Luttrell, managing director, is a portfolio manager in the U.S. Equity group responsible for managing the Concentrated Large Cap Growth strategy, Equity Focus strategy and Technology strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, Greg worked as a portfolio manager at TIAA-CREF where he ran a $12 billion large cap growth fund. Prior to that, he had started and ran TIAA-CREF’s mid cap growth fund. Greg also has had previous experience as an analyst covering the healthcare, financial services and technology sectors. He holds a B.S. in finance from Indiana University and an M.B.A. in finance and international business from New York University. He is a member of both the New York Society of Security Analysts and The CFA Institute and is a CFA charterholder. | ||
Susan Cordes | Vice President | 2000 | 2006 |
Biography | Cordes is a vice president with Colonial Management Associates, her employer since 1990. Previously, she spent a year as a financial analyst with CSI Resources Systems. She also worked at Carbone Ferraz, a French subsidiary of an electrical components manufacturer, as a sales application engineer. Cordes is currently a Level I CFA candidate. She was born November 28, 1964 in Staten Island. | ||
Ruxianag Qian | Managing Director | 2000 | 2006 |
Biography | Qian is managing director with Teachers Advisors, Inc., TIAA and its affiliates. Qian joined the firm in 2000. | ||
Willard T. Wolff | Managing Director, Portfolio Manager | 1999 | 2006 |
Biography | Wolff is managing director and portfolio manager with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, his employer since 1994. Previously, he was senior vice president and portfolio manager at Palm Beach Capital Management from August 1991 to 1994. |
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