People: MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU)
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24 May 2013
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24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
David Gunning |
70 | 2009 | Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees |
John Corcoran |
47 | 2012 | President |
Frank Tarantino |
68 | 2004 | Independent Chief Compliance Officer |
Kino Clark |
44 | 2012 | Assistant Treasurer |
David DiLorenzo |
44 | 2005 | Assistant Treasurer |
Kasey Phillips |
42 | 2012 | Assistant Treasurer |
Robyn Griffin |
37 | 2008 | Assistant Independent Chief Compliance Officer |
James Yost |
52 | 2012 | Deputy Treasurer |
Mark Polebaum |
60 | 2006 | Secretary, Clerk |
Christopher Bohane |
38 | 2005 | Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk |
Thomas Connors |
53 | 2012 | Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk |
Ethan Corey |
48 | 2005 | Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk |
Brian Langenfeld |
39 | 2006 | Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk |
Susan Newton |
62 | 2005 | Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk |
Susan Pereira |
41 | 2005 | Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk |
Richard Weitzel |
42 | 2007 | Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk |
Robert Butler |
70 | 2006 | Independent Trustee |
Maureen Goldfarb |
57 | 2009 | Independent Trustee |
William Gutow |
71 | 1993 | Independent Trustee |
Michael Hegarty |
68 | 2004 | Independent Trustee |
John Kavanaugh |
57 | 2009 | Independent Trustee |
Robert Manning |
48 | 2009 | Trustee |
J. Dale Sherratt |
74 | 1989 | Independent Trustee |
Laurie Thomsen |
55 | 2005 | Independent Trustee |
Robert Uek |
71 | 2006 | Independent Trustee |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
David Gunning |
Mr. David H. Gunning is Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Gunning has executive and board experience at publicly-traded and privately-held companies, including past service as the Vice Chairman and a director of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (now Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.), a director of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., and a director of Southwest Gas Corp. He is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capitol American Financial Corp. Mr. Gunning is also a former partner and head of the corporate department of Jones Day, a international law firm. |
John Corcoran |
Mr. John M. Corcoran is President of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He has been Senior Vice President of Massachusetts Financial Services Company, (since October 2008); Senior Vice President of State Street Bank and Trust (financial services provider), (until September 2008). |
Frank Tarantino |
Mr. Frank L. Tarantino is Independent Chief Compliance Officer of MFSHigh Yield Municipal Trust. He is Tarantino LLC (provider of compliance services), Principal. |
Kino Clark |
Mr. Kino Clark is Assistant Treasurer of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He has been Vice President of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. |
David DiLorenzo |
Mr. David L. DiLorenzo is Assistant Treasurer of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He has been Senior Vice President of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. |
Kasey Phillips |
Mr. Kasey L. Phillips is Assistant Treasurer of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He served as Senior Vice President, Fund Treasurer of Massachusetts Financial Services Company; Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, (until 2012). |
Robyn Griffin |
Mr. Robyn L. Griffin is Assistant Independent Chief Compliance Officer of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He is Griffin Compliance LLC (provider of compliance services), Principal (since August 2008); State Street Corporation (financial services provider), Mutual Fund Administration Assistant Vice President (October 2006 – July 2008); Liberty Mutual Group (insurance), Personal Market Assistant Controller (April 2006 – October 2006); Deloitte & Touche LLP (professional services firm), Senior Manager (prior to April 2006). |
James Yost |
Mr. James O. Yost is Deputy Treasurer of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He is Senior Vice President of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. |
Mark Polebaum |
Mr. Mark N. Polebaum is Secretary, Clerk of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He is Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (since January 2006); Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (law firm), Partner (until January 2006). |
Christopher Bohane |
Mr. Christopher R. Bohane is Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He is Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Senior Counsel. |
Thomas Connors |
Mr. Thomas H. Connors is Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He served as Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Senior Counsel; Deutsche Asset Management, Director and Senior Counsel (until 2012). |
Ethan Corey |
Mr. Ethan D. Corey is Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He is Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. |
Brian Langenfeld |
Mr. Brian E. Langenfeld is Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He is Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Senior Counsel (since May 2006); John Hancock Advisers, LLC, Assistant Vice President and Counsel (until April 2006). |
Susan Newton |
Ms. Susan S. Newton is Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. She has been Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel od Massachusetts Financial Services Company (since April 2005). |
Susan Pereira |
Ms. Susan A. Pereira is Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk of MFSHigh Yield Municipal Trust. She is Vice President and Senior Counsel of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. |
Richard Weitzel |
Mr. Richard S. Weitzel is Assistant Secretary, Assistant Clerk of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. He is Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. |
Robert Butler |
Mr. Robert Ellsworth Butler, CPA, is Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Butler has accounting and compliance consulting experience for clients in the investment management industry. Mr. Butler was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PWC”) (including its predecessor firms) for 24 years, and led the firm’s National Regulatory Compliance Consulting Group, specializing in compliance consulting for investment management clients, including mutual funds and investment advisers. During his tenure at PWC, he served for ten years as a consultant to the independent directors/trustees for two fund groups during their contract deliberation processes. He also conducted branch reviews of insurance broker/dealers selling variable products. Since retiring from PWC, Mr. Butler has worked as a consultant to mutual fund boards and investment advisers on regulatory and compliance matters. He has served as, or assisted, the Independent Compliance Consultant in conjunction with the implementation of SEC market timing orders at three fund groups. |
