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Dr. Jim R.
Capra is Founder & President at Capra Asset Management, LLC.
Dr. Capra founded Capra Asset Management in March 1995.
Prior to this, he was a Principal at Moore Capital Management.
He also served as Senior Vice-President and Proprietary Trader on the government securities desk at Lehman Brothers.
In addition to being one of Lehman Brothers' traders, Dr. Capra also served as Chief Strategist for the fixed income group.
Before that, he was an officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he served as Director of Domestic Economic Research.
He was also the Chief Budget Projections at the Congressional Budget Office where he coordinated the preparation of budget estimates for the annual Congressional budget resolutions.
His Budget Projections Unit was in charge of CBO calculations of interest on the public debt and the status of the debt relative to the debt limit.
Dr. Capra received a B.A. in Government from Georgetown University, holds an M.S.
in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, where he also obtained a Ph.D.
in Operations Research.
He has been a member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee that advises the U.S.
Treasury on the structure of its debt financing since 1994.
As of January 2001, Dr. Capra has assumed the position of Chairman of the Committee.

Former positions of Jim R. Capra

Companies	Position	End
Moore Capital Management LP Moore Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Moore Capital generally bases investment decisions on their analysis of fundamental economic, financial and political events, their analysis of the markets themselves and their analysis of the potential risk and reward of a market position. The firm mainly uses fundamental and price and market analysis. In weighing factors to make investment decisions, they pay close attention to each investment's risk-reward potential, how it fits into the risk profile of the entire portfolio and whether it is consistent with their global macro view.	Trading-Fixed Income	30/01/1995
Lehman Brothers Asset Management LLC Lehman Brothers Asset Management LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance For active fixed-income, LBAM's decision-making process incorporates controlled duration decisions, sector decisions, and individual issue valuation decisions. They base interest rate and sector-related investment decisions on our economic growth forecast. The firm uses risk exposure analysis and risk budgeting models to quantify and manage risks associated with strategies that they design to add value relative to the benchmark index. Individual issue selections result from internal research generated by research specialists. They diversify holdings to reduce credit exposure to individual issuers. Eligible investments for core strategies include US dollar denominated investment-grade securities; for core plus strategies the universe of securities expands to include high yield. For passive bond indexing, LBAM seeks to take advantage of risk premiums as they are reflected in individual security prices. These premiums offer compensation for accepting credit and structure risks associated with individual issues. Explicit quantification and control of risks are at the heart of this investment process. The firm uses proprietary risk exposure analysis to analyze yield curve factors and spread-related factors. For each yield curve and spread factor, the portfolio is very closely matched to the index to ensure that the portfolio earns the same return as the index for any change in interest rates or change in sector spreads. Based on internally generated research, they integrate individual issue selections into the portfolio without disrupting the integrity of the portfolio structure. Holdings are diversified to reduce credit exposure to individual issuers. Eligible investments include securities included in the index, plus those that are their equivalents in terms of credit and structure risks. LBAM's high yield bond management decision-making process begins with a macro-economic framework for determining the appropriate portfolio structure according to defensive versus cyclical industries and appropriate quality orientation (between high BB to low B). Once they have established the overall structure, the firm determines specific industry weights and individual issuer selections. Their research analysts focus on identifying securities that exhibit improving credit fundamentals while avoiding those that experience deterioration in their credit quality. LBAM diversifies holdings to reduce credit exposure to individual issuers. Eligible investments include dollar denominated bonds rated below investment-grade including Rule 144A securities and the full range of structures such as pay-in-kind bonds, interest reset bonds and other instruments that are consistent with high yield investing.	Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income	30/12/1990
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Federal Reserve Bank of New York General GovernmentGovernment Federal reserve bank	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/12/1982
United States Congressional Budget Office United States Congressional Budget Office General GovernmentGovernment Provides budgetary decisions	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/12/1979
Capra Asset Management, Inc. Capra Asset Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Capra uses hedging techniques to invest in fixed-income investments.	Founder	-

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Moore Capital Management LP Moore Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Moore Capital generally bases investment decisions on their analysis of fundamental economic, financial and political events, their analysis of the markets themselves and their analysis of the potential risk and reward of a market position. The firm mainly uses fundamental and price and market analysis. In weighing factors to make investment decisions, they pay close attention to each investment's risk-reward potential, how it fits into the risk profile of the entire portfolio and whether it is consistent with their global macro view.	Finance
Lehman Brothers Asset Management LLC Lehman Brothers Asset Management LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance For active fixed-income, LBAM's decision-making process incorporates controlled duration decisions, sector decisions, and individual issue valuation decisions. They base interest rate and sector-related investment decisions on our economic growth forecast. The firm uses risk exposure analysis and risk budgeting models to quantify and manage risks associated with strategies that they design to add value relative to the benchmark index. Individual issue selections result from internal research generated by research specialists. They diversify holdings to reduce credit exposure to individual issuers. Eligible investments for core strategies include US dollar denominated investment-grade securities; for core plus strategies the universe of securities expands to include high yield. For passive bond indexing, LBAM seeks to take advantage of risk premiums as they are reflected in individual security prices. These premiums offer compensation for accepting credit and structure risks associated with individual issues. Explicit quantification and control of risks are at the heart of this investment process. The firm uses proprietary risk exposure analysis to analyze yield curve factors and spread-related factors. For each yield curve and spread factor, the portfolio is very closely matched to the index to ensure that the portfolio earns the same return as the index for any change in interest rates or change in sector spreads. Based on internally generated research, they integrate individual issue selections into the portfolio without disrupting the integrity of the portfolio structure. Holdings are diversified to reduce credit exposure to individual issuers. Eligible investments include securities included in the index, plus those that are their equivalents in terms of credit and structure risks. LBAM's high yield bond management decision-making process begins with a macro-economic framework for determining the appropriate portfolio structure according to defensive versus cyclical industries and appropriate quality orientation (between high BB to low B). Once they have established the overall structure, the firm determines specific industry weights and individual issuer selections. Their research analysts focus on identifying securities that exhibit improving credit fundamentals while avoiding those that experience deterioration in their credit quality. LBAM diversifies holdings to reduce credit exposure to individual issuers. Eligible investments include dollar denominated bonds rated below investment-grade including Rule 144A securities and the full range of structures such as pay-in-kind bonds, interest reset bonds and other instruments that are consistent with high yield investing.	Finance
Capra Asset Management, Inc. Capra Asset Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Capra uses hedging techniques to invest in fixed-income investments.	Finance
United States Naval Academy United States Naval Academy Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Georgetown University Georgetown University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Federal Reserve Bank of New York General GovernmentGovernment Federal reserve bank	Government
United States Congressional Budget Office United States Congressional Budget Office General GovernmentGovernment Provides budgetary decisions	Government