LORI E. BOSTROM is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at OppenheimerFunds, Inc., heading the legal team for distribution, marketing, fund disclosure and retirement products. Prior to joining OppenheimerFunds in 2004, Ms. Bostrom spent 9 years in-house at Prudential Financial, Inc. and The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, specializing in investment management law and fund-related business initiatives. Ms. Bostrom spent the first several years of her legal career in private practice. She graduated with a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Skidmore College and a J.D. from Cornell Law School, where she served as Managing Editor of the Cornell Law Review. Ms. Bostrom also participates in financial industry groups, serving on the SIFMA Private Client Legal Committee, the SIFMA Retirement and Savings Committee, and the Pension Committee of the Investment Company Institute.