Courtney Powers is a Managing Director of UTIMCO and Portfolio Manager responsible for UTIMCO’s $8.5 billion Directional Hedge Fund Portfolio. Mr. Powers joined UTIMCO’s Hedge Fund group in 2007. Prior to UTIMCO, Mr. Powers was a Senior Associate with SBC Communications/AT&T’s Corporate Development group and served three years as a Telecommunications Services equity analyst with Hibernia Southcoast Capital. Mr. Powers holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA from The University of Georgia.