Mr. Manarin serves as the Fund’s lead portfolio manager on behalf of the Adviser. He has served in this capacity since commencement of the Fund’s operations in July 2000.

Mr. Manarin has been a registered investment adviser representative of the adviser since 1983 and a registered representative of the Fund’s principal distributor since October 1994. In addition to managing the assets of numerous individual clients, Mr. Manarin is the portfolio manager of two private investment limited partnerships.

Mr. Manarin’s history in the securities industry dates to 1976 when he was a registered representative of a large regional brokerage firm.

Mr. Manarin received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. 

Mr. Huddleston has served as the Fund's portfolio manager on behalf of the adviser since January 2002. Mr. Huddleston has been Vice President of the Fund since May 2004 and has been an investment adviser representative of the adviser and a registered representative of the Fund’s principal distributor since 2001. He also assists Mr. Manarin with managing the assets of numerous individual clients and two private investment limited partnerships. Mr. Huddleston received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with high distinction from Nebraska Wesleyan University and a Master’s Degree of Security Analysis and Portfolio Management from Creighton University. Mr. Huddleston holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.