Daniel F. Dent, CFA, graduated cum laude from Princeton University and later received an MBA in finance and investments from the Wharton School of Finance. He was a securities analyst before joining the investment counseling division of T. Rowe Price Associates in 1970 where he later became a vice president. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a past president of the Baltimore Security Analysts Society, an organization of approximately 180 practicing investment professionals in Baltimore. Mr. Dent has served as a trustee and director of various non-profit organizations.

Thomas F. O'Neil, Jr., CFA, joined the firm in the summer of 1985 with 15 years of experience in the field of investment management. For the previous 6 years, he served in the position of financial adviser to a Maryland family with philanthropic interests where his responsibilities included management of the family’s investments. Prior to that position, for 9 years he was responsible for the investment of insurance companies’ funds in the equity and fixed income markets for a large Maryland based corporation. Mr. O’Neil is a graduate of Georgetown University, Columbia University Graduate School of Business where he received an MBA in finance and banking, and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is presently serving on the boards of various non-profit organizations.

Linda W. McCleary joined the firm in the beginning of 1999. Prior to joining D.F. Dent and Company, she served as a Principal and Chief Financial Officer of a Baltimore based investment advisory firm for over twenty years. In that capacity, she managed institutional equity and fixed income portfolios. Mrs. McCleary graduated cum laude from Smith College and later received an MBA degree in finance and accounting from Loyola College.

Matthew F. Dent, CFA, joined the firm in the summer of 2001 with four years of investment experience. Prior to joining D.F. Dent & Company, he served as a Research Associate at both an investment bank and an investment management firm in San Francisco. For the previous two years, he worked as an investment banking analyst at a large firm in Baltimore. Mr. Dent is a graduate of Brown University, where he received a BA in both Economics and Organizational Behavior and Management. Mr. Dent is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is currently a member of the CFA Institute and the Baltimore Security Analysts Society.

Michael N. Morrill joined the firm in the spring of 2005 with eight years of experience in the investment industry. Prior to joining D.F. Dent & Company, he served as a Vice President in the Institutional sales departments at two investment banks in Baltimore. He has a series 7 and series 63 license that enable him to discuss the DF Dent Premier Growth Fund with interested parties. Mr. Morrill is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where he received a BA in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Gary D. Mitchell, J.D., joined the firm in the summer of 2005 with 13 years of experience practicing law. Prior to joining D.F. Dent & Company, he was a corporate attorney for two S&P 500 companies in New Jersey. His experience includes corporate, securities and regulatory law, as well as mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Mr. Mitchell received an A.B. from Harvard College summa cum laude in Economics and received a J.D.from Harvard Law School cum laude.

Bruce L. Kennedy, II, CFA, joined the firm in the summer of 2007 with four years of investment experience. Prior to joining D.F. Dent & Company, he served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, an Associate Analyst at T. Rowe Price in Baltimore, and a Summer Analyst at Wasatch Advisors in Salt Lake City. Mr. Kennedy received a A.B. from Dartmouth College cum laude in Economics and History and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Kennedy is a Chartered Financial Analyst.