Company: NMZ
Filing Date: 2025-11-18
Form Type: N-14 8C/A
Source: 0001999371-25-018025
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Company: NUVEEN MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
Filing Date: 2025-11-18
Form: N-14 8C/A
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 service, Ms. Lancellotta
retired at the end of 2019 from the Investment Company Institute (ICI), which represents regulated investment companies on regulatory,
legislative and securities industry initiatives that affect funds and their shareholders. From November 2006 until her retirement,
Ms. Lancellotta served as Managing Director of ICI’s Independent Directors Council (IDC), which supports fund independent
directors in fulfilling their responsibilities to promote and protect the interests of fund shareholders. At IDC, Ms. Lancellotta
was responsible for all ICI and IDC activities relating to the fund independent director community. In conjunction with her responsibilities,
Ms. Lancellotta advised and represented IDC, ICI, independent directors and the investment company industry on issues relating
to fund governance and the role of fund directors. She also directed and coordinated IDC’s education, communication, governance
and policy initiatives. Prior to serving as Managing Director of IDC, Ms. Lancellotta held various other positions with ICI beginning
in 1989. Before joining ICI, Ms. Lancellotta was an associate at two Washington, D.C. law firms. In addition, since 2020, she has
been a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA), an organization that seeks to end
power-based violence, empower survivors and ensure safe communities. Ms. Lancellotta received a B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State
University in 1981 and a J.D. degree from the National Law Center, George Washington University (currently known as George Washington
University Law School) in 1984.

Joanne T. Medero

Ms. Medero has over 30 years of financial
services experience and, most recently, from December 2009 until her retirement in July 2020, she was a Managing Director in the
Government Relations and Public Policy Group at BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock). From July 2018 to July 2020, she was also Senior Advisor
to BlackRock’s Vice Chairman, focusing on public policy and corporate governance issues. In 1996, Ms. Medero joined Barclays
Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. At BGI, she was a Managing Director and served as Global General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary until 2006. Then, from 2006 to 2009, Ms. Medero was a Managing Director and Global Head of Government Relations
and Public Policy at Barclays Group (