Tina Lazar

About Tina Lazar

Tina M. Lazar serves as Vice President of Nuveen Mortgage & Income Fund (JLS) with service since 2002; her principal occupation over the past five years is Managing Director of Nuveen Securities, LLC, and her year of birth is 1961, with primary address 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606 . Officers of the Funds serve without any compensation from the Funds, and the Funds have no employees; compensation for the Chief Compliance Officer is paid by the Adviser with Board input and reimbursed in part by the Funds . Her term of office is listed as “Indefinite” in recent proxies (previously “Annual”), underscoring continuity of tenure since 2002 . Fund-level TSR or operating metrics tied to executive compensation are not disclosed for officers in these filings .

Past Roles

External Roles

No external directorships or committee roles for Tina M. Lazar are disclosed in the JLS proxies’ officer biographies .

Fixed Compensation

• Officers of the Funds serve without any compensation from the Funds; the Funds have no employees .
• The CCO’s compensation (base + incentive) is paid by the Adviser with Board input; Funds reimburse an allocable portion of the Adviser’s incentive cost (contextual for fund officer compensation structure) .

Performance Compensation

• No performance-based compensation structures (bonus metrics, RSUs/PSUs, options, vesting schedules) are disclosed for fund officers; officers receive no compensation from the Funds .

Equity Ownership & Alignment

• JLS Form 3 filings for multiple officers commonly state “No securities are beneficially owned” (pattern evidence for officer alignment via fund share ownership is limited): examples include filings for Trey Stenersen III (Vice President), Amy B.R. Lancellotta (Trustee), Matthew Thornton III (Trustee), and others .
• No Form 3 or Form 4 filings for Tina M. Lazar were identified in JLS records; her officer biography does not include ownership details .

Employment Terms

• Term of Office: Indefinite (latest proxies); previously Annual (2021) .
• Length of Service: Since 2002 (Vice President) .
• Principal Occupation: Managing Director of Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2017; previously Senior Vice President 2014–2017) .
• Address: 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606 .
• Year of Birth: 1961 .
• Compensation Source: Officers receive no compensation from the Funds; CCO compensation paid by Adviser with partial reimbursement (no officer-level employment contract, severance, or change-of-control terms disclosed for fund officers) .

Investment Implications

• Compensation alignment: Fund officers (including Lazar) are compensated by Nuveen/TIAA affiliates outside the Fund; with no fund-paid compensation or disclosed equity grants, traditional pay-for-performance linkages at the fund level are not observable for Lazar .
• Retention risk: Long-tenured service (since 2002) and an Indefinite term indicate stability in officer roles; no disclosed employment contracts, severance, or change-of-control economics for officers at the Fund level to analyze retention incentives or departure costs .
• Trading signals: Lack of disclosed beneficial ownership for many JLS officers and absence of Form 3/4 for Lazar suggest limited insider trading signal value tied to officer positions; no pledging/hedging disclosures for Lazar were found .
• Governance context: The 2023 Board consolidation across the Fund Complex strengthens operating alignment but does not change officer compensation disclosure at the Fund level; board changes are independent of officer pay structures .