Michael A. Del Balso

Mr. Michael A. Del Balso is a Co-Founder of Playfit Health Inc. Mr. Del Balso serves as Managing Director, Director of Research for Growth Equity, and Portfolio Manager at Jennison Associates LLC. He is employed at the Jennison Sector Funds Inc - Jennison Health Sciences Fund. He serves as Managing Director, Director of Research for Growth Equity, and Portfolio Manager of Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - Prudential Jennison Equity Opportunity Fund; Transamerica Funds - Transamerica Jennison Growth; Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - Prudential Jennison Growth Fund; John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust - Capital Appreciation Trust; Allianz VIP Trust - AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund; Prudential Sector Funds, Inc. - Prudential Financial Services Fund; Prudential Sector Funds Inc - Prudential Health Sciences Fund; Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. - Jennison Growth Portfolio; The Prudential Series Fund - Jennison Portfolio; Pacific Select Fund - Health Sciences Portfolio and Transamerica Series Trust - Jennison Growth VP. He is a Large - Cap of Growth Equity Portfolio Manager Jennison Sector Funds, Inc. - Jennison Financial Services Fund and large cap growth equity and a Co-Manager at AST Jennison Large Cap Growth Portfolio, The John Hancock Trust - Capital Appreciation Trust, John Hancock Funds II - Capital Appreciation Fund, TA IDEX Jennison Growth, Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust-AZL Jennison Growth Fund, Jennison Conservative Growth Fund, and Prudential Investment Portfolio, Inc - Jennison Growth Fund. Mr. Del Balso serves as Managing Director, Director of Research for Growth Equity and Portfolio Manager at The Prudential Series Fund - Diversified Conservative Growth Portfolio. He joined Metropolitan Series Fund in May 1972 as a Research Analyst. Mr. Del Balso has been Director of Research for growth equity since 1994 and became a Portfolio Manager in 1999. He came to Jennison after four years at White, Weld and Company, where he was a Vice President, Stockholder, and followed growth companies with emphasis on the consumer area. Mr. Del Balso is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and received an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1968.