Trustee Biographies
The following individuals currently serve as trustees of the Evergreen funds.
Independent Trustees
| Name and Date of Birth | Position with Trust | Beginning Year of Term of Office1 | Principal Occupation for Last Five Years | Other Directorships held outside of Evergreen Fund Complex |
| Charles A. Austin III DOB: 10/23/1934 | Trustee | 1991 | Investment Counselor, Anchor Capital Advisors, LLC (investment advice); Director, The Andover Companies (insurance); Trustee, Arthritis Foundation of New England; Former Director, The Francis Ouimet Society (scholarship program); Former Director, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, State Street Research & Management Company (investment advice) | None |
| K. Dun Gifford DOB: 10/23/1938 | Trustee | 1974 | Chairman and President, Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust (education); Trustee, Member of the Executive Committee, Former Chairman of the Finance Committee, and Former Treasurer, Cambridge College | None |
| Dr. Leroy Keith, Jr. DOB: 2/14/1939 | Trustee | 1983 | Managing Director, Almanac Capital Management (commodities firm); Trustee, Phoenix Fund Complex; Director, Diversapack Co. (packaging company); Former Partner, Stonington Partners, Inc. (private equity fund); Former Director, Obagi Medical Products Co.; Former Director, Lincoln Educational Services | Trustee, Phoenix Fund Complex (consisting of 50 portfolios as of 12/31/08) |
| Carol A. Kosel DOB: 12/25/1963 | Trustee | 2008 | Former Consultant to the Evergreen Boards of Trustees; Former Vice President and Senior Vice President, Evergreen Investments, Inc.; Former Treasurer, Evergreen Funds; Former Treasurer, Vestaur Securities Fund | None |
| Gerald M. McDonnell DOB: 7/14/1939 | Trustee | 1988 | Former Manager of Commercial Operations, CMC Steel (steel producer) | None |
| Patricia B. Norris DOB: 4/9/1948 | Trustee | 2006 | President and Director of Buckleys of Kezar Lake, Inc. (real estate company); Former President and Director of Phillips Pond Homes Association (home community); Former Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (independent registered public accounting firm) | None |
| David M. Richardson DOB: 9/19/1941 | Trustee | 1982 | President, Richardson, Runden LLC (executive recruitment advisory services); Director, J&M Cumming Paper Co. (paper merchandising); Trustee, NDI Technologies, LLP (communications); Former Consultant, AESC (The Association of Executive Search Consultants) | None |
| Russell A. Salton, III MD DOB: 6/2/1947 | Trustee | 1984 | President/CEO, AccessOne MedCard, Inc. | None |
| Michael S. Scofield DOB 2/20/1943 | Trustee | 1984 | Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield; Former Director and Chairman, Branded Media Corporation (multi-media branding company) | None |
| Richard J. Shima DOB: 8/11/1939 | Trustee | 1993 | Independent Consultant; Director, Hartford Hospital; Trustee, Greater Hartford YMCA; Former Director, Trust Company of CT; Former Trustee, Saint Joseph College (CT) | None |
- Each Trustee serves until a successor is duly elected or qualified or until his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office.
Interested Trustees
| Name and Date of Birth | Position with Trust | Beginning Year of Term of Office1 | Principal Occupation for Last Five Years | Other Directorships held outside of Evergreen Fund Complex |
| William Walt Pettit DOB: 8/26/19552 | Trustee | 1988 | Partner and Vice President, Kellam & Pettit, P.A. (law firm); Director, Superior Packaging Corp. (packaging company); Member, Superior Land, LLC (real estate holding company); Member, K&P Development, LLC (real estate development); Former Director, National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. (non-profit organization) | None |
| Richard K. Wagoner, CFA DOB: 12/12/19373 | Trustee | 1999 | Member and Former President, North Carolina Securities Traders Association; Member, Financial Analysts Society | None |
- Each Trustee serves until a successor is duly elected or qualified or until his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office.
- It is possible that Mr. Pettit may be viewed as an "interested person" of the Evergreen Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act, because of his law firm's previous representation of affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo"), the parent company of the Evergreen funds' investment adviser, EIMC. The Trustees are treating Mr. Pettit as an interested trustee for the time being.
- Mr. Wagoner is an "interested person" of the Evergreen funds because of his ownership of shares in Wells Fargo, the parent company of the Evergreen funds' investment advisor.