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 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 a 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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Caleb Fritz is a portfolio specialist in the U.S. Equity Division of T. Rowe Price. He acts as a proxy for equity portfolio managers with institutional clients, consultants, and prospects. Mr. Fritz supports T. Rowe Price's large-cap value strategies. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Mr. Fritz has 19 years of investment experience, 12 of which have been with T. Rowe Price. 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 joining the firm in 2007, Mr. Fritz served as an associate analyst for Legg Mason Capital Management, covering the health care sector.

Mr. Fritz earned a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of South Florida, and he also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Eric Papesh is a portfolio specialist in the U.S. Equity Division of T. Rowe Price. He is based in London and serves as a proxy for equity portfolio managers with institutional clients, consultants and prospects. Mr. Papesh supports T. Rowe Price's US Smaller Companies Equity and US Large-Cap Equity Strategies offered in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Mr. Papesh has 22 years of financial services experience, two of which have been with T. Rowe Price. Before joining the firm in 2014, he was a senior research analyst with Russell Investments, where he focused on US equity investment strategies.

Mr. Papesh earned a B.A. in business administration and an M.B.A. from the University of Washington. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.