---
title: "FIRST TRUST ACTIVE DIVIDEND INCOME FUND — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dcd635df-cb0b-548c-9674-d6adcdeaabef
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dcd635df-cb0b-548c-9674-d6adcdeaabef
identifier: sec:0001403275
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# FIRST TRUST ACTIVE DIVIDEND INCOME FUND

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** US  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001403275`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dcd635df-cb0b-548c-9674-d6adcdeaabef  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dcd635df-cb0b-548c-9674-d6adcdeaabef  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GOLDSTEIN PHILLIP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5e208f56-1dba-5a78-9d1b-f130fa1cea97
- **OPPORTUNITY INCOME PLUS LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6788b2f0-1e08-55b4-9309-92d1481aee4b
- **SAMUELS STEVEN** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/21117d6e-ac6f-5dbd-b536-88faadb79159
- **Dakos Andrew** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/926ea2a4-583f-5a5a-8a8a-1dffa70161d9
- **Bulldog Investors, LLP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f4b68fa8-9404-5afb-a014-387c57f19e60
- **BULLDOG INVESTORS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0a86263-13ea-5caa-aa95-00f0514c002e
- **FULL VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d834cfc-55b6-55a4-9c65-b3c63d438051
- **BRADLEY MARK R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2acadd57-0730-5ace-a8ae-c79ac12ce3ad
- **MOLINO LUANN** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3afdf7bc-9885-5814-8713-09cda2f86754
- **KADLEC THOMAS R** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8109a0c9-033e-5953-b4c0-d0638544124d
- **CHAPMAN ERIN E** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c74cfb7-8921-52ae-b7fc-529805113d3f
- **GATTA ROSANNE** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8497c3ef-2a3c-587c-8b22-438abe38e352
- **HOUSEY WILLIAM A JR** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc202ad4-1272-5d9e-a94f-1692794df2f8
- **FRIES SCOTT D** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f6624ce8-d7a7-5c45-92f9-17b59a223172
- **LYNCH COLEEN D** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4c3195a-6e43-510e-9d76-0e7dc8c3552f
- **SWADE DONALD** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f57e536-7536-5ddf-bb1a-61571d836922
- **ERICKSON JON C** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2adb6a01-4ff9-5fb3-82fc-d28ce7a9c1d7
- **SHANNON SHANE** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5a5383f8-d797-546c-bc79-8c15119f8230
- **CAREY ROBERT F** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c44c8479-7e1c-57c5-8cc6-1a8a7c713496
- **UREVIG KATHERINE L** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df20784c-5d3a-5449-9773-bc30fa61fb20
- **SCHAFFER BERNARD P** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d09514e8-7e0f-57c5-ad4d-f844b0f480af
- **HAGAR G GREGORY** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/be23a3e6-517f-585a-8d77-9a0ef06f0805
- **CHARTWELL INVESTMENT PARTNERS/PA** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/529863f4-1746-5633-a246-673dcad719ef
- **SCHOFIELD PETER M** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/050e95b5-1238-5627-80ec-162395bedd56
- **KUGLER DOUGLAS W** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0790705e-c5d5-51ac-af95-4add7c4a9adb
- **RIDDLE TIMOTHY J** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b29f71fc-d15c-5875-b7f0-de3fe7f27dc4
- **WALKER JEFFREY JAMES** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b963d000-a8fb-53c0-ad9f-83131719804e
- **DIXON MICHAEL JOHN** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/233861fb-fdc7-53e0-bc21-133b1181ab24
- **FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/01672323-c160-5992-b514-72d1f5d2ffac
- **BROWN KATHLEEN WIELAND** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee16a680-853a-5daf-9598-00eaa1e9463e
- **NIELSON NIEL B** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34a1a975-cff1-5585-ac91-cf7c5a40a61c
- **BOWEN JAMES A** (officerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90f6b7f8-15c3-5577-828f-ab203cc90a67
- **JARDINE W SCOTT** (officerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0e01be5c-c81f-5d11-8bfd-9f09df5ae1fa
- **HALL R SCOTT** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b083b8b7-97ae-5c8b-8d97-764ef7171da1
- **ERICKSON RICHARD E** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10af34fb-161d-5b87-be1c-28109a8189ca
- **MCALISTER RONALD DEAN** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc67999c-87de-5989-878a-12e45fb4ad70
- **KEITH ROBERT F** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9757e72b-dd12-59d9-8a38-2cd58fbb6aa1
- **BERTELSEN EDWARD CAMERON** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d820f110-10f3-5797-9894-efa28b012d14
- **ROGGENSACK ANDY** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7ed7cfe2-ac2d-5357-9c7d-88cb70c862b2
- **HUSHEK DANIEL J** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0185b794-50b6-5e5a-a497-39a595887538
- **MAHER KRISTI A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/00dcec0f-b487-5798-98a2-cd68c788bb43
- **MCDERMOTT JOSEPH D** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ab161a9-a80c-5aac-acc5-baed25c73f8b
- **DYKAS JAMES M** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a9b4dda-ae0f-5a5c-8411-f6ed17d57310
- **BRADLEY MARK R** (officerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2acadd57-0730-5ace-a8ae-c79ac12ce3ad
- **BOWEN JAMES A** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/90f6b7f8-15c3-5577-828f-ab203cc90a67
- **BRADLEY CHARLES H** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0fff2298-0f96-5b5a-9246-dc34177b4e41
- **FALLOW CHRISTOPHER R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/17baad70-a436-5078-8534-cfdf37a74b9d
- **CAREY ROBERT F** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c44c8479-7e1c-57c5-8cc6-1a8a7c713496
- **MCGAREL DAVID** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57b2a3d7-a8ad-5d19-9de1-8cbd5e391356
- **ERICKSON JON C** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2adb6a01-4ff9-5fb3-82fc-d28ce7a9c1d7
- **TESTIN ROGER** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/29bbd287-806d-53c2-a0da-263aca2268f3
- **LINDQUIST DANIEL J** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/140f115f-1d3f-5001-aabc-befa95091926
- **CHRISTENSEN KELLEY** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bbc26328-6323-5c30-93ba-6ba8bdeaf683
- **AVIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5507d19f-9983-5ada-bb15-c18573142d2b
- **FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3302e334-f1fb-5eef-b4c5-2602ed81ee4a
- **BERTELSEN CHRISTIAN CAMERON** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e8036237-b36b-54a4-bf64-3b94e0f01010
- **DVORCHAK GARY THOMAS** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/24532d2f-ffc1-5fee-a116-c74584d55484

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **57-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **FIRST TRUST ACTIVE DIVIDEND INCOME FUND**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dcd635df-cb0b-548c-9674-d6adcdeaabef · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dcd635df-cb0b-548c-9674-d6adcdeaabef._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._