Maureen Goldfarb |
Ms. Maureen R. Goldfarb is Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Ms. Goldfarb has executive and board experience at firms within the investment management industry. She was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John Hancock Funds and an Executive Vice President of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Prior to joining John Hancock, Ms. Goldfarb was a Senior Vice President with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. She also held various marketing, distribution, and portfolio management positions with other investment management firms. Ms. Goldfarb is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute. |
William Gutow |
Mr. William R. Gutow is Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Gutow is the Vice Chairman of Capitol Entertainment Management Company. He has substantial senior executive experience at a publicly-traded company and various privately held companies as well as board experience at privately held companies and non-profits. Mr. Gutow served as the Senior Vice President of Real Estate and Property Development for Zale Corporation. Mr. Gutow has substantial investment company board experience, having served on boards of trustees responsible for oversight of funds in the MFS family of funds for over 17 years. |
Michael Hegarty |
Mr. Michael J. Hegarty is Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Hegarty has senior executive and board experience at firms within the financial services industry, as well as board experience at publicly-traded and privately held companies. He served as the Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of AXA Financial and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of The Equitable Life Assurance Society. Mr. Hegarty also served as Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan Corporation and Chemical Bank. He is a former director of Alliance Capital Management Corporation, which serves as the general partner of a publicly-traded investment adviser, and a former trustee of investment companies in the EQ Advisers Trust family of funds. |
John Kavanaugh |
Mr. John P. Kavanaugh is Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Kavanaugh has executive, investment management, and board experience at firms within the investment management industry, as well as board experience for other investment company families. Mr. Kavanaugh was the Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., and the President and Chairman of Opus Investment Management, Inc., an investment adviser. He also served as a trustee for various investment company complexes. Mr. Kavanaugh held research analyst and portfolio management positions with Allmerica Financial and PruCapital, Inc. |
Robert Manning |
Mr. Robert J. Manning is Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Manning is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MFS (the MFS Funds’ investment adviser) and in this capacity heads its Board of Directors. He has substantial executive and investment management experience, having worked for MFS for 26 years. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of MFS. |
J. Dale Sherratt |
Mr. J. Dale Sherratt is an Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Sherratt is the President of Insight Resources and the Managing General Partner of Wellfleet Investments. He was a senior executive at Colgate-Palmolive and the Chief Executive Officer of the Kendall Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Sherratt has held senior executive positions at various healthcare technology companies, and served on the boards of directors of publicly-traded companies and numerous early stage technology companies. Mr. Sherratt has substantial investment company board experience, having served on boards of trustees responsible for oversight of funds in the MFS funds for over 21 years. |
Laurie Thomsen |
Ms. Laurie J. Thomsen is Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Ms. Thomsen has venture capital financing experience, as well as board experience at publicly-traded and privately-held companies. Ms. Thomsen was a co-founding General Partner of Prism Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology companies and served as an Executive Partner of New Profit, Inc., a venture philanthropy firm. Prior to that, she was a General Partner at the venture capital firm, Harbourvest Partners. Ms. Thomsen is a director of The Travelers Companies, Inc. and a trustee of Williams College. She is a former director of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. and New Profit. |
Robert Uek |
Mr. Robert W. Uek, CPA, is Independent Trustee of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust. Mr. Uek has accounting and consulting experience for clients in the investment management industry. Mr. Uek was a partner in the investment management industry group of PWC, and was the chair of the investment management industry group for Coopers & Lybrand. He also has served as a consultant to mutual fund boards. Mr. Uek previously served on the boards of trustees of investment companies in the TT International family of funds and Hillview Capital family of funds. Mr. Uek is a former Chairman of the Independent Directors Council, a unit of the Investment Company Institute that serves the mutual fund independent director community. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
David Gunning |
-- |
John Corcoran |
-- |
Frank Tarantino |
-- |
Kino Clark |
-- |
David DiLorenzo |
-- |
Kasey Phillips |
-- |
Robyn Griffin |
-- |
James Yost |
-- |
Mark Polebaum |
-- |
Christopher Bohane |
-- |
Thomas Connors |
-- |
Ethan Corey |
-- |
Brian Langenfeld |
-- |
Susan Newton |
-- |
Susan Pereira |
-- |
Richard Weitzel |
-- |
Robert Butler |
-- |
Maureen Goldfarb |
-- |
William Gutow |
-- |
Michael Hegarty |
-- |
John Kavanaugh |
-- |
Robert Manning |
-- |
J. Dale Sherratt |
-- |
Laurie Thomsen |
-- |
Robert Uek |
-- |
As Of
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
David Gunning |
0 | 0 |
John Corcoran |
0 | 0 |
Frank Tarantino |
0 | 0 |
Kino Clark |
0 | 0 |
David DiLorenzo |
0 | 0 |
Kasey Phillips |
0 | 0 |
Robyn Griffin |
0 | 0 |
James Yost |
0 | 0 |
Mark Polebaum |
0 | 0 |
Christopher Bohane |
0 | 0 |
Thomas Connors |
0 | 0 |
Ethan Corey |
0 | 0 |
Brian Langenfeld |
0 | 0 |
Susan Newton |
0 | 0 |
Susan Pereira |
0 | 0 |
Richard Weitzel |
0 | 0 |
Robert Butler |
0 | 0 |
Maureen Goldfarb |
0 | 0 |
William Gutow |
0 | 0 |
Michael Hegarty |
0 | 0 |
John Kavanaugh |
0 | 0 |
Robert Manning |
0 | 0 |
J. Dale Sherratt |
0 | 0 |
Laurie Thomsen |
0 | 0 |
Robert Uek |
0 | 0 |

