Gregory Stumm, CFA^®, CAIA^®

President & CEO

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Gregory Stumm is president and CEO of Resolute Investment Managers. He also serves as president and CEO of American Beacon Advisors, and holds additional senior leadership positions with other affiliated organizations. Mr. Stumm was previously a senior vice president and the head of Distribution for Resolute. He continues to lead the company’s Distribution team and serves as head of Distribution of an investment adviser, mutual funds and other organizations affiliated with the company. In those roles, he has overall responsibility for the management of the company’s institutional, retail and fixed-income sales. He also continues to serve as a member of the company’s Product Management team, tasked with sourcing new investment ideas for Resolute and its affiliates. Earlier in his tenure with the organization, Mr. Stumm was the national sales manager of Institutional & Platform Sales. In that role, he was responsible for the National Accounts and Institutional teams, and supported consultant and advisory relationships. He has also served as the national sales manager of Retail Sales, managing the External Sales team across all channels. Mr. Stumm joined American Beacon Advisors, an affiliated company of Resolute Investment Managers, in November 2012 as a vice president of National Advisory Sales. His tasks included supporting advisory relationships across the U.S. and working with regional wholesalers within the registered investment advisor and bank trust channels. Prior to joining American Beacon Advisors, Mr. Stumm worked as an investment director of RS Funds, a subsidiary of Guardian Investor Services, where he was responsible for supporting advisory clients of the firm and representing investment strategies at industry events and conferences. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stumm was a product specialist for the Investment Research Group at PLANCO, a division of The Hartford Mutual Funds. In that role, he was responsible for internal manager research and competitive analysis and supported key accounts and advisory relationships nationally. He also was responsible for training and educating more than 100 sales representatives for The Hartford Mutual Funds. Mr. Stumm earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania; he studied Philosophy and Politics with a concentration in Economics and was a member of the rowing team. He holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 63 and 24 securities licenses. He also is a CFA^® charterholder and a CAIA^® charterholder.

Rebecca L. Harris

Chief Operating Officer

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Rebecca L. Harris is the chief operating officer of Resolute Investment Managers and American Beacon Advisors. Previously, Ms. Harris was a senior vice president and the head of Product Management, Corporate Development and Affiliate Relations for Resolute and American Beacon. Since joining American Beacon in 1991, Ms. Harris has held other leadership roles, including those of chief financial officer from 1995 to 2010, mutual fund treasurer from 1995 to 2010, and director of Product Management from 2010 to 2015. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Harris was a financial analyst at Sabre Travel Information Network from 1990 to 1991. She began her career at Ernst & Young after receiving a BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M University. She is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Paul Cavazos

Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

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Paul B. Cavazos joined American Beacon Advisors as senior vice president and chief investment officer in June 2016 and was named vice president of the American Beacon Funds in August 2016. Mr. Cavazos is responsible for overseeing corporate pension plan investments and the investment sub-advisors to the American Beacon Funds. His comprehensive background includes leading defined benefit and contribution plans, conducting investment manager searches, due diligence and risk-control oversight. Before joining American Beacon, Mr. Cavazos served as chief investment officer and assistant treasurer at DTE Energy Company in Detroit. He was responsible for the development of asset allocation strategies, as well as fiduciary oversight for DTE’s $10 billion in retirement trust assets. In 2014, Mr. Cavazos received the prestigious CIO Industry Innovation Award of the Year from Chief Investment Officer magazine. Previously, Mr. Cavazos served as chief investment officer at Navistar, where he was responsible for all investment aspects of the company’s $5 billion in retirement trust assets. His experience also includes investment and finance roles at The Boeing Company and Chrysler Corporation. Mr. Cavazos is a member of the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets, which is a plan sponsor organization representing more than 110 of the country’s largest pension funds. CIEBA’s members manage more than $2 trillion of defined benefit and defined contribution plan assets on behalf of more than 17 million plan participants and beneficiaries. Mr. Cavazos served as chairman of the CIEBA Board of Directors from October 2020 to October 2022. He previously served a two-year term as its vice chair. In those roles, he assisted CIEBA on a number of defined benefit and contribution issues. He continues to serve as a director on the CIEBA Board of Directors. Mr. Cavazos earned a B.S. in Finance from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He also holds an MBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.

