Michael P. Peterson

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Kinzie Capital Partners LP (Kinzie Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Suzanne Yoon and David C. Namkung. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Stout Risius Ross, Inc. engages in the provision of financial advisory services. It specializes in investment banking, valuation and financial opinions, and dispute advisory and forensic services. It offers services such as mergers and acquisitions, private market financings, distressed transaction advisory, fairness opinions and solvency opinions, securities and value analytics, succession and shareholder planning, real estate valuation, bankruptcy related valuation, antitrust disputes, commercial disputes, family law valuation, and fraud and forensic services. The company was founded by Craige L. Stout in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Ballast Point Ventures LLC (Ballast Point Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Dick Brandewie, Drew Graham and Paul Johan. The firm is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Shore Capital Partners LLC (Shore Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Justin Ishbia. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Ronin Capital LLC is a registered brokerage firm headquartered in Chicago and was founded in 2001. They have additional offices in Hong Kong and England. Ronin Capital provides brokerage services and trades in over 20 countries, in different product class including: equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, options, forwards and futures.

Authentic Specialty Foods, Inc. produces specialty food products. Its products include the La Victoria brand of salsas, sauces, chiles, and Embasa chilies & salsas. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Orange, CA.

Fairmount Food Group LLC is an entrant in the food and beverage industry focused on acquiring companies in growth segments of the industry. The Company specifically targets opportunities in the branded specialty cheese segment serving retail and foodservice customers. Fairmount established its first operating vertical in the cheese industry through the acquisition of DCI Cheese Company, Inc., a Mayville, Wisconsin-based manufacturer and marketer of branded, specialty cheese products sold through the grocery and foodservice channels under the Black Diamond, Great Midwest, and other labels.

Customized Distribution LLC provides dry storage, freezers, coolers and refrigerated docks. It offers advanced logistics capabilities, processes and solutions via a national network of modern distribution centers managed to precise safety and operational standards. The comapny was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Maurice Sporting Goods of Delaware, Inc. manufactures fishing and sports equipment. It distributes fishing tackle, shooting sports accessories outdoor and athletic goods. The firm also provides services such as assortment planning by local market, ad item selection, pricing, effective quick turn replenishment of programmed product, planogram set-up and implementation, analysis of sales, margin production, open to buy, inventory level control and defective product handling. The company was founded by Maurice Olshansky in 1923 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

The Martin-Brower Co. LLC distributes and supplies grocery products. The firm also provides delivery services, inventory management, product sourcing, warehousing, training, safety, and financial modeling. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.

Parallel49 Equity (Parallel49 Equity) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc. founded in 1996 by Rod R. Senft, J. Trevor Johnstone and David James Rowntree. The firm is headquartered in Illinois, US.