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Our fund managers
Our experienced fund managers are deeply immersed in their industries and apply an active management approach to long-term success, viewing the world through the lens of the future to adapt in the present.
Together, they help expertly form and manage a team of more than 130 investment professionals:
- More than 75% possess 10+ years of service
- More than 45% have 20+ years of investment experience
- More than 80% hold the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, an advanced degree, or both
Meet our fund managers
Johan Å. Åkesson, CFA
Mr. Åkesson joined Thrivent in 1993, and has served as portfolio manager and associate portfolio manager during various time periods since 1999.
Mr. Åkesson serves as portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent High Income Municipal Bond Fund (since 2018)
Gregory R. Anderson, CFA
Mr. Anderson joined Thrivent in 1997. He has served as a portfolio manager since 2000.
Mr. Anderson serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Fund (since 2005)
- Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Fund (since 2005)
- Thrivent Government Bond Fund (since 2017)
- Thrivent Multidimensional Income Fund (since 2017)
- Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Fund (since 2018)
Brian W. Bomgren, CQF
Mr. Bomgren joined Thrivent in 2006 and is a Senior Portfolio Manager.
Mr. Bomgren serves as a portfolio manager for the following funds:
- Thrivent Low Volatility Equity Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent International Allocation Fund (since 2016)
Lauri Brunner
Ms. Brunner joined Thrivent in 2007 serving as a research analyst covering large cap consumer discretionary and consumer staples companies. In 2018, she was named Senior Portfolio Manager and serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent Global Stock Fund (since 2018)
Matthew D. Finn, CFA
Mr. Finn joined Thrivent in 2004. He is the Head of Equity Mutual Funds.
Mr. Finn serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Small Cap Stock Fund (since 2013)
Brian J. Flanagan, CFA
Mr. Flanagan joined Thrivent in 1994, serving as a portfolio manager since 2000.
Mr. Flanagan serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Mid Cap Stock Fund (since 2004)
Jon-Paul (JP) Gagne
Mr. Gagne joined Thrivent in 2018 serving as a senior research analyst and trader covering securitized assets. He became a portfolio manager in 2021.
Mr. Gagne serves as a portfolio manager for the following fund:
- Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Fund (since 2021)
Janet I. Grangaard, CFA
Ms. Grangaard joined Thrivent in 1988. She has served as a portfolio manager since 1994.
Ms. Grangaard serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Municipal Bond Fund (since 2002)
- Thrivent High Income Municipal Bond Fund (since 2018)
Nick Griffith, MD, CFA
Mr. Griffith joined Thrivent in 2021, serving as a senior portfolio manager.
He serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Mid Cap Value Fund (since 2022)
Michael G. Landreville, CFA and CPA (inactive)
Mr. Landreville joined Thrivent in 1983. He has served as a portfolio manager since 1998.
Mr. Landreville serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Fund (since 1999)
- Thrivent Government Bond Fund (since 2010)
Kurt J. Lauber, CFA
Mr. Lauber joined Thrivent in 2004. He has previously served as an associate portfolio manager.
Mr. Lauber serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Large Cap Value Fund (since 2013)
- Thrivent Global Stock Fund (since 2013)
David Lettenberger, CFA
Mr. Lettenberger joined Thrivent in 2013, serving as a portfolio manager.
Mr. Lettenberger serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Small Cap Growth Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent Mid Cap Growth Fund (since 2020)
Thomas Lieu
Mr. Lieu joined Thrivent in 2019, serving as a senior portfolio manager.
He serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Large Cap Value Fund (since 2022)
Stephen D. Lowe, CFA
Mr. Lowe joined Thrivent in 1997. He is the Chief Investment Strategist and has served as the portfolio manager of various Thrivent mutual funds since 2009. He has also been a senior portfolio manager of the high yield portion of Thrivent's general account since 2005. Prior to this position, Mr. Lowe was, since 2004, a high yield research manager and, since 2002, an associate portfolio manager of the high yield portion of the general account.
Mr. Lowe serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Balanced Income Plus Fund (since 2013)
- Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Fund (since 2015)
- Thrivent Aggressive Allocation Fund (since 2016)
- Thrivent Moderately Aggressive Allocation Fund ( since 2016)
- Thrivent Moderate Allocation Fund (since 2016)
- Thrivent Moderately Conservative Allocation Fund (since 2016)
- Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent Multidimensional Income Fund (since 2018)
Noah J. Monsen, CFA
Mr. Monsen has been with Thrivent since 2000 and has served in an investment management capacity since 2008.
Mr. Monsen serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Global Stock Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent Low Volatility Equity Fund (since 2017)
- Thrivent International Allocation Fund (since 2016)
Paul J. Ocenasek, CFA
Mr. Ocenasek joined Thrivent in 1987. He has served as a portfolio manager since 1997.
