Christopher C. Hansen

Liggett Group LLC manufactures cigarettes. Its brands such as Pyramid, Liggett Select, Eve and Grand Prix. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Mebane, NC.

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a privately-held investment management firm now structured as a family office, but which was once a hedge fund manager. The firm was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in New York City. SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations (Open Society) – a private funder of independent groups that works for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

Bankers Trust Co. is an asset management headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1917 and is a subsidiary of BTC Financial Corp. The firm serves as a trusted partner for individuals’ comprehensive financial planning, trust and fiduciary needs.

LabNow, Inc. manufactures medical, dental and hospital equipment and supplies pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on February 20, 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of Vector Group Ltd., Western Union Corp. is a company that provides telegraph services. The company is based in Upper Saddle River, NJ. The company was founded by Mark C. Perlberg.

CIM Income NAV, Inc. engages in acquiring and operating diversified portfolio of necessity retail, office and industrial properties that are leased to creditworthy tenants under long-term net leases. The company was founded on July 27, 2010 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Alterity Partners LLC provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to the healthcare and technology industries. The company was founded by Sean McDevitt and Philip B. Harris and is headquartered in New York, NY.

EF Johnson Co. manufactures wireless communications products. It provides two-way radio and electronics. The company was founded by Edgar F Johnson in 1923 and is headquartered in Waseca, MN.

YellowBrix, Inc. provides content analytics, syndication and management technologies. It offers business, industry, current-awareness and financial markets news and general consumer information for websites, intranets, wireless devices and telephony services requiring real-time information. The company was founded on April 16, 1999 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Part of Rothschild & Co. The company is based in New York, NY. Continuation Holdings AG, L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc. is a company that provides banking services.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Silvaris Corp. operates a web-based trading platform for buying, selling, storing, and transporting lumber, panels, and building products. The private company is based in Seattle, WA.

Stephen Norris & Co. Capital Partners(Stephen Norris Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI builds alliances across borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of information. OSI places a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of people in marginalized communities. Investor and philanthropist George Soros in 1993 created OSI as a private operating and grantmaking foundation to support his foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Those foundations were established, starting in 1984, to help countries make the transition from communism. OSI has expanded the activities of the Soros foundations network to encompass the United States and more than 60 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Each Soros foundation relies on the expertise of boards composed of eminent citizens who determine individual agendas based on local priorities.

Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. engages in improving the important energy and land use policies and business practices around the world. It offers advisory and convening, analysis and assessments and design and implementation of new solutions. The company was founded by Thomas C. Heller in September 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.