Denis J. Amato served as a member of the Executive Committee of The Ancora Group Inc., which is the parent of the Advisor until December 31, 2015.

From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Amato served as the Chief Investment Officer for the Northeast Ohio Region of Fifth Third Bank, managed both individual and institutional portfolios and was a portfolio manager for two mutual funds, including the Fifth Third MicroCap Value Fund.

During the period from 1997 to 2001, Mr. Amato was the Chief Investment Officer and lead equity portfolio strategist with the Maxus Investment Group. While with Maxus, Denis J. Amato was the portfolio manager for the Maxus Ohio Heartland Fund.

Mr. Amato was the Chief Investment Officer at Gelfand Partners beginning in 1991 until that organization merged with Maxus in 1997.