Jeffrey E. Gundlach, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
Philip A. Barach, President
Henry Chase, CFO, Controller
Joel A. Damiani, Executive Vice President
Joseph J. Galligan, Executive Vice President
Keith Kirk, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Earl Lariscy, General Counsel
Louis C. Lucido, Chief Operating Officer
Casey Moore, Chief Technology Officer
Ronald R. Redell, President, DoubleLine Funds Trust
Cris Santa Ana III, Chief Risk Officer
Gregory A. Uythoven, Director, Marketing
Barbara VanEvery, Director Investor Services
Mr. Gundlach is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine. He was formerly associated with TCW where he was Chief Investment Officer and head of fixed income activities. He is recognized as a leading expert1 in bond and fixed income investments. His investment strategies have been featured in leading publications including The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Barron’s, Forbes, and Fortune. In 2010, Mr. Gundlach was named to the SmartMoney Power 30. In 2011, he was featured as “The King of Bonds” in Barron’s, and named one of “5 Mutual Fund All-Stars” by Fortune Magazine. In 2012, he was named one of the “50 Most Influential” by Bloomberg Markets magazine. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College summa cum laude holding a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy. He attended Yale University as a PhD candidate in Mathematics.
1. Money News on May 26, 2011: Headline of the story: Bond Expert Gundlach: Housing Collapse to Spark Second Financial Meltdown. Morningstar on January 5, 2012: “...Jeffrey Gundlach, a high-profile fixed-income expert (and a former Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year)...”
Mr. Barach is co‐founder and President of DoubleLine. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Barach was Co‐Founder and Group Managing Director of the TCW Mortgage Group where he spent over 23 years. He has over 32 years of fixed income investment experience. Before joining TCW, Mr. Barach was Senior Vice President of Chief Investments for Sun Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles, where he was responsible for the asset/liability management of the firm and oversight and management of the company’s $5 billion investment portfolio. Previously, he served as Principal Fixed Income Officer for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest pension plan in the country. In that capacity, he was responsible for managing the fixed income portion of the fund which was 100% internally managed. Mr. Barach was heavily involved in the creation of the collateralized mortgage obligations (CMO) while at CalPERS, he oversaw the issuance of one of the first private label CMO using the retirement system’s MBS portfolio. He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received a BA in International Relations and an MBA in Finance.
Mr. Chase joined DoubleLine in 2010. Before joining DoubleLine, Mr. Chase was a partner in the Southern California practice of Tatum, LLC for ten years. He previously served five years as President of US Flywheel Systems and seven years as Chief Financial Officer for 1928 Jewelry Company. Previously, he worked ten years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles, serving a number of clients in the financial services industry. Mr. Chase holds a MS in Finance from San Diego State University and a BS in Economics from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
Mr. Damiani is a founding member of DoubleLine. He is also a Portfolio Manager in the Mortgage Group. Prior to joining DoubleLine in 2009, Mr. Damiani was a Managing Director and MBS Portfolio Manager at TCW since 1999. Previously, Mr. Damiani was a Senior Vice President and head of residential mortgage investments at Back Bay Advisors. Before that, he was an Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager for The Putnam Companies. Mr. Damiani holds both a BS in Molecular Biology and an MS in Finance from the University of Wisconsin. He is a CFA charterholder.
Mr. Galligan is a founding member of DoubleLine. He is also a Portfolio Manager in the Mortgage Group. Prior to joining DoubleLine in 2009, Mr. Galligan was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at TCW since 1991. Prior to TCW, he was a Vice President at Smith Barney in the Mortgage-Backed Specialist group. Prior to that, he spent five years at First Boston as Vice President in the same area. In addition, Mr. Galligan spent over three years at Scudder Stevens & Clark as a Portfolio Manager/Trader. Mr. Galligan holds a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder.
Mr. Kirk joined DoubleLine as its Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer in January 2012. Before formally joining DoubleLine, Mr. Kirk was in private practice from September 2009 through December 2011 as a compliance consultant and attorney and provided services exclusively to DoubleLine from January 2010 through December 2011. From September 2004 through August 2009, he served as Chief Compliance Officer for Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC ("MetWest") and the Metropolitan West Funds, where he began working in 2003. Prior to MetWest, he worked for Montgomery Asset Management, LLC for approximately five years and for NASD Regulation for approximately five years before joining Montgomery. He has a BS in Accounting from Penn State University, an MBA from San Jose State University and a JD from Golden Gate University. He is a member of the bar in California and the District of Columbia.
Mr. Lariscy joined Doubleline in 2010 and is a member of the Executive Management Committee. He was most recently a Director at Barclays Capital and Agency General Manager of Barclays Bank PLC's California based banking operations. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Lariscy served as Associate General Counsel to TCW and worked as an attorney in the New York office of Linklaters. He has over 14 years of experience in a diverse range of practice areas including general corporate law, commercial litigation, securities law and structured finance. Mr. Lariscy has a JD from Tulane School of Law. He also holds a BS in Finance from the University of South Florida and a Masters in International Business from the University of South Carolina.
