Lauren Spalten is a portfolio manager of Victory Income Investors, which was formerly known as USAA Investments, a Victory Capital Investment Franchise, and was acquired by Victory Capital in July 2019. Mrs. Spalten joined USAA in 2018 as a Municipal Analyst covering the Southeast region and began co-managing the Funds in March 2021. Prior to joining Victory Income Investors, she was an Associate Director at Standard & Poor's (now S&P Global Ratings), where she specialized in evaluating creditworthiness of state and local governments across the Southwest United States. Mrs. Spalten holds a BBA in finance from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.