Anthony Pustorino - Gabelli Convertible Lead Independent Director

Mr. Anthony R. Pustorino, CPA, is Lead Independent Director of Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., Mr. Pustorino is a Certified Public Accountant and Professor Emeritus of Pace University with over fifty years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Pustorino is the lead Independent Director, serves as Chairman of the Funds Audit and ad hoc Proxy Voting Committees and is a member of both multifund ad hoc Compensation Committees. He was designated the Funds Audit Committee Financial Expert . He also serves on board committees with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex. Mr. Pustorino was a Director of The LGL Group, Inc., a diversified manufacturing company, and Chair of its Audit Committee. He was previously the President and shareholder of a CPA firm and a Professor of accounting at both Fordham University and Pace University. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New York State Board of Public Accountancy and of the CPA Examination Review Board of the National Association of the State Boards of Accountancy. Mr. Pustorino was Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Society of CPAs, and was the Chair or member of many of its technical committees. He was a member of the Council of the American Institute of CPAs