Mr. Ocenasek serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent High Yield Fund (since 1997)
David S. Royal
Mr. Royal joined Thrivent in 2006. He is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Thrivent Mutual Funds.
Mr. Royal serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Aggressive Allocation Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent Moderately Aggressive Allocation Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent Moderate Allocation Fund (since 2018)
- Thrivent Moderately Conservative Allocation Fund (since 2018)
Siddartha Sinha, CFA
Mr. Sinha joined Thrivent in 2015, serving as a senior portfolio manager.
He serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Mid Cap Growth Fund (since 2021)
- Thrivent Small Cap Growth (since 2022)
Conrad E. Smith, CFA
Mr. Smith is on his second stint with Thrivent. He joined Lutheran Brotherhood, one of Thrivent’s predecessors in 1993 and was with the firm through 2002 before leaving to pursue another opportunity. In 2004, he returned to Thrivent. In mid-2007 he initiated Thrivent’s leveraged loan effort in order to provide diversification to the high yield securities investments. Conrad oversees Thrivent’s leveraged loan efforts and also manages the high yield bond portfolio of Thrivent's general account.
Mr. Smith serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Fund (since 2013)
Jaimin Soni
Mr. Soni joined Thrivent in 2019, serving as a senior portfolio manager.
He serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund (since 2022)
David Spangler, CFA
Mr. Spangler joined Thrivent in 2002 serving as Director of Thrivent’s Investment Product Management group. Currently, he is the Head of Mixed Asset and Market Strategies. In 2019, he was named Senior Portfolio Manager and serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Aggressive Allocation Fund (since 2019)
- Thrivent Moderately Aggressive Allocation Fund (since 2019)
- Thrivent Moderate Allocation Fund (since 2019)
- Thrivent Moderately Conservative Allocation Fund (since 2019)
- Thrivent Balanced Income Plus Fund (since 2019)
- Thrivent Global Stock Fund (since 2019)
William D. Stouten
Mr. Stouten joined Thrivent in 2001. He was a research analyst and trader for the Thrivent money market funds since 2001.
Mr. Stouten serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Money Market Fund (since 2003)
Cortney Swensen, CFA
Ms. Swensen joined Thrivent in 2011 serving as a research analyst covering investment grade corporate bonds. She became a portfolio manager in 2016.
Ms. Swensen serves as a portfolio manager for the following fund:
- Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Fund (since 2020)
James M. Tinucci, CFA
Mr. Tinucci joined Thrivent in 2014. He previously held various positions at Thrivent from 2007 to 2012. Prior to rejoining Thrivent, Mr. Tinucci was a manager at Deloitte Consulting.
Mr. Tinucci serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Small Cap Stock Fund (since 2015)
Kent White, CFA
Mr. White is currently a VP, Fixed Income Mutual Funds, and was previously the Director of Investment Grade Research. He has been with the firm since 1999.
Mr. White serves as a portfolio manager of the following funds:
- Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Fund (since 2015)
- Thrivent Income Fund (since 2017)
- Thrivent Multidimensional Income Fund (since 2019)
Theron G. Whitehorn
Mr. Whitehorn joined Thrivent in 2018 serving as Director of Fixed Income Quantitative Research.
Mr. Whitehorn serves as a portfolio manager for the following funds:
- Thrivent Balanced Income Plus Fund (since 2021)
- Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Fund (since 2021)
- Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Fund (since 2021)
- Thrivent Multidimensional Income Fund (since 2021)
Graham Wong, CFA
Mr. Wong joined Thrivent in 2013, serving as a portfolio manager.
Mr. Wong serves as a portfolio manager of the following fund:
- Thrivent Mid Cap Value Fund (since 2020)
Subadvisors
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, LP
Thrivent Asset Management has engaged Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”) as investment subadvisor for the following fund:
GSAM has been an active advisor of the Thrivent International Allocation Fund since its inception on February 29, 2008. A portion of the Fund’s international mid and small-cap equity assets have been managed by the GSAM Quantitative Investment Strategies team (the “QIS” team) since September 25, 2013. GSAM has been registered as an investment advisor since 1988 and is an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. As of December 31, 2020, GSAM, including its investment advisory affiliates, had assets under supervision of $1.95 trillion. Assets under Supervision include assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion.
The GSAM Team
Len Ioffe is a Managing Director and member of the QIS Equity Portfolio Management Team. He joined GSAM in 1994 and has been a portfolio manager since 1996.
Osman Ali is a Managing Director and member of the QIS Equity Portfolio Management Team. He joined GSAM in 2003 and has been a portfolio manager since 2005.
Takashi Suwabe is a Managing Director, a member of the QIS Equity Portfolio Management Team, and Co-head of active equity research on the QIS team. He joined GSAM in 2004.
Dennis Walsh is a Managing Director, a member of the QIS Equity Portfolio Management Team, and Co-head of the Equity Alpha Strategies. He joined GSAM in 2005.
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