Laurissa Martire

About Laurissa Martire

Laurissa M. Martire serves as Vice President and Ombudsman of The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (GDV) and other closed-end funds within the Gabelli Fund Complex; GDV’s proxy lists her year of birth as 1976 and shows her officer tenure “since 2010” (N‑14 lists “since 2011”) . She is also a Senior Vice President at GAMCO Investors, Inc. since 2019 . GDV’s investor communications identify her as part of the Investor Relations team supporting strategic announcements (e.g., the proposed GPS spin-off) . GDV filings do not disclose executive-specific TSR, revenue, or EBITDA performance metrics tied to her compensation .

Past Roles

External Roles

No external directorships or committee roles are disclosed for Ms. Martire in GDV’s filings; officer tables list her positions and occupation but show no other directorships in the officer row .

Fixed Compensation

• GDV’s compensation tables report Trustees and “officers, if any, who were compensated by the Fund rather than the Adviser”; for 2024 and 2023, GDV only lists Vice President & Ombudsman Carter W. Austin with aggregate compensation from the Fund ($92,894 in 2024; $91,605 in 2023), and does not list Ms. Martire—indicating her pay is not directly reported by GDV and is presumably paid by the Adviser .
• Base salary, target bonus %, and actual bonus amounts for Ms. Martire are not disclosed in GDV’s proxy materials .

Performance Compensation

• GDV filings do not disclose performance-based incentive metrics, weightings, targets, or payouts for Ms. Martire (e.g., revenue growth, EBITDA, TSR, ESG goals) .

Equity Ownership & Alignment

• Beneficial ownership tables in GDV’s proxies list shares for Trustees and certain executive officers (John C. Ball, Peter Goldstein, Richard J. Walz), but Ms. Martire is not included in those ownership listings for 2024 or 2023; therefore, specific share counts, ownership %, and pledged/hedged positions for her are not disclosed .
• Stock ownership guidelines, compliance status, vested/unvested equity, options (exercisable/unexercisable), and in-the-money values are not disclosed for Ms. Martire in GDV filings .

Employment Terms

• No employment agreement, non-compete, non-solicit, garden leave, post-termination consulting, severance, or change-of-control provisions for Ms. Martire are disclosed in GDV’s DEF 14A or 8‑K filings; targeted searches return no items 5.02 disclosures for executive appointments/departures regarding her .
• Address for officers of GDV is One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580‑1422 .

Investment Implications

• Alignment and incentive levers: Absence of disclosed cash/equity pay details and performance metrics limits pay-for-performance assessment; as an officer compensated via the Adviser, investor visibility into her incentive structure at the Fund level is minimal .
• Retention risk and continuity: Long tenure (since 2010/2011) across the Gabelli closed-end fund complex suggests organizational continuity in shareholder communications and fund operations .
• Trading signals: No disclosed personal beneficial ownership, pledging, or hedging data; no insider selling pressure indicators surfaced in GDV’s proxy tables for Ms. Martire .
• Governance and disclosures: GDV’s framework emphasizes trustee compensation and select officer reporting when paid by the Fund; for officers primarily compensated by the Adviser, transparency into individual terms is limited—reducing the utility of executive-specific signals for trading around governance or incentive alignment .

Note: Where filings present slight differences in officer tenure (GDV DEF 14A shows “since 2010,” N‑14 shows “since 2011”), we report the DEF 14A as the primary source and acknowledge the N‑14 variation .