John A. Couri

Massachusetts Financial Services Co., do-business-as MFS Investment Management (MFS), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1924 and is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE, NYSE: SLF) in Canada. The firm provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles. MFS is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Marvel Entertainment, Inc. engages in publishing and film production services. The firm operates in the licensing, publishing, and film production segments. It produces comics, books, films, animated movies, and television programs. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

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.

HelloPrivacy LLC provides online reputation management services. It offers software and services to help businesses and individuals out-rank negative search results with own content and websites. The company was founded by Evan McGowan-Watson, Pete Kistler, Trace A. Cohen and Patrick Ambron in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Compound Advisor LLC (Compound) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Lewis Gersh, David Hirsch and Marc Michel. The firm is headquartered in New York.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

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.

US Beverage Net, Inc. provides beverage monitoring and data management. It also provides inventory control systems and data products. The company was founded by Paul M. Solomon, Mark E. Young and Thomas G. Young in July 2005 and is headquartered in Syracuse, NY.

Smith Affiliated Capital Corp. (SAC) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Robert G. Smith in 1982 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smith Affiliated Ventures LLC. SAC provides investment advice for separately managed portfolios of individual and institutional investors.

Sentry Centers Holdings LLC engages in the development and operation of urban day conference centers. The firm's services include meeting and collaboration space rental, room service building catering and conference planning support. The company was founded by Christopher Kelly and Ryan Simonetti in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dealogic LLC provides financial software. It designs, develops and markets software, communications and analytical products for the investment banking industry. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Lotame Solutions, Inc. operates as a data management platform for publishers and marketers. Its solutions include audience optimizer, cross device, data exchange, data stream, insights, smart TV audiences and syndicate. The company was founded by Andrew Monfried in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Part of Comcast Corp., NBCUniversal LLC operates as a holding company that provides cable television network services through its subsidiary. The company is based in Rossville, GA.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

New Jersey State Bar Association operates as a not-for-profit organization. It educates the public to enhance awareness of the legal system. The company was founded in June 1899 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

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.

Lowenstein Sandler LLP provides legal services. It offers services in the fields of bankruptcy, financial reorganization, creditors’ rights, corporate law, employment and labor, employee benefits, executive compensation, investment management, hedge funds, litigation, real estate, and more. The company was founded by Alan V. Lowenstein in 1961 and is headquartered in Roseland, NJ.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Army Science Board provides the army with independent advice and recommendations on matters relating to the army's scientific, technological, manufacturing, logistics and business management. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Provident Healthcare Ventures LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Provident Healthcare Partners LLC founded in 2010 by Bob Ciardi and Bill Shepard. The firm is headquartered in Boston,Massachusetts.

Torchlight Investors LLC (Torchlight) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Daniel Heflin in 1995 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torchlight Holdings LLC, which is owned by Torch Conerly LLC. Torchlight manages commercial real estate related investments (predominately debt investments) for institutional clients.

Wealthspire Advisors LLC is a SEC-egistered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Howard Sontag in 1995 as Sontag Advisory LLC. They are wholly-owned by Wealthspire Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is NFP Ultimate Holdings LLC. Wealthspire Advisors provides wealth management, investment advisory and financial consulting through its state-registered Investment Advisor Representatives to individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations and foundations.

Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC (Blue Bell) is an independent registered investment advisory and wealth management firm headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by J. J. Scott Miller, Scott Miller Jr.and Justin Capetola in 2005. Blue Bell provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to individuals, high net worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, business entities, trusts, estates, and other investment advisers.

Part of Cerity Partners LLC, Daintree Advisors LLC is a company that provides investment advisory services. The company is based in Boston, MA. Daintree Advisors was acquired by Cerity Partners LLC on March 01, 2022.

Grimes & Co., Inc. (Grimes) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1985 by Timothy Grimes. Grimes provides investment advisory services to individuals, business entities, trusts, pension & profit sharing plans, estates, charitable organizations, and state or municipal government entities.