Heather McPherson is a co-portfolio manager for the US Large-Cap Value Equity Strategy and an associate portfolio manager for the US Large-Cap Equity Income Strategy in the U.S. Equity Division. Heather is a member of the firm's U.S. Equity Steering Committee and is a vice president and an Investment Advisory Committee member of the US Large-Cap Equity Income, US Large-Cap Core Equity, US Quantitative Large, Global Natural Resources Equity, US Mid-Cap Value Equity, and US Large-Cap Value Equity Strategies. She is a trustee of the T. Rowe Price Foundation. Heather also is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 

Heather's investment experience began in 2001, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2002, beginning in the U.S. Equity Division. Prior to this, Heather was employed by Salomon Smith Barney as a summer intern, covering the storage area networking industry. Heather also was employed by Putnam Lovell Securities, Inc., as a vice president of finance and administration.

Heather earned a B.S. in managerial economics from the University of California, Davis, and an M.B.A. from Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business.

John D. Linehan is the portfolio manager for the U.S. Large Cap Equity Income Strategy, U.S. Select Value Strategy and co-portfolio manager for the US Large-Cap Value Equity Strategy in the U.S. Equity Division. In addition, he is the chief investment officer of Equity and a member of the firm's U.S. Equity Steering and Equity Brokerage and Trading Control Committees. He also is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

John's investment experience began in 1987, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 1998, beginning as an investment analyst, covering paper and forest products and the airline industry, in the U.S. Equity Division. From 2003 to 2009, he was the portfolio manager of the US Value Strategy, and from 2009 to 2014, he was head of U.S. Equity and chairman of the U.S. Equity Steering Committee. Prior to T. Rowe Price, John was an executive in the oil trading and consulting industry, first as vice president and managing director for Delaney Petroleum, then as vice president and managing director for E.T. Petroleum. He also was an associate in mortgage-backed securities trading at Banker Trust NY.

John earned a B.A. in economics from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was the Henry Ford II Scholar, an Arjay Miller Scholar, and the winner of the Alexander A. Robichek Award in finance. John also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

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Mark Finn is the portfolio manager of the US Large-Cap Value Equity Strategy, which includes the Value Fund, and co-portfolio manager of the Large-Cap Value Fund in the U.S. Equity Division. He is chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the U.S. Large Cap Value Equity Strategy. Mark is also a vice president and an Investment Advisory Committee member of the US Large-Cap Equity Income, Global Natural Resources Equity, US Quantitative U.S., US Quantitative Large, US Mid-Cap Value Equity, and Retirement Strategies.

Mark's investment experience began in 1998, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 1990, beginning as controller of Investment Services in the Finance department. After that, he was principal accounting officer for the firm’s realty income strategies and an equity research analyst. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Mark was employed by Price Waterhouse LLP as an auditor, working on engagements for both public and private companies.  

Mark earned a B.S. in accounting from the University of Delaware. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

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Gabe Solomon is the co-portfolio manager of the US Large-Cap Value Equity Strategy. In addition, he is a vice president and an Investment Advisory Committee member of the US Dividend Growth Equity, US Growth Stock, US Large-Cap Core Equity, US Large-Cap Value Equity, and Mid-Cap Value Equity Strategies. He also is an Investment Advisory Committee member of the Global Focused Growth Equity, Global Growth Equity, and Global Value Equity Strategies. Gabe is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.  

Gabe's investment experience began in 2002, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2004, beginning in the U.S. Equity Division as a research analyst. Most recently, Gabe was the portfolio manager of the Financial Services Equity Strategy and chairman of its Investment Advisory Committee. Prior to this, Gabe was employed by Wellington Management Company, LLP, as an equity analyst intern covering Indian information technology services companies. Before that, he was a management consultant at Sibson Consulting Group.

Gabe earned a B.A., summa cum laude, in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a UCLA Regents Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also earned an M.B.A. in finance and accounting from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. While at Wharton, he served as head fellow for the Wharton Investment Management Fund, a student-run small-cap value portfolio.

Caleb Fritz is a portfolio specialist in the U.S. Equity Division. He acts as a proxy for equity portfolio managers with institutional clients, consultants, and prospects and supports the large-cap value strategies. Caleb also is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Caleb's investment experience began in 2000. He was with T. Rowe Price from 2000 to 2003, beginning in the Participant Service Center, and returned in 2010 until the present. Prior to his current position, he was a lead portfolio analyst providing analytical support to investment, client service, and marketing staff for the firm’s large-cap value and health sciences portfolios. Prior to returning to the firm, Caleb was employed by Legg Mason Capital Management as an associate analyst covering the health care sector.  

Caleb earned a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of South Florida. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

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Eric Papesh is a portfolio specialist based in London in the U.S. Equity Division. Eric supports the US Smaller Companies Equity and US Large-Cap Equity Income Strategies offered in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa and Asia-Pacific regions. Eric is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd. 

Eric’s investment experience began in 1994, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2014, beginning in the ISG division as a portfolio specialist. Prior to this, Eric was employed by Russell Investments where he focused on U.S. equity investment strategies.

Eric earned a B.A. in business administration, with concentrations in finance and information systems, and an M.B.A. in business administration from the University of Washington. Eric has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

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