Entrepreneur of the Month

Gerald B. Smith - Smith, Graham & Company Investment Advisors, L.P.
May 15, 2006

Gerald B. Smith is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith, Graham & Company Investment Advisors, L.P. which is a global investment management firm that specializes in managing fixed-income and equity domestic and global investment portfolio strategies for institutional clients. Gerald has more than 30 years of experience in the fixed-income markets. He is a member of the firm's Investment Policy Committee. Gerald also serves on the Board of Directors for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, one of the largest mutual fund complexes in the country. He is a founding member of the New York Futures Exchange where he worked with institutional investors hedging their interest rate risk using financial futures.

Prior to the formation of Smith, Graham & Company, he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Fixed-Income for Underwood Neuhaus & Company. He also served as Chairman of the Executive Committee prior to the merger of Lovett Mitchell Webb & Garrison, Inc.with Underwood Neuhaus. In addition, Gerald served as First Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing and Sales at Westcap Corporation, Investment Bankers, responsible for national sales and trading

with institutional investors. With Dillon Read and Company in New York, Gerald worked with the nation’s largest institutional investors and fund managers in the fixed-income sector, trading and advising in the area of portfolio management.

A native of Houston, Gerald received his BBA in Finance from Texas Southern University. He serves on many community and civic boards including the Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, the Board of Directors for the Greater Houston Partnership, Vice Chairman of Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) Board ofDirectors, and on the Board of Visitors for the M.D.Anderson Cancer Center. He also serves as Chairman of the Texas Southern University Foundation. In the corporate sector, Gerald serves as Audit Committee Chairman for Northern Border Partners, L.P. and as a member of Cooper Industries Board of Directors.

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