Company: GDV-PK
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: N-14
Source: 0001829126-25-006008
Chunk: 144

Company: GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: N-14
Chunk 144
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. (“CIBL”), a public holding company that was spun-off from LICT in 2007, since 2007 and as Executive Chair since February 2020. He served as the Chair of Morgan Group Holding Co., a public holding company, from 2001 to October 2019 and as the CEO from 2001 to November 2012. Mr. Gabelli serves as Overseer of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and as a trustee of Boston College and Roger Williams University. He serves as a director of the Winston Churchill Foundation, The E.L. Wiegand Foundation, The American-Italian Cancer Foundation, and The Foundation for Italian Art and Culture. He is Chair of the Gabelli Foundation, Inc., a Nevada private charitable trust. Mr. Gabelli serves as Co- President of Field Point Park Association, Inc. Mr. Gabelli received his Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and honorary Doctorates from Fordham University and Roger Williams University.

Susan Watson Laughlin, CFA. Ms. Laughlin is an experienced business executive with diverse experience in multiple industries. Most recently, she was a member of the research team for Spencer Stuart’s global executive search practice, specializing in placement of board of directors members. She currently is a Director of PMV Consumer Acquisition Corp. Ms. Laughlin has worked as an independent marketing consultant and as an Investor Relations executive for companies including MCI, Inc.; Interpublic Group; Pepsico, Inc.; Nielsen Media Research; and Gannett Co. Her other experience includes roles as a Senior Media Analyst at Morgan Stanley & Co; Vice President (Financial Relations) at Metromedia, Inc.; Senior Media Analyst and Assistant Vice President at EF Hutton & Co.; and Vice President (Research) at Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Ms. Laughlin is a member of the CFA Institute and a past president of the Investor Relations Association. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and Master of Arts from City College of New York.

Michael J. Melarkey, Esq. Mr. Melarkey, after more than forty years of experience as an attorney specializing in business, estate planning, and gaming regulatory work, retired from the active practice of law and is of counsel to the firm of McDonald Carano and Wilson in Reno, Nevada. He is a member of Dividend Trust’s Nominating Committee. He serves on the boards of other funds in the Fund Complex and is