Chris Gould

NorthWestern Corp. engages in generating and distributing electricity and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Electric, Gas, and Other. The Electric segment includes generation, transmission, and distribution of electric utility business as a vertically integrated generation transmission and distribution utility. The Gas segment consists of production, storage, transmission, and distribution of natural gas. The Other segment consists of unallocated corporate costs. The company was founded in November 1923 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Sears, Roebuck & Co. engages in provision of merchandise and related services. It offers range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services. It also provides a variety of merchandise and services through online and catalogs. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.

GenOn Energy Holdings, Inc. provides electricity generation and distribution, management of gas assets, fuel procurement, and marketing of energy and energy-linked commodities. The company was founded on January 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Talen Energy Supply LLC engages in the generation and marketing of electricity. It markets and trades wholesale and retail electricity and gas, and supplies energy and energy services in competitive markets. The firm generates electricity using nuclear, natural gas and oil, coal, hydro, and renewable sources. The company was founded on November 14, 2000 and is headquartered in Allentown, PA.

Pruco Securities LLC, do-business-as Prudential Financial Planning Services (PFPS), is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Al Steele in 2007 and is wholly-owned by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Inc., which in turn is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PFPS provides financial planning services to individuals, families, businesses, and associations throughout the US. They also sponsor wrap fee programs.

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. provides investment services. It offers securities underwriting and trading, mergers & acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment & derivative, and risk management services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Luminant Mineral Development Co. LLC engages in exploration of mineral deposits. It explores different kind of minerals such as coal, gold, silver, and ferrous and non ferrous metals. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Luminant Mining Services Co. provides mining services. It extracts different materials such as uranium, lime stone, platinum, crude oil, and other precious metals. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Luminant Power Services Co. provides retail electric services. It operates two nuclear generation units in Comanche Peak plant. The firm serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Narrative Science, Inc. provides automated narrative generation for the enterprise. It serves the financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, and healthcare sectors. The company was founded by Stuart B. Frankel, Lawrence A. Birnbaum and Kristian Hammond in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

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

Founded in 1971, Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc. is a full-service securities firm and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm provides services to individuals, business owners, institutional investors and government agencies. They offer professional services focusing on wealth management, underwriting, banking, institutional brokerage, research and asset management. Samuel A. Ramirez & Co. provides retail and institutional trading expertise in tax-free municipal bonds, equities, government bonds, corporate bonds and alternative investments. The research group provides research to institutional investors on equity, macroeconomics and fixed-income for the U.S. and the U.S. Hispanic market. The firm has ten main divisions: private client, municipal bond department, institutional equity, transition management group, taxable fixed-income group, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, mergers and acquisitions/strategic business advisory, Ramirez Research Group and Ramirez Asset Management. The Private Client Services Group performs portfolio management, retirement planning, financial and estate planning for individuals, business owners, corporations and institutions. The group offers an array of investment disciplines including equity and fixed income, diversification strategies, insurance and alternative investments. The Municipal Bond Department provides banking, underwriting, sales, trading and distribution services to states, local governments and their agencies throughout the U.S. The Equity Capital Markets Group offers underwriting services to corporations, public retirement programs and to some of the nation's largest professional money managers. The firm's equity underwritings include spin-offs, private equity sponsored transactions, equity recapitalizations by financial institutions and traditional IPOs. The Debt Capital Markets Group offers underwriting of fixed-income securities including corporate bonds, convertible bonds, ABS, preferred stock and U.S. Agency notes. The firm is a co-manager or underwriter of debt in the traditional corporate bond market, the retail targeted hybrid and trust preferred market, the tax-exempt market (for select corporations) and is a member of the selling group for the major U.S. Agencies. The Institutional Equity Group offers performance-enhancing products and services, value added investment ideas and agency only/non-conflicting trade execution for institutions, corporations and government agencies in both the U.S. and international markets. The Taxable Fixed Income Group offers the firm's institutional and high net-worth retail clients access to new issues as well as secondary trading in corporate bonds, U.S. Agency securities, $25-preferreds, MBS, ABS and convertible bonds. Ramirez Asset Management offers managed accounts to individuals and institutions for fixed-income, equities and balanced accounts. Their institutional fixed-income portfolios include cash, enhanced cash, core and core plus strategies.

Homeowners of America Holding Corp. operates as a property and casualty insurance company. Its products include: Home Insurance, Dwelling Fire Insurance, Tenant and Condominium Insurance, and Fire Insurance. The company was founded by Spencer W. Tucker in 2005 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

IA Capital Group Inc (IA Capital Group) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1992. The firm is headquartered in New York.

NiSource Corporate Services Co. operates as an energy provider. It offers natural gas, electric operations and transmission and storage of natural gas. The company was founded on December 31, 1932 and is headquartered in Merrillville, IN.

Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Inc. operates as a symphony orchestra group. It offers classroom programs, family programs, and pre-concert talks. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

The Columbus Partnership acts as a non-profit, membership-based CEO organization. It engages in all major projects that need strong civic leadership and intend to enhance the quality of our schools, arts and cultural organizations, or the development of downtown Columbus. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Part of Vistra Corp., Luminant Energy Co. LLC is a company that provides retail electric services. The company is based in Dallas, TX.

EOG Y Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. It has drilling fields and satellite offices in Colorado and Wyoming, where it produces coal-bed methane in the Powder River Basin, as well as a pair of pipeline companies. The company was founded by Martin Yates in 1907 and is headquartered in Artesia, NM.

NiSource Corporate Services Co. provides management services for NiSource and its subsidiaries. The company was founded on December 31, 1932 and is headquartered in Merrillville, IN.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Columbus Downtown Development Corp. operates as a non-profit development corporation. its projects include Columbus Commons, Lazarus Building, Scioto Mile, and The Peninsula. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

NRG Wholesale Generation LP generates electricity via fossil fuel. The company is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Bruin E&P Partners LLC explores oil and gas properties. It focuses on the development of oil rich unconventional plays as well as the acquisition of conventional oil and gas producing properties. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.