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Barbara J. Krumsiek

President, Chief Executive Officer,
Co-Chairperson
Calvert Group, Ltd

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Barbara J. Krumsiek is President, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chairperson of Calvert Group, Ltd., a mutual fund firm known for its leadership in socially responsible and fixed income investment management. Calvert, based in Bethesda, Maryland, manages over $7.5 billion in 27 mutual funds. In addition to their line-up of mutual funds, Calvert compiles the Calvert Social IndexTM, a benchmark measuring the performance of large, U.S.-based socially responsible companies.

Ms. Krumsiek took the helm at Calvert in 1997. Calvert has received recognition for its innovation and investment performance. In February of 2001, citing Calvert's success and efforts to open the 401(k) market to socially screened funds, Calvert was awarded a finalist position for the third annual Harvard Business School Club of New York, America's Entrepreneur Award. Earlier this year, Barron's ranked Calvert third in domestic equity mutual fund performance in 2000.

Ms. Krumsiek has over 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. Her previous experience includes 23 years with Alliance Capital Management, LP, most recently as Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the mutual funds division. There, she was responsible for over $17 billion of mutual fund assets underlying the firm's variable annuity and insurance products, retirement fund/401(k) business, and mutual fund products

In addition to her professional affiliations, Ms. Krumsiek's involvement in the community is extensive. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Boards of Greater DC Cares, the Trickle Up Foundation, The Cultural Alliance of Washington D.C., and on the Board of Visitors for the Howard University School of Law. In June of this year, Ms. Krumsiek was named "Outstanding CEO of the Year" by the Women's Business Center of Washington DC.

Ms. Krumsiek graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors from Douglass College, Rutgers University, where she received a bachelor's degree in mathematics. She received her masters degree in mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. In 2000, the Rutgers University Alumni Federation added her to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni, and in that same year, Douglass College and the Associate Alumnae named her to The Douglass Society.

Ms. Krumsiek is a native New Yorker and resides in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband, Bart Leonard, and their two daughters.