Alex Motola

ALEX MOTOLA joined Thornburg Investment Management in 2000 as a Managing
Director and Portfolio Manager of the Thornburg Core Growth Fund. He
holds BA degrees in English, History and Medieval Studies and graduated
with Honors and Distinction from the University of California, Santa
Barbara. He also holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business,
University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Motola has managed a wide
variety of growth strategies in the past, including small cap, large
cap, growth & income, and long/short. He has earned the Chartered
Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the AIMR and Security
Analysts of San Francisco. Mr. Motola is directly responsible for the
Thornburg Core Growth Fund that he has managed since inception.