Ms. Baha is the Senior Portfolio Manager of DoubleLine’s Global Developed Credit Group, which is included as a separate sector in the various DoubleLine Core Fixed Income strategies. Prior to DoubleLine, Ms. Baha was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager overseeing the Corporate Bond group at TCW for the past nineteen years. Prior to TCW, she worked for Deloitte & Touche, where she was a manager and specialized in the valuation of publicly traded and privately held companies in a variety of industries. Prior to that, she was employed as a Senior Analyst with Standard Research Consultants, a former division of Standard & Poor's Corporation. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co. where she was responsible for the regional distribution of new issues and secondary offerings of corporate debt and equity securities. Ms. Baha received her BA in Political Science from the University of California at Irvine and her MBA from the University of Southern California. She is a CFA charterholder and a Chartered Investment Counselor.

Mr. Austin joined DoubleLine’s Global Developed Credit Group in 2009 where he is responsible for trading corporate securities. Prior to DoubleLine, he was a Senior Vice President at TCW from 1984 to 2009, responsible for trading fixed income securities including corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and Agency debt, International government bonds, money market instruments, and municipal bonds. Mr. Austin attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo where he focused on finance and accounting. He is a CFA charterholder.

Mr. Kirste joined DoubleLine in 2009. He is a member of the Global Developed Credit Group where he is responsible for trading corporate securities. He is also responsible for implementing the Fixed Income Asset Allocation decisions. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Kirste was a Senior Vice President responsible for trading fixed income securities for TCW from 1986 through 2009. Over his tenure, his trading responsibilities included investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and Agency debt, and money market instruments. Mr. Kirste also participated in the Multi-Strategy Fixed Income Committee meetings where sector asset allocations were decided, and was a member of the firm’s Broker Review Committee. Mr. Kirste received his BS in Economics from the University of California, Riverside. He is a CFA charterholder.

Mr. Lalchand joined DoubleLine in 2009. He is a corporate credit analyst in the Global Developed Credit Group. Prior to DoubleLine, he was a Senior Vice President associated with TCW since 1990 where he worked as an investment grade corporate credit analyst. Mr. Lalchand received his BA in Finance from California State University at Los Angeles and his MBA, Magna Cum Laude, in Finance from the Keller Graduate School of Management.

Ms. Erickson joined DoubleLine in 2009. She is a member of the Global Credits Group specializing in corporate research. She is involved in the analysis and recommendation of specific sectors within the corporate portfolios. She joined DoubleLine with over seventeen years of investment experience. Prior to DoubleLine, Ms. Erickson was a Vice President at TCW since 2007, working in their Corporate Bond Group providing valueadded research. Before TCW, she was a Vice President at Froley Revy Investment Company for over fifteen years. Her primary role at Froley was as an analyst for certain sectors in the convertible universe. Ms. Erickson graduated from the University of Southern California in 1993, Summa Cum Laude, with a BS in Business/Finance. She is a CFA charterholder.