Mr. Haverty was most recently a managing director for consumer discretionary research at State Street Research, the Boston-based subsidiary of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Prior to that, he held similar positions at Putnam Management and Fred Alger Management.

Mr. Haverty has a BS from the Wharton School and an MA from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He is married with three children and currently resides in St. Petersburg, FL.