Mr. Lucido is a Principal, a founding member of DoubleLine, and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee. He was previously at TCW as a Group Managing Director and Portfolio Manager within the MBS Group responsible for the oversight of ABS/CMBS assets and was additionally responsible for the management of Credit Research, Structured Products activities as well as Credit Fund Product Development. Prior to joining TCW in 2001, Mr. Lucido was the Chief Investment Officer for Delphi Financial Group (DFG) responsible for the asset/liability management of the firm and the oversight and management of the firm's $2.3 billion investment portfolio. Before DFG, he was the Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director & Corporate Secretary for Hyperion Capital Management, an MBS, CMBS & ABS investment management company. He was responsible for managing the daily operation of the firm, which had $5.5 billion of assets under management. While at Hyperion, he was also a member of the Resolution Trust Advisory Committee, responsible for the conservatorship and ultimate liquidation of the Franklin Savings Association. Mr. Lucido is a former Chairman of ASF CDO Collateral Managers Subforum, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Securitization Forum. He is also a former member of the ASF Advisory Board and the FitchRatings Investor Advisory Council. Mr. Lucido received his MBA in Management and Finance from New York University, and is a member of the Dean's Executive Board of the N.Y.U. Stern School of Business.
Mr. Moore joined DoubleLine in 2009 and is a member of the Executive Management Committee. As Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for all information technology, including application development, systems integration, technical infrastructure, and disaster recovery. Prior to DoubleLine, he was an Assistant Vice President at TCW and focused on application development. He was initially hired at TCW as an enterprise database architect and later joined the Mortgage Backed Securities Group where he concentrated on developing RMBS analytic systems. Prior to TCW, he was a developer for Albertsons, where he created systems to forecast sales and manage labor budgets. Mr. Moore holds a BS in Management Information Systems from California State University, Bakersfield.
Mr. Redell is President of DoubleLine Funds Trust, Executive Vice President of DoubleLine, and a member of the Executive Management Committee. He oversees the development of DoubleLine’s mutual fund business and distribution lines. Prior to DoubleLine, he served as President and CEO of TCW Funds, Inc. and TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. He was also Director of the Products and Services Group where he oversaw TCW's client service initiatives. Prior to assuming these responsibilities, Mr. Redell was Managing Director and head of the TCW Funds Group. In this capacity, he was responsible for overall marketing and strategy of the TCW Funds through the firm’s various client segments. Previously, Mr. Redell was Vice President of Marketing for RS Investment Management, formerly Robertson Stephens, where he was in charge of the firm's retail Mutual Fund sales and marketing effort through intermediaries. Previously, he was a Financial Consultant with Wells Fargo Securities. Mr. Redell holds a BA in Political Science from Stanford University. He is a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles and is a CFA charterholder.
Mr. Santa Ana joined DoubleLine L.P. as the Chief Operating Officer in 2009, and now is the firm’s Chief Risk Officer and an officer of DoubleLine Funds Trust. Mr. Santa Ana’s day-to-day duties include overseeing the trading operations and portfolio risk management teams. He is also serves a member of the Executive Management Committee and various subcommittees which oversee and review business functions and enterprise risk across the firm. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Santa Ana was most recently a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of TCW’s Mortgage-Backed Securities Group. During his 15-year tenure at TCW, Mr. Santa Ana held various management positions starting in Domestic Fixed Income Operations overseeing portfolio accounting, reporting, compliance, and trading support for the Mortgage-Backed Securities and High Yield portfolio groups. Mr. Santa Ana received his BA in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Mr. Uythoven joined DoubleLine in 2009 and is a member of the Executive Management Committee. He is a Fixed Income Generalist and member of the Fixed Income Asset Allocation Committee. Prior to DoubleLine, he was a Senior Vice President at TCW since 1989 where he held various positions over the years. He joined the Mortgage Group in 1993. In 1997, he assumed full responsibility of portfolio analytics for TCW's Multi-Strategy Fixed Income product. In 1999, he was appointed to TCW's Multi-Strategy Fixed Income Committee as part of the asset allocation team. Mr. Uythoven was also the fixed income product manager where he worked on product development. Mr. Uythoven holds a BA in Quantitative Economics from the University of California at San Diego and an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Ms. VanEvery joined DoubleLine in 2009. She oversees Investor Services which includes Communications and Client Service. Ms. VanEvery is a member of the firm's Executive Management Committee. Prior to DoubleLine, she was a Senior Vice President at TCW for sixteen years where she was responsible for marketing, investor relations and communications for both the retail and institutional efforts for all mortgage-related and multi-strategy fixed income product areas. Previously, she worked with Provident Life & Accident Insurance, where she specialized in client relations and account management. Ms. VanEvery holds a BA in Political Science from California State University at San Diego.