Company: CLM
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001398344-25-003662
Chunk: 5

Company: Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
---
 1950)**                                                               | Chairman of the Board of Directors and President                      |         1998 | President of Cornerstone Advisors, LLC; Financial Consultant; President and Director of Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.                                                                                                                                                             |           2 | None                                                               |

| (1) | The mailing address of each Nominee with respect to Fund operations is c/o Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC, 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH 45246. |

| ** | Each of Messrs. Daniel W. Bradshaw and Ralph W. Bradshaw is an “interested person” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 because of his affiliation with Cornerstone Advisors, LLC. |

The Board believes that the significance of each Director’s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an individual matter (meaning that experience that is important for one Director may not have the same value for another) and that these factors are best evaluated at the Board level, with no single Director, or particular factor, being indicative of the Board’s effectiveness.
The Board determined that each of the Directors is qualified to serve as a Director of the Fund based on a review of the experience,

<div align='center'>5</div>

qualifications, attributes and skills of each Director. In reaching this determination, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, including, among other things: character and integrity; ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided, to exercise effective business judgment in protecting stockholder interests and to interact effectively with the other Directors, the Investment Adviser, other service providers, counsel and the independent registered accounting firm (“independent auditors”); and willingness and ability to commit the time necessary to perform the duties of a Director. Each Director’s ability to perform his duties effectively is evidenced by his experience or achievements in the following areas: management or board experience in the investment management industry or companies or organizations in other fields, educational background and professional training; and experience as a Director of the Fund. In addition, the Board values the diverse skill sets and experiences that each Director contributes. The Board considers that its diversity as a whole is as a result of a combination of Directors who are working in the private, as opposed to public, sector, those that are retired from professional work and the various perspectives that each Director provides as a result of his present experiences and his background. Information as of December 31, 2024 discussing the specific experience, skills, attributes and qualifications of each Director which led to