Company: GDV-PK
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001133228-25-002931
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Company: GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: DEF 14A
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 & Hartson, where he chaired
the International Trade Practice Group and specialized in regulatory, legislative, and corporate matters for multinational, foreign,
and domestic clients. Mr. Fahrenkopf is the former Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Culinary Institute of America and remains
a member of the board. For more than 30 years, Mr. Fahrenkopf has served on the Board of First Republic Bank and serves as Chairman of
the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. He is also a member of the Board of
Eldorado Resorts, Inc., which owns and operates 19 casinos in 10 states. Mr. Fahrenkopf received his Bachelor’s degree from the
University of Nevada, Reno and Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley.

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
the Fund’s Nominating Committee. He serves on the boards of other funds in the Fund Complex and is a member of the multi-fund ad
hoc Compensation Committees. He was Chairman of the Board of Southwest Gas Corporation and served on its Nominating, Corporate Governance,
and Compensation Committees. Mr. Melarkey acts as a trustee and officer for several private charitable organizations including as a trustee
of The Bretzlaff Foundation and Edwin L. Wiegand Trust. He is an officer of a private oil and gas company. Mr. Melarkey received his
Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law, and Masters
of Law in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

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Salvatore M. Salibello, CPA.Mr. Salibello is a Senior Partner of Bright Side Consulting and the former Managing Partner of a certified independent registered public accounting firm, Salibello & Broder, with over forty years of experiencein public
accounting. He is Chairman of the Fund’s Audit Committee and the Fund’s designated Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr.
Salibello serves in a comparable role with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex. He is a Director of LICT Corp., a telecommunications
company,