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Emerald Marketing Team

Daniel W. Moyer, IV

Executive Vice President and Secretary of Emerald Advisers, Inc.

Mr. Moyer currently serves as Executive Vice President and Secretary of Emerald Advisers, Inc.; Former President and Director of Sales and Marketing for the Emerald Family of Mutual Funds. In these capacities, he directs Emerald's efforts in corporate communications, marketing/sales and business development. In addition, he serves as corporate liaison to various federal and state regulatory bodies that govern Emerald's affairs. Mr. Moyer has over 24 years of combined experience in the Lancaster area with national and regional securities firms. He was the branch manager for five years with both Butcher & Singer, Inc. and Financial Management Group, Inc., and is fully registered with the NASD as a general securities sales supervisor. Mr. Moyer attended Penn State University.

John V. Thompson, Jr.

Senior Vice President
Emerald Advisers, Inc

Mr. Thompson is Senior Vice President of Emerald Advisers, Inc. He is responsible for oversight and implementation of institutional sales and marketing efforts. Mr. Thompson has 17 years of investment experience as an analyst, portfolio manager, and marketer. After beginning his career as a credit analyst with Meridian Bank (1983-1986), he worked as a financial consultant with Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (1986-1988), and then as an analyst, portfolio manager and marketer with Cashman, Farrell and Associates (1988-1995). Mr. Thompson graduated from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in Business Administration.

Francis J. McIntyre

Vice President
Emerald Advisers, Inc

Mr. McIntyre is Vice President of Marketing/Emerald Advisers. He has over thirty years experience in the financial industry and is responsible for the marketing of Emerald financial products and services. He was previously Regional Financial Manager with Deluxe Corporation, responsible for corporate policy, financial, production, and employee retirement planning. Just prior to joining Emerald, Mr. McIntyre was Regional Marketing Director with Planco, Inc. He holds a degree in Social Science with a Psychology minor, and has completed additional course work in Economics at Ursinus College.

Elliot H. Foster

Vice President
Emerald Advisers, Inc

Mr. Foster is Vice President of Marketing/Emerald Advisers. His responsibilities include the sale and marketing of Emerald's array of products and services. Prior to joining Emerald, Mr. Foster was a financial consultant for a Pennsylvania-based investment brokerage firm, where he specialized in designing and implementing retirement plans for individuals and corporations. Mr. Foster received a B.S. in Economics with a minor in Business Administration from Penn State University

Serena W. Tenant

Serena Tenant joined Emerald Advisers, Inc., as a Special Consultant in January 2005 and, in May 2006, became Assistant VP of Business Development. Ms. Tenant works as part of the team to strengthen communication, improve Emerald's relationships with the present client base, and develop new clients. She also works to promote existing products, with special emphasis on Emerald's newest Mid Cap Growth, Large Cap Core, and Fixed Income products. Prior to joining Emerald Advisers, Ms. Tenant was an elected Trustee for the City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement for eight years. Some of her accomplishments include introducing the DROP Plan, the Pension Adjustment Fund, and the Opportunities Fund to the Board. Ms Tenant was the Disabilities Coordinator for the Fraternal Order of Police, Philadelphia PA, for eleven years and, prior to that, was a City of Philadelphia Police Officer. Ms. Tenant is the Immediate Past President of Mid Atlantic Plan Sponsors (MAPS); a former Executive Board Member of the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS); Chair at the Keystone House Hospice in Wyndmoor, PA; and Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Security Professionals (NASP/Phila.).

Thomas A. Dattilo

Mr. Dattilo, Vice President of Emerald Advisers, oversees the construction and implementation of Emerald's Large Cap Core portfolios. He works closely with Emerald's sales, marketing and client retention team to develop new clients and service current relationships. He has close to twenty five years of experience in managing portfolios for government pension funds in Pennsylvania. In 1987, Mr. Dattilo launched and played a major role in the development of two western Pennsylvania investment firms which grew to over $200 million of assets under management. Mr. Dattilo served on the County Pension Plans Best Practice Committee for the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, and was a co-author of the County Pension Plans Best Practices manual. Mr. Dattilo is recognized by Nelson's Who's Who on the Bloomberg Multimedia System. He is a graduate of LaSalle University and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.