Access Capital Community Investment Fund

Ron Homer is a member of our Client Service Portfolio Management Team. Ron communicates with our Access Capital clients and coordinates our efforts to ensure that each client receives the most appropriate investment solutions and service. He also serves as President of the Access Capital Community Investment Fund. Before joining RBC GAM (US) in July 2008, Ron served as the chief executive officer of Access Capital Strategies LLC. Prior to co-founding Access Capital, he was the president and chief executive officer of the Boston Bank of Commerce, New England’s largest minority-owned financial institution. During Ron’s tenure, the bank was a leading lender in affordable housing, home mortgages, small business, and community development in Boston. He also formerly served as a director at Sallie Mae and the Nynex telephone companies. Ron began his career in the financial services industry in 1969. He earned a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Rochester. Ron also holds honorary degrees from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and Cambridge College. He is a past chairman of the National Bankers Association and a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Consumer Advisory Council. Ron was the founding chair of the American Bankers Association Center for Community Development. He is the Vice Chair and a founding board member of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.

John Huber oversees our fixed income research and portfolio management efforts. John also maintains specific research responsibilities for the taxable municipal sector and the transportation industry. He joined RBC GAM (US) in 2004 from Galliard Capital Management, where he was a founding member and principal of the firm. Before that, John was a portfolio manager at Norwest Investment Management, where he began his career in the capital markets group in 1990. He earned a BA from the University of Iowa and an MBA in Finance from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. John acts as an advisor to the Carlson Funds Enterprise for the University of Minnesota. He is also a board member of the Minneapolis Downtown YMCA. John is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society of Minnesota. In 2008, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal named him as a Top 40 Under Forty honoree.

Todd Brux is a leader of our fixed income group’s Rates Research Team. Todd also has research responsibilities for Agency and Community Reinvestment Act residential mortgage-backed securities as well as commercial mortgage-backed securities and real estate investment trusts. He has extensive experience analyzing and investing in the structured product market. Before joining RBC GAM (US) in 2004, Todd was the head trader at GMAC-RFC, working on the whole loan mortgage business, and a senior investment analyst at Galliard Capital Management. He began his career in the investment industry in 1994. Todd earned a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society of Minnesota.

Brian Svendahl is a leader of the Rates Research Team in our fixed income group. Brian also has research responsibilities for Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities, municipal housing, Agency balloons, and derivatives. He joined RBC GAM (US) in 2005 from Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, where he served as senior vice president and risk manager. Brian’s experience also includes developing VaR analysis and off-balance-sheet hedging strategies at Wells Fargo Treasury. He began his career in the investment industry in 1992. Brian earned a BS in Economics from the University of Minnesota, and a BBA in Finance and an MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. He is a CFA charterholder.