and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the other Trustees, the Adviser, the sub-administrator, other service providers, counsel, and the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, and to exercise effective and independent business judgment in the performance of their duties as Trustees. Each Trustee’s ability to perform his duties effectively has been attained in large part through the Trustee’s business, consulting, or public service positions and through experience from service as a member of the Board and one or more of the other funds in the Fund Complex, public companies, non-profit entities, or other organizations as set forth above and below. Each Trustee’s ability to perform his duties effectively also has been enhanced by education, professional training, and other experience.
Interested Trustees/Nominee
Mario J. Gabelli, CFA. Mr. Gabelli is Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chief Investment Officer of the Fund. He serves in the same capacities for other funds in the Fund Complex. Mr. Gabelli is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer – Value Portfolios of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GBL”), a New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)-listed asset manager and financial services company. He is the Chief Investment Officer of Value Portfolios of Gabelli Funds, LLC and GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (“GAMCO”), each of which are asset management subsidiaries of GBL. In addition, Mr. Gabelli is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, a director and the controlling shareholder of GGCP, Inc. (“GGCP”), a private company that holds a majority interest in GBL, and the Chairman of MJG Associates, Inc., which acts as an investment manager of various investment funds and other accounts. He is Executive Chairman of Associated Capital Group, Inc., a public company that provides alternative management and institutional research services, and is a majority-owned subsidiary of GGCP. Mr. Gabelli has served as Chairman of LICT Corporation (“LICT”), a public company engaged in broadband transport and other communications services, since 2004 and has been the CEO of LICT since December 2010. He has also served as a director of CIBL, Inc. (“CIBL”), a public holding company that was spun-off from LICT in 2007, since 2007 and as Executive Chairman since February 2020. He served as the Chairman of Morgan Group Holding Co., a public holding company, from 2001 to October 2019 and as the CEO from 2001 to November 2012. Mr. Gabelli serves as Overseer of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and as a trustee of Boston College and Roger Williams University. He serves as a director of the Winston Churchill Foundation, The E.L. Wiegand Foundation, The American-Italian Cancer Foundation, and The Foundation for Italian Art and Culture.He is Chairman of the Gabelli Foundation, Inc., a Nevada private charitable trust. Mr. Gabelli serves as Co-President of Field Point Park Association, Inc. Mr. Gabelli received his Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and honorary Doctorates from Fordham University and Roger Williams University.
Christina A. Peeney. Ms. Peeney is an Adjunct Professor in the Business and Computer Science Department at Middlesex County College in Edison New Jersey. She also is an Analyst at Amabile Partners. She previously was an Auditor at Ernst & Young and a Senior Account Executive at Prudential Investments Retirement Services. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University, and an MBA in Finance from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.
Independent Trustees/Nominees
Calgary Avansino. Ms. Avansino was CEO of Glamcam from 2018 - 2020, a social commerce app focusing on the Gen Z market. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Cate School beginning in 2017 and the E.L. Wiegand Foundation beginning in 2018, and is a member of the Common Sense Media Advisory Council beginning 2019. Previously, beginning in 2014, she was a Contributing Vogue Editor in order to launch her eponymous wellness company, and in 2016, she published the nutrition book entitled Keep It Real, launched a website, and was a prolific public speaker on wellness trends. From 2009 - 2013 Avansino was Executive Fashion Director and Digital Project Director at British Vogue. Ms. Avansino is a graduate of Cate Preparatory School ’93 and Georgetown University ’98, with a major in English Literature and a minor in Women’s Studies.
Anthony S. Colavita, Esq. Mr. Colavita has been a practicing attorney with Anthony S. Colavita, P.C. since February 1988. He is Chairman of the Fund’s Nominating Committee and a member of the Fund’s Audit, ad hoc Proxy Voting, and ad hoc Pricing Committees. Mr. Colavita serves on the boards of other funds in the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex. Mr. Colavita has been Town Supervisor of the Town of Eastchester, New York since January 2004, with responsibilities for the review, adoption, and administration of a $35 million budget. He has also served as a board member for multiple not-for-profit corporations and was previously counsel to the New York State