General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 3, 2003

R.schwarzkopf/s.gleason – Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management

SANDI L. GLEASON is a Senior Equity Analyst, Portfolio Manager, and Principal of Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC. Prior to joining Kayne Anderson, Ms. Gleason was a Senior Consultant with Peterson Consulting Limited Partnership, a national litigation consulting firm. She graduated cum laude with a BS in Business and Public Administration from the University of Arizona in 1988, majoring in Accounting, Finance and Marketing. Ms. Gleason is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. She co-manages the firm's small cap portfolios. Profile
ROBERT A. SCHWARZKOPF is Director of Small Cap Investments at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC. He is a Senior Equity Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Principal of the firm. Mr. Schwarzkopf is the founder of Kayne Anderson's small cap discipline and co-manages the firm's small cap portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, he was a member of the Investment Policy Committee at the Pilgrim Group of Mutual Funds and Portfolio Manager for Pilgrim Regional BankShares, a NYSE-listed closed end fund with over $100 million in assets. Mr. Schwarzkopf began his career in the financial community in 1980 as a Securities Analyst for Crowell Weedon & Company. He graduated from the University of Miami with BA and MS degrees in Mathematics. Mr. Schwarzkopf is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of Kayne Anderson Rudnick, and

then move on to the small cap quality value portfolio that you

manage.

Mr. Schwarzkopf: The firm was founded in 1984 by Ric Kayne