Don Swain

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Kemper Financial Services, Inc. is a company that provides insurance, brokerage, and financial services. The company is based in Long Grove, IL.

Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. (Thrivent) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund manager headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc., itself a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a faith-based, not-for-profit membership organization and financial services firm. Thrivent provides investment management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, non-profit organizations, corporations and other business entities.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (Wealth Management) (BNY Mellon Wealth Management) is the wealth management division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), an investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. The firm was formed from the merger of The Bank of New York and the Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007. BNY Mellon Wealth Management provides investment management, wealth management and banking services to individuals, families, family offices, charitable gift programs, endowments and foundations.

TLW investments, Inc. is a private company that sell hardware products. The company is located at Eugene, OR.

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.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citicorp Investment Group is a national commercial bank. The company is based in New York, NY.

Brookside Capital, Inc. is an independent wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by James Rea in 1989. They provide investment management services to high-net worth individuals and charitable organizations.

Citizens Business Bank operates as a state commercial bank. It provides banking solutions across government and nonprofit organizations, as well as title and escrow, dairy and livestock, medical, property management and real estate industries. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Ontario, CA.

American Energy Partners, Inc. explores oil and gas. The firm manages and identifies exploration opportunities, bringing together its private investor base with industry partners in search of domestic reserves. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Consero Global Solutions LLC provides outsourced finance and accounting services. It offers controller and back office activities, financial assessments and cleanups, acquisition integration support, and cloud technology solutions. The company was founded by Kiran Jagannath, Steven S. Tynes and William E. Klein in 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Avondale Acquisition Corp. operates as a development stage company. The company intends to focus on the onshore U.S. oil and natural gas industry. Avondale Acquisition was founded on January 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

White Star Petroleum LLC operates as an independent oil and natural gas company. It focuses on the acquisition, development, operation and production of unconventional oil and natural gas properties. The company was founded by Aubrey Kerr McClendon in 2013 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Ascent Resources LLC engages in oil and gas exploration and production services. It explores, acquires, develops and produces oil and natural gas in prominent American shale plays. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Oklahoma, OK.

Nextstream Growth I LLC operates as a technology development firm. The company was founded by Baker Hughes and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Pacific Premier Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. They serve businesses from six locations throughout Southern California including six depository branches in Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, San Bernardino, and Seal Beach as well as an SBA loan production office in Costa Mesa. Through their branches and their web site they offer a full complement of deposit and loan products and services for commercial businesses, non-profit organizations, and consumers. They offer their customers an alternative to the impersonal service experienced at the large regional and national banks.

Professional Financial Management, Inc. (PFM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by Mark Vander Linden in 2010. PFM provides investment advice to a wide variety of clients, such as individuals, entities, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.