Mr. Kevin J. McCarthy has been the Managing Director of Nuveen Investments LLC, Nuveen Asset Management and Rittenhouse Asset Management Inc. since 2008. Mr. McCarthy serves as Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Secretary and Vice President of 199 funds in the Fund Complex of Nuveen funds. He has been Vice President and Secretary of Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund since 2007. He was a Partner of Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLC from 1997 to 2007. He served as Managing Director of Nuveen Insured Tax Free Advantage Municipal Fund since 2008. Mr. McCarthy served as Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Asset Management from 2007 to 2008. He served as Vice President of Nuveen Investments, LLC from 2007 to 2008 and Assistant Secretary of Rittenhouse Asset Management, Inc. since 2007. He also served as an Assistant Secretary at Nuveen Investment Institutional Services Group LLC, Nuveen Investment Advisers Inc., NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, NWQ Holdings, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc.