Highland has signed Bob Froehlich onto its board of trustees.

Froehlich will serve as an independent trustee and on the Audit and Governance Committees of the board of Highland Capital Mutual Funds.

Her currently serves as a trustee on a number of other boards, including those of the AR Capital Real Estate Income Fund, the ARC (American Realty Capital) Realty Finance Trust, Inc. and the ARC (American Realty Capital) Healthcare Trust II, Inc.

Froehlich is the co-owner and largest minority shareholder of the Kane Country Cougars baseball team, which is an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.

He also played semi-pro baseball in the Greater Pittsburgh Semi-Pro Federation Baseball League.

He's been at bat for many years within the fund industry as well. He served as the mutual fund officer, executive vice president and chief investment strategist at the Hartford; a vice chairman for DWS Investments, Deutsche Asset Management, and Scudder Investments and the Kemper Funds.

He also served nearly eight years at the Van Kampen Funds, ultimately serving as chief investment strategies at Van Kampen American Capital. 

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