GAMCO Investors Inc. announced the appointment of Howard F. Ward, CFA to the investment team of the Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust effective June 1, 2018. Mr. Ward joined GAMCO Investors Inc. in 1995 as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the GAMCO Growth Fund. He currently serves as GAMCO’s Chief Investment Officer of Growth Equities as well as a Gabelli Funds, LLC portfolio manager for several funds within the Gabelli/GAMCO Funds Complex.