Joe Famoso

Snow Capital Management LP (Snow Capital) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Richard Snow in 2001 as RAS Capital Management. They are a subsidiary of Snow Capital Management Holdings LP. Snow Capital serves as the Advisors to a family of mutual funds and related portfolios.

Mellon Equity Associates (MEA) manages assets for corporations, public funds, endowments and foundations, health-care institutions, mutual funds and Taft Hartley plans. They are a subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corp. (NYSE: MEL) and are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Formerly National City Investment Management Co., Allegiant Asset Management Co. (AAM) is a multi-style registered investment advisor. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of National City Corp. (NYSE: NCC) AAM is focused on the investment and service requirements of institutional clients, including corporate, public, Taft-Hartley, foundation, endowments and mutual funds. The firm was formed following the merger between National City and First of America Bank Corp. in 1985. AAM manages the Armada/Allegiant fund family out of Cleveland, while private client portfolios are managed out of offices in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Fort Wayne, Indiana. National City maintains separate trading desks for the Armada fund family and private client portfolios.

Strong Capital Management, Inc. (SCM) provides investment management services to the Strong family of mutual funds, corporate and public employee retirement funds, endowments, foundations, Taft Hartley plans, and individuals. Founded in 1974, the firm is independently owned by professionals active in its day-to-day management.

PNC Capital Advisors LLC (PCA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of PNC Bank, NA, which is wholly-owned by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), a financial holding company. The firm was founded in 2009 from the business combination of PNC Capital Advisors, Inc. and Allegiant Asset Management Co. following the acquisition of National City Corp., the parent of Allegiant, by PNC. PCA provides taxable fixed income discretionary investment advisory services to institutional accounts.