Gary William Lanzen

Mariner LLC, do-business-as Mariner Wealth Advisors (MWA), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas with various locations throughout the country. The firm was founded in 2006 by Martin Bicknell, Bruce Kuzmin, Jenika Cook and Sherri Hazell. They are wholly-owned by Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC (formerly known as Mariner Holdings LLC). MWA provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and business entities.

Alternative Strategies Fund is a closed-end management investment company, which engages in operating as an interval fund with a continuous offering of fund shares. The firm is also involved in seeking attractive risk-adjusted returns with low to moderate volatility and low correlation to the broader markets, through a concentrated multi-strategy alternative investment approach with an emphasis on income generation. The company was founded on June 15, 2010 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

SCA Absolute Return Fund is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The Fund's investment objective is to seek attractive risk-adjusted returns with low to moderate volatility and low correlation to the broader markets through a concentrated multi-strategy alternative investment approach with an emphasis on income generation. The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in private and publicly traded alternative investment funds and REITs. The company was founded on June 15, 2010 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, NY

SCA Directional Fund is a newly organized, continuously offered, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, that is operated as an interval fund. The Fund's investment objective is to generate returns similar to equities with less volatility than traditional equity markets. The company was founded on July 1, 2010 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.

CLA Strategic Allocation Fund operates as a closed-end management investment company. The company was founded on August 5, 2013 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

CLS Investments LLC (CLS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The firm was founded in 1989 by Patrick Clarke and Gary Lanzen and they are a subsidiary of Orion Advisor Solutions LLC, ultimately held by NorthStar Topco LLC. CLS provides investment advice to individuals, pension, retirement, educational savings and profit-sharing plans, endowments, other pooled investment vehicles, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, and state or municipal government entities.