Justin Mattson Brooks

Fayez Sarofim & Co. (FSC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Fayez Sarofim in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Sarofim Group, Inc. FSC manages investment portfolios for a wide range of clients which includes pension plans, foundations, endowments and individuals.

Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC (Boyd Watterson) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boyd Watterson Holding Co., ultimately held by Boyd-TAMCO Holdings LLC. Boyd Watterson manages assets for individuals, businesses, pension plans, insurance companies, hedge funds, mutual funds and state and municipal government entities.

Part of Monex Group, Inc., TradeStation Securities, Inc. is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant. The company is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. TradeStation Securities offers a full suite of advanced trading technology, online brokerage services, and education. The company's technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services, and hosts the TradingApp® store. TradeStation Securities provides a premier investing experience for the trader on the go, with their mobile trading app. The company also offers a futures options trading platform, allowing traders to identify and seize market opportunities with advanced trading technology. Customers can trade stocks, ETFs, options, or futures online.

Bluestone Investment Manager LLC (Bluestone Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by John Allen, Bill Strang, Susan Gabay and Sean Everett. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Clearview Capital LLC (Clearview Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by James Andersen, Pete Doolittle and Calvin Neider. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Copeley Capital Management Co Inc (Copeley Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Lane E. Faison. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Kinsale Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (Kinsale-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Kinsale Insurance Co., an excess and surplus lines insurance company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm is a subsidiary of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNSL). It specializes in hard-to-place property, casualty, and specialty risks. They target small-to-medium sized accounts and have the flexibility to offer terms for businesses with poor loss histories, high risk venues, and new or high hazard operations. Kinsale-IP manages the insurance company portfolio.

RiverFront Investment Group LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2007 and is owned primarily by their employees through RiverFront Investment Holding Group LLC. Baird Financial Corp. is a minority owner of RiverFront Investment Holding Group, and therefore an indirect owner of the firm. RiverFront provides investment advice to a wide range of clients which includes, but not limited to, individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations. They also serve as sub-adviser to investment companies.

SpeedInvest GmbH (Speedinvest) was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna.

New York City Economic Development Corp. provides economic assistance and financial incentives for large businesses. Its services include financing and incentives, strategic investments group, programs for entrepreneurs, programs for business recovery and resiliency, programs for nonprofits, workforce and local business programs, incubators and workspace resources, international programs, portnyc and central business districts. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of DigitalBridge Group, Inc., NorthStar Securities LLC is a company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Greenwood Village, CO.

Trusight LLC is a deal origination services company that specializes in providing sellers and their investment banks with access to the right investors quickly. The private company is based in Philadelphia, PA and was founded by Thomas E. Bonney and Dan Mahoney. The company has an active distribution channel network of over 500 private equity, family office funds, and high-net worth individuals, which allows them to deliver access to buyers that are specifically interested in the SMB markets they serve and are prescreened to determine fit. Trusight focuses on buyouts, majority recapitalization, and growth investments for companies between $1 million and $10 million in EBITDA.

Trivest Partners LP (Trivest Partners) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Trivest Partners Inc. founded in 1981 by Earl W. Powell. The firm is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

Ready Responders, Inc. engages in the development of mobile application which connects trained, licensed, and fully insured EMTs, paramedics, and nurses to 911 systems, hospitals, and payers. The company was founded by Benjamin Swig and Justin Dangel in 2016 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Intrepid Financial Partners LLC is a merchant bank that provides advisory and investing platforms to companies and investors in the energy sector. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, and capital markets services, as well as makes principal equity and debt investments. Intrepid leverages the deep industry knowledge, relationships, and capital-raising expertise of its principals on behalf of its clients and investors.

WOCstar Fund (WOCstar) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Gayle Jennings-O'Byrne and Pialy Aditya. The firm is headquartered in New York.

7 Mile Advisors LLC provides investment banking and corporate advisory services. It offers middle-market investment banking, private company advisory, sell-side advisory, capital raises, and buy-side advisory and valuation advisory services. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

EIG Global Energy Partners LLC (EIG Global Energy Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Lipper Advisory Services, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Summit, New Jersey. The firm was founded by A. Michael Lipper in 1981. Lipper Advisory Services provides investment advisory and consulting services to retirement plan fiduciaries, trustees of tax-exempt foundations and endowments, charitable organizations, corporations, insurance companies and wealthy families and individuals.

Jetsetter, Inc. provides online travel arrangement services. It is a community of travelers that provides members with insider access, expert knowledge and exclusive deals on the world's greatest vacations. The company was founded by Andrew Patterson in September 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

Creative Planning, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1983 and provides investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or business entities other than those listed above, foundations, endowments and other institutions.

Dividend Assets Capital LLC (DAC) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Formerly known as Dividend Growth Advisors LLC, the firm was founded by C. Troy Shaver, Jr. in 2003 and is a subsidiary of Dividend Assets Capital Holdings, Inc. DAC provides portfolio management services to individuals and families that seeks customized portfolios to meet their wealth management needs such as retirement planning, legacy planning and philanthropic initiatives.