2022 Judges

Paige Davis Jr. is the head of the T. Rowe Price Associates Equity Associate Analyst Program and a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Prior to his current role, Paige was a Portfolio Manager in the Private Asset Management Group at T. Rowe Price.

Prior to T. Rowe, he was a mergers and acquisitions analyst and equity research analyst at M&T Bank Corporation. Prior to business school, Paige worked as a senior equity research analyst at the State Retirement and Pension System of Maryland.

Paige earned an MBA with a concentration in finance from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and received his B.S. in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Tom Spratt is the associate head of the T. Rowe Price Associates Equity Associate Analyst program and a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Tom’s investment experience began in 2000, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 1997, beginning as a portfolio assistant in the U.S. Equity Division. After that, Tom became a research specialist, providing fundamental research support to a number of investment professionals. In 2004, he gained some managerial responsibilities and then became manager of the Associate Analyst team. Tom earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Mr. Perez received his B.S. degree in Economics and B.A. in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013 and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 2021. Prior to joining Dodge & Cox in 2021, he worked as an investor at Stockbridge Investors and Berkshire Partners and a consultant at Bain & Company.