Provident Trust Strategy (PROVX)

J. Scott Harkness, CFA, has been employed by Provident Trust Company, or its immediate predecessor, as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Provident Trust Company, Mr. Harkness was Chairman of Firstar Investment Research and Management Company (“FIRMCO”), where he served as Chief Investment Officer since its incorporation in 1986. He was responsible for overall investment direction, investment policy and management of certain individually-managed accounts. Prior to assuming his role at FIRMCO, Mr. Harkness was a Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Firstar Bank Madison (formerly First Wisconsin National Bank of Madison) where he had been employed since 1980. Mr. Harkness managed the Firstar Special Growth Fund and the Firstar Special Equity Growth Fund B since 1989 and 1981, respectively, until his departure in 1998. Mr. Harkness is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is a director of Jacobus Energy, Inc. Mr. Harkness is a member of the CFA Society of Milwaukee and the CFA Institute*. Mr. Harkness was born in 1955 and has over forty years of investment experience.