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Woodruff, Ashley Reed
Ashley Reed Woodruff, CFA, is the Portfolio Manager for the US Mid-Cap Growth Equity Strategy at T. Rowe Price Investment Management (TRPIM). She is a member of the TRPIM Investment Steering and TRPIM ESG Investing Committees. Ms. Woodruff is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company. Ms. Woodruff’s investment experience began in 2001. She was with T. Rowe Price from 2007 to 2013, beginning as a research analyst in the T. Rowe Price Associates U.S. Equity Division covering stocks in the consumer sector, and returned in 2018. Prior to returning to T. Rowe Price, Ms. Woodruff was employed by Goldman Sachs as a managing director and portfolio manager from 2013 to 2018. Before joining T. Rowe Price in 2007, Ms. Woodruff was a senior vice president and senior restaurants analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. and an associate director with Bear Stearns, covering high-growth restaurants. Ms. Woodruff earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics from Barnard College, Columbia University. She also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Profile
Easley, Donald
Donald J. Easley, CFA, is a Co-Portfolio Manager for the US Mid-Cap Growth Equity Strategy at T. Rowe Price Investment Management (TRPIM). He is a member of the TRPIM Investment Steering Committee. Mr. Easley is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Trust Company. Mr. Easley’s investment experience began in 1999, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2000, beginning in the T. Rowe Price Associates U.S. Equity Division as an analyst covering technology stocks, then as a co-portfolio manager for the Diversified Mid-Cap Growth Fund. Prior to this, he was employed by The Bank of New York as a credit analyst. Mr. Easley earned a B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Profile
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TWST: Let’s start with a brief introduction to your mid-cap fund, and tell us about its structure, sector weightings, and cap sizes?

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