C. Christopher Sprague has been Vice President and Corporate Counsel with Prudential Insurance Company since 1994. At Prudential, he specializes in compliance, product development, and distribution issues for variable life, variable annuities, and mutual funds. He also deals with investment adviser and broker/dealer issues for one of Prudential’s broker/dealers. Prior to 1994, Mr. Sprague was Senior Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, where he worked on a variety of issues under the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. Mr. Sprague has spoken at a number of industry conferences concerning variable insurance products, including ALI-ABA, the Securities Industry Association, and the National Association for Variable Annuities. Mr. Sprague is a graduate of Yale University and New York University Law School.