Leigh Severance

H. Leigh Severance has over forty years experience as a portfolio manager and security analyst with mutual fund and investment advisory organizations, including his own firm, Severance Capital Management (SCM), which was founded in 1984. SCM was founded to manage micro-cap limited partnerships and individual accounts. Over the past 10 years, increasing time and resources have been devoted to developing and improving quantitative common stock portfolio strategies. Such strategies have demonstrated a statistically significant capability of consistently outperforming their respective indices.

Prior to 1984, Leigh was employed by Cambiar Investors, Inc., an independent Denver-based investment advisor. Previous experience includes portfolio manager of Founders Growth Fund, portfolio manager with J.M. Hartwell and Company, and security analyst for the endowment fund at the University of Rochester.

Leigh received his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He serves on the Board of Directors of Ikonics Corporation (IKNX), a public company located in Duluth, Minnesota.