Company: GDV-PK
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001133228-25-002931
Chunk: 11

Company: GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 Eastchester, New York since January 2004, with responsibilities for the review, adoption, and administration
of a$35 million budget. He has also served as a board member for multiple not-for-profit
corporations and was previously counsel to the New York State Senate. Additionally, Mr. Colavita was an Eastchester Town Councilman from
1998 to 2003. He has been active on the boards of several community based programs. Mr. Colavita received his Bachelor of Arts from Colgate
University and his Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law.

James P. Conn. Mr. Conn
is the Lead Independent Trustee of the Fund and a member of the Fund’s ad hoc Proxy Voting and ad hocPricing Committees.
He serves on comparable or other board committees with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. He was a senior
business executive of Transamerica Corp., an insurance holding company, for much of his career, including service as Chief Investment
Officer. Mr. Conn has been a director of several public companies in banking and other industries, and was lead director and/or chair
of various committees. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Santa Clara University.

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.
Mr. Fahrenkopf is the Co-Chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is responsible for the widely-viewed Presidential
debates during the quadrennial election cycle. He also served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee for six years during Ronald
Reagan’s presidency. Additionally, he serves as a board member of the International Republican Institute, which he founded in 1984.
Mr. Fahrenkopf is a member of the Fund’s Audit and ad hocPricing Committees, and serves on comparable or other board committees
with respect to funds in the Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. Mr. Fahrenkopf is the former President and Chief Executive Officer
of the American Gaming Association (“AGA”), the trade group for the hotel-casino industry. He served for many
years as Chairman of the Pacific Democrat Union and Vice Chairman of the International Democrat Union, a worldwide association of political
parties from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia, and twenty other nations. Prior to becoming
the AGA’s first chief executive in 1995, Mr. Fahrenkopf was a partner in the law firm of Hogan