Jennifer B. Dragonette

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

Functional Pathways of Tennessee LLC provides therapy and rehabilitation services to long-term care facilities nationwide. The firm offers contract services to continuing care and retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities and post-acute care units. It also provides a total resource package to operate and manage rehabilitation departments for healthcare facilities. The company was founded in 1995 by Daniel Knorr and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

Chesapeake Eye Care Management LLC is a company based in Annapolis, MD and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company supports ophthalmology practices and surgery centers through expert leadership, sharing of best practices, and the backing of a leading middle-market private equity firm. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including routine eye exams, lasik surgery, and treatment for various ocular diseases. The company has over 140 practitioners and a footprint that includes 60 practice locations and 11 surgery centers across several states. Chesapeake Eye Care Management LLC has unified many of the leading clinical practitioners in the market by leveraging its experienced management team, scalable technology and systems, and well-developed back-office functions. The company was founded in 2017 by Michael Dunn and Maria Scott, with Michael Dunn serving as the CEO since then.

Centre Partners Management LLC (Centre Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Lester Pollack. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Los Angeles.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GE Healthcare, Inc. manufactures and distributes diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. It offers dyes that are used in magnetic-resonance-imaging procedures. The firm also manufactures medical diagnostic equipment including CT image machines. It develops healthcare technological solutions for medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Behavioral Health Group, Inc. engages in the provision of opioid addiction treatment services. It offers medication-assisted treatment and addiction counseling. The company was founded by James F. Draudt and Andrew G. Love in 2006 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Aptuit LLC engages in the development of pharmaceutical and biotechnological products. Its offerings include drug design and discovery, preclinical biosciences, API development and manufacture, solid state chemistry, solid and oral dosage form development and manufacture, integrated drug discovery and drug development, Aptuit INDiGO, and physical and analytical chemistry services. The company was founded in December 2004 and is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. owns and manages ambulatory surgical facilities. It operates short-stay surgical facilities which are licensed as ambulatory surgery centers, specialty hospitals, and hospitals. The company was founded by Donald Steen in February 1998 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

Havencrest Capital Management LLC (Havencrest Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Christopher W. Kersey. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare LLC provides behavioral healthcare facilities. It operates behavioral health and substance abuse treatment facilities in Tennessee and Florida. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

US Community Behavioral LLC provides of community-based residential and behavioral services. Its services include supported living, licensed group homes, employment services, and, therapy-based behavioral services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

Onex Partners (Onex Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of ONEX Corp. founded in 1984 by Gerald W. Schwartz. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Wealth Enhancement Group LLC engages in the provision of wealth management services. It offers investment management, financial, retirement income, and estate planning, tax strategies, risk management and insurance, business owner consulting, tax preparation, and family office services. The company was founded by Bruce W. Helmer and David J. Hess in 1997 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Digital Insurance LLC engages in the provision of employee benefits and human resources solutions. It offers compliance services, human resource consulting, health and wellbeing, pharmacy consulting, and captive solutions. The company was founded by Michael Sullivan in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Part of Convex Group Ltd., Convex Insurance UK Ltd. is a company that provides insurance and reinsurance services. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 2019 by Stephen John Oakley Catlin, Paul David Brand. The CEO is Theo Butt.

PSF PLLC engages in the provision of diagnostic testing and treatment for asthma and allergy diseases. Its services include allergy skin and venom testing; food challenges; aspirin testing and desensitization; and antibiotic testing. The company was founded by Stephen J. Pollard and James L. Sublett in 1979 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Capella Healthcare LLC engages in the provision of general and specialized acute care, outpatient and other medically necessary services in primarily non-urban communities. The company was founded by Daniel S. Slipkovich and James Thomas Anderson on April 15, 2005 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

Federation of American Hospitals operates as a representative and trade association for community hospitals and health systems. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Martin S. Rash. Charles N. Kahn has been the CEO of the company since 2001.

Part of Barclays PLC, E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc. is a company that provides investment and financial services. The company is based in Providence, RI.

WakeMed Health & Hospitals provides health care services. It also provides heart and vascular, neurosciences, orthopedics, women’s pavilion and birthplace, surgical, imaging, laboratory, endoscopy, nursing facilitates, guest, food and nutrition and volunteer services. The firm has offices in Clayton, Apex, Cary, and Zebulon. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Duke University Health System, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services. It offers cancer treatment, primary care, orthopedics, aesthetics, and fertility services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Vizient, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare performance improvement services. Its offers clinical-supply integration, service line success, and quality and accountability performance management. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.