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AST Mid-Cap Value Portfolio
EARNEST Segment. Paul Viera, the founder of EARNEST Partners, is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
portion of the Portfolio managed by EARNEST. Mr. Viera was a Vice President at Bankers Trust in both New York and London. He later
joined INVESCO, where he became a Global Partner and senior member of its Investment Team. Mr. Viera is a member of the Atlanta
Society of Financial Analysts and has over 25 years of investment experience. He serves on several boards, including North Carolina
Outward Bound. He is also a commentator for several news organizations, such as CNBC, Radio Wall Street and the Atlanta Journal
Constitution. Mr. Viera has a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
WEDGE Segment. Paul M. VeZolles, John G. Norman, and Caldwell Calame are responsible for the day-to-day management of the
portion of the Portfolio managed by WEDGE.
Paul M. VeZolles, CFA, General Partner, is the lead mid-cap analyst on the team. Mr. VeZolles has twenty-five years of investment
experience and is responsible for equity research on companies with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $15 billion. Prior
to joining WEDGE in 1995, Mr. VeZolles was an Equity Analyst at Palley-Needelman Asset Management in Newport Beach,
California, and an Equity Analyst with CMB Investment Counselors in Los Angeles. Mr. VeZolles received his Bachelor of Arts degree
in Economics from Indiana University and his Master of Arts in Economics from DePaul University.
John G. Norman, General Partner, has eighteen years of investment experience and is responsible for portfolio management and
client service. Prior to joining WEDGE in 2004, Mr. Norman was a Senior Vice President at Banc of America Capital Management.
He was formerly associated with Brown Brothers Harriman, Wheat First Butcher Singer, and William M. Mercer Investment
Consulting. Mr. Norman received his Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance from The College of William and Mary.
Caldwell Calame, CFA, Executive Vice President, has sixteen years of investment experience and is responsible for portfolio
management and client service. Prior to joining WEDGE in 2007, Mr. Calame was a Director and Institutional Relationship Manager
at Columbia Management, the asset management group of Bank of America. He was formerly associated with Bank of America in
multiple groups including Banc of America Capital Management and Banc of America Investor Services. Mr. Calame received his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at The University of the South at Sewanee. He also received his Masters of Business
Administration degree at Wake Forest University, the Babcock Graduate School of Management.
AST Neuberger Berman Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
The Portfolio is managed by Kenneth J. Turek. Mr. Turek has managed or co-managed two equity mutual funds and other equity
portfolios for several other investment managers since 1985. Mr. Turek is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman Management
LLC.
AST Neuberger Berman / LSV Mid-Cap Value Portfolio
Neuberger Berman Segment. The portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of the segment of the Portfolio
managed by Neuberger Berman is S. Basu Mullick.
Mr. Mullick is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman Management LLC, and portfolio manager on the Mid Cap Value and Large
Cap Value teams. He joined the firm in 1998. Previously, he spent five years at Ark Asset Management Co., Inc., as a senior manager
and a managing director. He also worked as an analyst and portfolio manager at John A. Levin Co. and as a portfolio manager at First
Fidelity Bank. Basu began his career in 1982 as an analyst at PaineWebber, Inc. He received a B.A. from Presidency College in India
and a M.A., A.B.D., from Rutgers University.
LSV Segment. The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the segment of the Portfolio managed by LSV are
Josef Lakonishok, Menno Vermeulen, CFA, and Puneet Mansharamani, CFA.
Mr. Lakonishok has served as CEO, CIO, Partner and Portfolio Manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has more than 30
years of investment and research experience. Mr. Vermeulen has served as a Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst of
LSV since 1995 and a Partner since 1998. He has more than 18 years of investment experience. Prior to joining LSV, Mr. Vermeulen
served as a portfolio manager for ABP Investments. Mr. Mansharamani, CFA has served as a Partner and Portfolio Manager of LSV
since 2006 and a Senior Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 2000. He has more than 11 years of investment experience. Prior to
joining LSV, Mr. Mansharamani was an Analyst at Institutional Trust National City Corporation and a Systems Consultant for
Maximations, Inc.
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