Robert Straus

Clayton Fixed Income Services, Inc. provides technology and services for credit risk management. Serving the fixed-income securities market, the company's offerings are designed to manage credit risk, perform custom analytics, and track investments. It also offers consulting services for individuals and securities servicers. The company is located in Denver, CO.

Cambiar Investors LLC (Cambiar) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 1973 and is wholly owned by Cambiar Holdings LLLP. Cambiar provides investment services to Mutual Funds and Separate Accounts for individuals and institutions, as well as to a collective investment trust for certain retirement assets.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans operates as a not-for-profit membership organization of Christians, which engages in the provision of investment advisory services. It offers life insurance, annuities and mutual funds, student and educational resources, charitable planning, and trust services. The company was founded in June 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

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.

AssetMark, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Concord, California. The firm was founded in 1985 as Genworth Financial Asset Management. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Huatai International Investment Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong. AssetMark provides various investment supervisory services to registered investment companies and a variety of clients, which include but not limited to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, partnerships, trusts, insurance companies and other investment managers.

Datasite Global Corp. engages in the provision of software as a service (SaaS) solutions for the mergers & acquisitions (M&A) industry. Its products include Datasite Outreach, Datasite Prepare, Datasite Diligence, Datasite Acquire, and Datasite for Restructuring. The company was founded by Kenneth F. Merrill in 1968 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

American Century Investments Value Yield LLC provides asset management services. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Stack Financial Management, Inc. (SFM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Whitefish, Montana. The firm was founded in 1994 by James Stack. SFM offers investment advisory services on a fee-only basis to their clients, which include individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, business entities, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, etc. The firm may also serve as sub-advisor to clients of another registered advisor.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Essential Investment Partners, Inc. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Denver, CO. Jonathan Frederick Zeschin has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Wakefield Asset Management LLLP (Wakefield) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. The firm was founded by G. Todd Gervasini in 2003. Wakefield specializes in actively managed US Equity Strategies and offers Large-Cap, Small-Cap and Biblically Responsible portfolios to individual and institutional investors.

Sentinel Trust Co. is an independent wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1997 by the Flowers and Fruehauf families by combining their complementary strengths—real estate, oil and gas, and public and private equities for the Flowers family; hedge funds and private equity for the Fruehauf family—and administration of complex wealth planning structures by both families, they would be able to attract top professionals to serve them as well as other similarly situated families. Sentinel Trust provides individualized investment management and trust administration services to very high net-worth families.