Chad Faulkner

INTRUST Financial Corp. operates as a bank holding company. The firm owns and operates through INTRUST Bank. It offers wealth management services such as securities brokerage, mutual funds and various insurance and investment products. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. (KCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The firm was founded by John Kornitzer in 1989. KCM provides advice as an investment adviser or as a sub-adviser to individuals and institutions and act as the investment adviser to the Buffalo Funds.

American Italian Pasta Co. produces and markets branded and private label dry pasta in North America with brands. The company was founded by Richard C. Thompson in 1986 and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Highbridge Capital Management LLC (HCM Highbridge is a registered investment advisor and global alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). Highbridge manages capital for sophisticated investors, who include financial institutions, public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and family offices.

Founded in 1876, First National Bank of Hutchinson is a community bank headquartered in Hutchinson, Kansas. The bank is a subsidiary of First Kansas Bancshares, Inc. In addition to banking services, First National Bank of Hutchinson offers trust and investment, farm management and full service brokerage services.

Mariner LLC, do-business-as Mariner Wealth Advisors (MWA), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas with various locations throughout the country. The firm was founded in 2006 by Martin Bicknell, Bruce Kuzmin, Jenika Cook and Sherri Hazell. They are wholly-owned by Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC (formerly known as Mariner Holdings LLC). MWA provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and business entities.

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is a scientific community that has been in existence since 1939. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The organization aims to inspire and transform collective scientific knowledge into innovative solutions for the benefit of all people around the world. The science of food encompasses food science, food technologies, and their applications across the food industry. IFT envisions a world where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are universally valued as essential to advancing the science of food. The organization has member resource groups that provide supportive spaces for communities who have traditionally been underrepresented and under-supported. Christie A. Tarantino has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

LockPath, Inc. provides governance, risk, and compliance software applications. Its applications are used by organizations to automate business processes, reduce enterprise risk and regulatory compliance. The company offers professional, support and education services. The company was founded by Christopher C. Caldwell and Christopher Goodwin in 2010 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) is a private equity subsidiary of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP founded in 1978 by Joseph L. Rice. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

News-Press & Gazette Co. publishes newspapers and provides cable television services. The firm engages in the newspaper, broadcast operating, and commercial printing businesses. It operates through the offices located in Texas, California, Arizona, and Oregon. The company was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in St. Joseph, MO.

FFL Partners LLC (FFL) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Tully Friedman, Spencer Fleischer, David Lowe, and Christopher Masto. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Icynene, Inc. manufactures spray foam insulation. Its Icynene spray foam insulation has been installed in residential and commercial projects. The company was founded by Graeme Kirkland, Jim McGarth, and Gabe Farkas in 1986 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Freightquote.com, Inc. provides web-based freight transportation management services. It offers automated tools for quoting, scheduling, freight spend analysis, managed services, and transportation management systems. The company was founded by Timothy A. Barton in August 1998 and is headquartered in Kasas City, MO.

The American Institute of Baking is a non-profit organization which provides education and research services for bakers and food processors. It offers baking applications, foundations, and specializations; food defense, building and equipment design, GMP and sanitation training, distance learning, online training, and food labeling training. The organization was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Manhattan, KS.

Empower Plan Services LLC provides retirement planning services. The company is headquartered in Clayton, MO.

Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc. provides crisis prevention and intervention training programs. It offers a Nonviolent Crisis Internvention, a training program that provide staff members with an effective framework for decision making and problem solving to prevent, de-escalate, and safely respond to disruptive or assaultive behavior. The company was founded by Gene T. Wyka, Gene J. Wyka and AlGene Caraulia Sr. in 1980 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Enterprise Center of Johnson County/Venture Capital/ is a subsidiary of Enterprise Center of Johnson County founded in 1994. The firm headquartered in Fairway, Kansas.

CURO Financial Technologies Corp. provides short-term loans and other financial services to consumers through its retail locations and Internet platform. The firm operates under a number of brands including Speedy Cash, Rapid Cash, Cash Money, LendDirect, Opt+, and WageDayAdvance. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

AACC International is a non-profit organization of members who are specialists in the use of cereal grains in foods. The Association was previously known as the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC). They publish Cereal Chemistry and Cereal Foods World as well as books on grain and food science. In addition to many other opportunities for professional growth, the association holds an annual meeting with exhibition, provides short courses taught by well-known experts in the field, and offers the online library of industry netcasts, the Cereal Science Knowledge Database. AACC International also offers international check sample and proficiency testing service, analytical sanitation certification as well as regional sections and subject matter divisions. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Curo Management LLC provides short-term loans and other financial services. It offers payday loan, title loan, installment loan, check cashing service or a prepaid debit card. The company was founded in 1997 and it is headquartered in Wichita, KS.^ ^

CNG Holdings, Inc. provides check cashing services. It provides payday, installment loans, foreign currency exchange, new and used retail goods, money orders, money transfers, automobile title loans, pawn-broking and other financial products and services. The company was founded by Jared A. Davis in 2006 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Highbridge Principal Strategies (Mezzanine) (HPS Mezzanine) is a private equity subsidiary of HPS Investment Partners LLC founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of CURO Group Holdings Corp., SRC Transatlantic Ltd. engages in credit granting services. The company is based in Nottingham, UK. SRC Transatlantic was founded in 2010.

P&P Optica, Inc. as a spectroscopy research company, which develops a solution for assessing and sorting food in-line and in real time. It improves the quality and safety of food produced in a processing plant, and optimizes the plant’s production at the same time. The company is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

WeedOUT Ltd. is an Israeli company that focuses on exploiting sterility against resistant weeds. The company is based in Ness Ziona, Israel. Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili has been the CEOs since 2016. The company was founded in 2016 by Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili.

Fulcrum Global Capital LLC (Fulcrum Global Capital) is an venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Keith Harrington and John Peryam. The firm is headquartered in Shawnee, Kansas.

BERKS Group (BERKS Group) is a private equity subsidiary of News-Press & Gazette Co. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.