Thomas C. Noddings

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

The Basic Fund provides scholarship programs. It supports inner-city children by helping low-income families afford the cost of tuition at private schools in the Bay Area. The company was founded by Jim McCarthy, Arthur Rock, and John Walton in 1998 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Intelomed, Inc. provides medical technology services. It offers CVInsight, a monitor that displays changes in a patient’s cardiovascular state during physical stress. The company was founded by Michael R. Pinsky, Juan Carlos Puyana and Jan Berkow in 2005 and is headquartered in Wexford, PA.

Thayer Ventures Management Co LLC (Thayer Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Thayer Lodging Group founded in 2009 by Lucien ruby. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Main Management LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by four founding partners in 2002. Main Management offers a variety of investment advisory services to various clients.

Level Four Advisory Services LLC (LFAS) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 2005 and do-business-as Level Four Wealth Management. They are wholly-owned by Level Four Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC. LFAS provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, and corporations and other business entities.