Erin Johnston

Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. (KCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The firm was founded by John Kornitzer in 1989. KCM provides advice as an investment adviser or as a sub-adviser to individuals and institutions and act as the investment adviser to the Buffalo Funds.

Bessemer Investment Management LLC (BIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bessemer Trust Co., NA (BTNA), a national banking association, which in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bessemer Group, Inc. (BGI). BIM provides advisory services to investment companies and banking institutions.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

Towle & Co. (Towle) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded by J. Ellwood Towle in 1981. Towle manages public equity portfolios for families and institutions on a fully discretionary basis.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Capital Advisors, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1978, Capital Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, investment companies and corporations and other business entities.

Financial Counselors, Inc. (do-business-as FCI Advisors) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1966 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of FCI Holding Corp., which is wholly owned by MTC Holding Corp. FCI Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. The firm also provides sub-advisory services for their affiliates The Midwest Trust Co. and Benefit Trust Co.

Edward D. Jones & Co. LP is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of the Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors and businesses in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. Edward Jones registered as a broker–dealer in 1941 and as an investment adviser in 1993. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They cover stocks that perform over the long-term, focusing on US, Canadian and Western European companies with long, stable, operating histories.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

HM Capital Management LLC (HMCM) is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. The firm was founded in 2005 by Matthew Kopsky, Karen Gloriod and Maribeth Snodgass. HMCM provides wealth management services to affluent families and retirement planning to institutional clients.

DeMarche Associates, Inc. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Overland Park, KS.

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.

Permanent Equity Management (Permanent Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Brent Beshore. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.

CPC LLC is a subsidiary of CPC Management, which is a long-term investment company organized as a company, not around funds like traditional private equity firms. CPC is based in Kansas City, MO and has subsidiaries in Sweden and the United States. The company focuses on creating defensible, long-term value by investing in innovation, workforce development, new technologies, and supply chain improvements. CPC is owned by large family offices and successful entrepreneurs who are aligned around long-term decision making and wealth creation. It was formed from the merging of Curran Companies and C3 Capital's management teams. CPC aims to invest $600mm to $700mm into lower middle market businesses over the next five years. The company does not use enterprise leverage to fund acquisitions and emphasizes excelling in the five key battles™: people, systems and processes, execution, customer intimacy, and product leadership. The company was founded by Desmond Patrick Curran, Jared E. Poland, Patrick F. Healy, Patrick Wiley Curran, Robert L. Smith, and Steven E. Swartzman.

C3 Capital LLC (C3 Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of CPC LLC founded in 1994 by Patrick D Curran, Patrick F Healy, Smith Robert and Steven Swartzman. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Missouri Innovation Center, Inc (Missouri Innovation Center) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.

PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) engages in the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It operates through the following segments: Sumatera, Java Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi and Maluku Papua. Its other activities include electricity consultation, construction, installation, assessment, testing, operations, and maintenance of electrical power equipment, planning and development of electric power facilities, and research and support activities related to electricity. The company was founded on January 1, 1961 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Two West Capital Advisors LLC, do-business-as Two West Advisors (TWA), is a registered investment adviser headquartered in Overland Park, Missouri. The firm was co-founded in 2010 by Marko Ungashick and Ryan Rink. They are a subsidiary of RAM Ventures LLC. TWA provides portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and business entities.

Lewis & Clark Venture Capital LLC (Lewis & Clark Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Lewis & Clark Partners LLC founded in 2014 by Thomas J. Hillman. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Lewis & Clark AgriFood (Lewis & Clark AgriFood) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Apple Bus Co. provides passenger transportation services to students, businesses and residents in Midwestern states. The company's services range from pupil transportation management, public transportation and non-ambulatory van service to transportation consulting and transportation technology enhancement and management. It works with schools, local companies and organizations that require regional, customized passenger transportation. Apple Bus was founded in 2001 by Michael Oyster and Paul Larson and is headquartered in Cleveland, MO.

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP provides forensic, dispute, and other consulting services. It helps clients tackle complex and challenging issues such as mergers and acquisitions, fraud, litigation and reorganizations. The firm advises clients on managing business controversy and disputes, executing deals and maintaining regulatory compliance and investigates activities such as fraud or money laundering, value real estate and other assets, assist with corporate restructurings, consult on litigations, help execute strategic investments for mergers and acquisitions. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Marshall & Stevens, Inc. provides valuation and litigation support services. The firm assists its clients with planning, due diligence, negotiation and reporting issues related to financings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, insurance placement and tax-related transactions. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Kaw Valley Engineering, Inc. provides civil engineering services. Its services include civil engineering, geotechnical, environmental, surveying, steel inspection, welding inspection, construction inspection and materials testing services. The firm has offices in Junction City, Kansas, Lenexa, Kansas, Salina, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. The company was founded by Leon D. Osbourn, John Sheets and Greg Christiansen on June 6, 1982 and is headquartered in Junction City, KS.

Creative Planning, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1983 and provides investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or business entities other than those listed above, foundations, endowments and other institutions.

Meridian Logistics LLC engages in the provision of freight brokerage services. It offers LTL freight shipping, truckload shipping, inbound vendor management, intermodal, and custom freight solutions. The company was founded by Christopher J. Clever in January 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Vantage Investment Partners LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by John Woolway in 2003. Vantage provides investment advisory services for individuals, high net-worth individuals, insurance companies, corporations and sub-advised accounts.