Sally Du, CFA, Director, is a member of the Fundamental Equities division of BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group. She is a co-portfolio manager for BlackRock’s US Core Equity Strategy and US Growth Strategy portfolios. Ms. Du also leads Fundamental Equities’ Quantitative Strategies team. In her role, Sally integrates a systematic approach into the fundamental investing process. Ms. Du began her career at BlackRock in 2007. Ms. Du holds a master’s degree in engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with honors from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a CFA charterholder.

Reid Menge, Managing Director, is a member of the Fundamental Equities division of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group. He is the head of the Fundamental US Growth Team and lead portfolio manager of the BlackRock Capital Appreciation, Large Cap Focus Growth and BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity funds. Mr. Menge is also co-portfolio manager for the Technology equity portfolios. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, he was an associate director of equity research at UBS covering global technology. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Menge was an investment research analyst at Citigroup responsible for global software. From 2003 to 2006, he was a member of the Prudential Equity Group where he was responsible for enterprise software coverage. Mr. Menge began his investment career in 2001 at Credit Suisse First Boston as an analyst for fixed income sales.