Marty Altenberger

Shell Oil Co. manufactures petrochemicals and distributes gas and oil products. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Waddell & Reed LLC operates as an asset management and financial planning company. It serves the financial needs of families, individuals and businesses. The company was founded by Chauncey Waddell and Cameron Reed in 1937 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, MI.

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Inc. (BFE) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 2008 by Benjamin Edwards IV and Cynthia Böhme. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Benjamin Edwards, Inc. BFE provides advice to a wide variety of clients. Their services are provided through various wrap fee programs.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Johnson Bank (Investment Management) (Johnson Bank-IM) is the investment management division of Johnson Bank, an international financial services company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin. The firm is a subsidiary of Johnson Financial Group, Inc., a banking and financial services firm. Founded in 2007, Johnson Bank-IM offers banking, trust, insurance and investment solutions to individuals, families and businesses.

Equity Bank, Inc. provides banking services. Its services include personal, online, business banking and other loan services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Andover, KS.

D.A. Davidson & Co. (Investment Management) (DAD-IM) is the investment management division of D.A. Davidson & Co., a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. DAD-IM provides professional money management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients.

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC (WFCS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded 1852 and formerly known as Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. They are a subsidiary of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings LLC, a non-bank indirect subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a financial and bank holding company. Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC. WFCS provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, governmental entities and educational institutions, as well as banks or thrift institutions. They also act as portfolio manager for certain wrap fee advisory programs.

Painewebber & Co., Inc. provides stock brokerage and asset management services. The private company is based in Los Angeles and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded by Brent D. Williams.

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. is an American company that provides an array of industry data prepared by NAREIT staff and other outside sources. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The company specializes in REITs, or real estate investment trusts, which are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate across a range of property sectors. Most REITs trade on major stock exchanges, and they offer a number of benefits to investors. Steven A. Wechsler has been the CEO of the company since 1997.