Eugene C. Sit, CFA, CPA

Chairman, CEO, and Global Chief Investment Officer

Gene Sit founded Sit Investment Associates (SIA) in July of 1981. Prior to starting the firm, he was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer for IDS (American Express Financial) Advisory. Today, SIA is a diverse financial asset management firm with capabilities in both domestic and international financial asset management. Gene was educated at DePaul University in Chicago where he received his B.S.C. degree in 1960, and he is both a CPA and CFA. Gene is active in the investment industry and in community affairs. He currently serves on the boards of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the University of Minnesota Carlson School's International Programs, the University of Minnesota Medical School Dean’s Board of Visitors and the Minnesota Historical Society Honorary Council. Gene also is a director of Corning Incorporated and the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation. Additionally, he is the founder, a Co-Chair and Director of the Minnesotans’ Military Appreciation Fund (MMAF). In the past, he has served as a Trustee of TIAA/CREF, Carleton College, and The Minnesota Orchestral Association. Gene was the Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, a founding member of the Board of Governors of the Association for Investment Management and Research (now the CFA Institute), Chairman and Trustee of the Research Foundation of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, Advisory Board member for the University of California Walter A. Haas School of Business, and a Trustee of the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is a recipient of the C. Steward Sheppard Award given by AIMR (the CFA Institute) in recognition for his outstanding contributions to the investment profession. In 2007, in recognition for his leadership in launching and leading the MMAF, Gene was given the Public Leadership Award by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, and was honored with The Eleven Who Care Award for his outstanding volunteer contributions to the community. Also, Gene is a long-standing member of the Committee of 100, which is a national non-partisan organization composed of American citizens of Chinese descent who have achieved positions of leadership in the United States in a broad range of professions.

Gene Sit is a portfolio manager of the following Funds:

• Sit Small Cap Growth Fund
• Sit Mid Cap Growth Fund
• Sit Large Cap Growth Fund
• Sit Balanced Fund
• Sit Dividend Growth Fund
• Sit International Growth Fund
• Sit Developing Markets Growth Fund