Annual Awards for Closed-End Funds, ETP's/ETF's & Analysts
NOMINATING COMMITTEES
CLOSED-END FUND AWARDS
- Herbert Blank, Senior Consultant - S-Network Global
- Mariana Bush, Closed-End Funds & Exchange Traded Funds Analyst - Wells Fargo Advisors
- John Duggan, Executive Director, Closed-End Fund and ETF Strategy - Oppenheimer & Co.
- Dennis Emanuel, Advisor
- Cecilia Gondor, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer - Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors
- Michael Jabara, Executive Director, Head of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) and Closed-End Fund Research - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
- Elias Lanik, Senior Closed-End Fund Analyst - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Paul LaRosa, Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets - Maxim Group LLC
- Paul Mazzilli, Fund Consultant & Senior Advisor
- Steven Pikelny, Analyst, Fund Research - Morningstar, Inc.
- Alexander Reiss, Director, Closed-end Fund Research - Stifel Nicolaus
- Ryan Shugrue, Investment Analyst - Janney Montgomery Scott
- Jeff Tjornehoj, Head of Lipper Americas Research - Thomson Reuters
ETP / ETF AWARDS
- Eric Balchunas , ETF Analyst - Bloomberg ETF Data
- Kate Bernhardt, Investment Analyst - Janney Montgomery Scott
- Herbert Blank, Senior Consultant - S-Network Global
- Mariana Bush, Closed-End Funds & Exchange Traded Funds Analyst - Wells Fargo Advisors
- John Duggan, Executive Director, Closed-End Fund and ETF Strategy - Oppenheimer & Co.
- Dennis Emanuel, Advisor
- Deborah Furh, Partner and Co-founder - ETFGI
- Matt Hougan, President - ETF.com.
- Michael Jabara, Executive Director, Head of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) and Closed-End Fund Research - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
- Victor Lin, Director, Trading Strategy - Credit Suisse
- Paul Mazzilli, Fund Consultant & Senior Advisor
- Fred Meissner, CMT, Founder & President - The FRED Report
- Darren Young, Senior Product Manager, Exchange Traded Funds and Notes, RBC Wealth Management
CLOSED-END FUND ANALYST
- Steven Baffico, Managing Partner & CEO - Four Wood Capital Partners
- Doug Bond, Executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager - Cohen & Steers
- Robert Bush, Senior Vice President, Director of Closed-End Fund Products - Calamos Investments
- Dean Choksi, Executive Director of Finance & Head of Investor Relations - Fifth Street Management LLC
- Jonathan Diorio, Director - BlackRock
- Martha Douvogiannis, Director, Product Manager-Funds, US Product Management & Strategy - Allianz Global Investors Inc.
- Alison DuPont, Senior Funds Marketing Manager US - Aberdeen Asset Management
- Jonathan Isaac, Vice President, Director of Product Management - Eaton Vance
- Richard Joslin, Vice President, Treasurer's Office - Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management
- Pamela Kearney, Director, Investor Relations - Tortoise Capital Advisors
- William Korver, Director, Product Development - Guggenheim Investments
- David Lamb, Senior Vice-President, Global Structured Products - Nuveen Investments
- Yuriy Layvand, Director, Fund & Asset Manager Rating Group - Fitch Ratings
- Derryk Madsen, Director, Head of Strategic Relationships - Salient Partners
- Anthony Maltese, Senior Vice President, Closed-End Fund Specialist - Neuberger Berman
- Jeffrey Margolin, Senior Vice President and Closed-End Fund Analyst - First Trust Advisors
- Mehul Merchant, VP - Structured Assets - ING Investment Management
- Michael Nakano, Fixed Income Product Manager - Morgan Stanley Investment Management
- Maria Eugenia Pichardo, Portfolio Manager - Mexico Equity & Income Fund
- David Schachter, Vice President - Gabelli Funds
- Eduardo Solano, Vice President, Investor Relations - The Mexico Fund
- Risa Tajar, Director, Closed-End Funds Product Manager - Legg Mason
- Gavin Worthy, Director, Client Portfolio Manager - Swank Capital / Cushing MLP Asset Management
ETP / ETF ANALYST AWARDS
- Samir Charnalia, National Accounts Executive - FlexShares
- Bruno Del Ama, Chief Executive Officer - Global X Funds
- Joanne Hill, Head of Investment Strategy - ProShares / ProFunds
- Ryan Issakainen, Senior Vice President, ETF Strategist - First Trust Advisors
- Gregory King, Head of ETPs - Credit Suisse
- Dodd Kittsley, Director, Global Head of ETP Research - BlackRock
- Ed McRedmond, SVP, Director, Institutional & Portfolio Strategies - Invesco PowerShares
- James Pacetti, Director of Business Development - S-Network Global Indexes
- Adam Phillips, Chief Operating Officer - Van Eck Securities Corporation
- Kevin Quigg, Global Head of ETF Sales Strategy - State Street Global Advisors
- William Rhind, Director - World Gold Council
- Luciano Siracusano, Chief Investment Strategist - WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc.
- Don Suskind, EVP, Product Manager - PIMCO
- Joseph Witthohm, VP of Product Development and ETF Strategies - Emerald Asset Management