Samuel J. Silver

Vice President, Chief Fixed Income Officer

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Samuel J. Silver was named vice president and chief fixed income officer of American Beacon Advisors in June 2016 and has served as vice president of the American Beacon Funds since November 2011. In this role, Mr. Silver oversees the firm’s money-market and fixed-income funds and separate accounts. From October 2011 to May 2016, he served as the firm’s vice president of Fixed Income Investments. From September 1999 to September 2011, Mr. Silver served as the senior portfolio manager of the firm’s stable value portfolios, including money-market funds and separate accounts. He joined the firm in September 1999. Prior to joining American Beacon, Mr. Silver served as director of Money Markets at Koch Industries from July 1997 to August 1999. Previously, he worked at Fidelity Investments for 10 years, during which time he spent eight years in the company’s Money Market division. Mr. Silver received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Kansas and an MBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Dallas.

Rosemary K. Behan

Senior Vice President & General Counsel

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Rosemary K. Behan serves as senior vice president and general counsel of American Beacon Advisors. She also serves in the same roles for Resolute Investment Managers, its parent company, as well as vice president of American Beacon Funds and another affiliated organization. Prior to joining the firm in January 2006, Ms. Behan served as assistant general counsel of First Command Financial Planning, Inc., a financial planning organization registered with FINRA as a broker-dealer and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an Investment Adviser. Ms. Behan also worked in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from February 1995 to June 2004 and was an associate attorney at the law firm of Cantey & Hanger, LLP, in Fort Worth, Texas, from September 1990 to February 1995. From 1989 to 1990, she served as a briefing attorney for the Court of Appeals for the Second Judicial District of Texas. Ms. Behan received her J.D. from St. Mary’s University in 1989 and her B.A. from The University of Texas at Arlington in 1983. Ms. Behan is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Emily P. Dowden

Vice President, Head of Marketing

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Emily P. Dowden serves as vice president and head of Marketing for American Beacon Advisors and the American Beacon Funds, where she oversees marketing initiatives related to the funds. She also serves in the same role for Resolute Investment Managers, American Beacon’s parent company. Prior to joining the company in July 2024, Ms. Dowden oversaw distribution services for Westwood Management, where she collaborated cross-functionally on marketing, sales and service initiatives for retail and institutional clients. Previously, Ms. Dowden served as director at Client Services for Crestone Capital Advisors and as training coordination officer at Community Banks of Colorado. She began her career as a mathematics teacher. Ms. Dowden earned a B.S. from the University of North Texas in 2003.

Melinda G. Heika

Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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Melinda G. Heika serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer of American Beacon Advisors and as vice president of American Beacon Funds. She also serves in senior leadership roles for Resolute Investment Managers, their parent company, as well as CFO of another affiliated organization. Ms. Heika is responsible for directing the organization’s financial activities, including treasury, accounting, tax, audit, financial planning, financial control and oversight of the mutual fund accounting agent. Ms. Heika joined American Beacon Advisors in July 1997 serving as a senior analyst and controller. Prior to joining the firm, she managed financial reporting for Liberté Investors Inc. and First Nationwide Bank. Ms. Heika started her career with Ernst & Young after receiving a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Central Michigan University. Ms. Heika is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Terri L. McKinney

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services

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Terri L. McKinney serves as senior vice president of Enterprise Services of American Beacon Advisors and vice president of American Beacon Funds. She also serves as senior vice president for Resolute Investment Managers, American Beacon’s parent company, as well as vice president of another affiliated organization. Ms. McKinney is responsible for operational processes and information technology systems. Ms. McKinney joined American Beacon Advisors in June 1996 as director of Marketing. Prior to joining the firm, she managed the Equity Administration team for Goldman Sachs Asset Management in New York. Ms. McKinney started her career with the investment management firm of Fayez Sarofim & Co. after receiving a BBA in Business Broadcasting and Marketing from Baylor University.

Bo Ragsdale

Vice President, Information Technology

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Bo Ragsdale serves as vice president of Information Technology of American Beacon Advisors, and he is responsible for information technology systems. He also serves in the same role for Resolute Investment Managers, the parent company of American Beacon Advisors. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Mr. Ragsdale served as a program manager at American Airlines from 2002 to 2006 and as a consultant at Hewlett Packard from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Ragsdale graduated from Trinity University with a B.A. in Business in 1998. He earned an MBA from Southern Methodist University in 2006.

Christina E. Sears

Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer

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Christina E. Sears serves as vice president and chief compliance officer of American Beacon Advisors and American Beacon Funds. She also serves as vice president of Compliance for Resolute Investment Managers, American Beacon’s parent company, as well as vice president of another affiliated organization. Ms. Sears has over 20 years of experience in investment compliance. Prior to joining the affiliated organizations in 1998, she performed middle office operations for an independent broker-dealer. Ms. Sears earned an M.S. in Economics from Baylor University – Hankamer School of Business, as well as Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Philosophy from Southern Methodist University.