Wallace Weitz of Weitz Funds has invested millions of dollars in charity work through his Weitz Family Foundation over the years. A look at the foundation's 990-PF filing reveals some of his favorite funds. The most recent filing that's available is for the fiscal year that ended in August 2019.
Michelle Jones was a television news producer for eight years. She produced the morning news programs for the NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spent a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville. She has experience as a writer and public relations expert for a wide variety of businesses.
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