Katie Austin

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

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).

AirClean Holdings, Inc. operates as investment holding company. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

DealCloud, Inc. provides deal management, workflow, and technology solutions. It offers implementation, account management, training, and deal cloud university. The company was founded by Robert J. Cummings, Ben Harrison, and W. Edwin McMahan, Jr. in 2010 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Thoma Bravo LP(Thoma Bravo) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Carl Dee Thoma and Orlando Bravo. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

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

Shore Capital Partners LLC (Shore Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Justin Ishbia. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

ProKarma, Inc. engages in the provision of information technology and business process outsourcing solutions. Its capabilities include strategy and design, experience platforms, digital engineering, intelligence and analytics, and automation and operations. It serves several industries including healthcare; telecommunications and media; technology and software; retail and consumer; transportation and logistics; industrial products; energy and utilities; and banking, financial services, and insurance. The company was founded by Vivek Kumar, Jeff Miller, Vijay Ijju, and Manish Mehta in 2004 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Blue Harbour Group LP is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded by Clifton Robbins in 2004. The firm manages capital on behalf of public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, and other institutional investors.

Sauer Brands, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of flavouring extracts, spices and mixes. The company was founded by Conrad Frederick Sauer on October 13,1887 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Bojangles' Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates restaurants. It offers biscuits, sandwiches, salads, combos, boxes, dinners, family meals, boneless chicken, drinks, sweets, kids' meals, snacks, and biscuit sandwiches. The company was founded by Jack Fulk and Richard Thomas in 1977 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

SafeRacks LLC provides a line of overhead storage and organizational products. Its products include sport and utility hooks, safety nets, bike hooks, and fishing rod holders. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.

Rice's Honey LLC produces and sells raw and unfiltered honey. The firm markets its products under the L.R. Rice and Rice Family Honey brand. The company was founded by L. R. Rice in 1924 and is headquartered in Greeley, CO.

Global Plasma Solutions, Inc. provides air purification devices. It offers needlepoint ionization, sensors, diesel catalyst, air handlers, and sanitizing hand dryer. The company was founded by Charles Waddell in 2008 and is headquartered in Savannah, GA.

E-Technologies Group LLC provides engineering and information technology services. The company was founded by Stephen Veldhuis and Douglas Fagaly in 1993 and is headquartered in West Chester, OH.

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.

Carolina Foods, LLC is a family-owned bakery that was founded in 1934 by Vernon L. Scarborough. The company is based in Charlotte, NC and serves a wide variety of mass merchants as well as wholesale, vending, and foodservice distributors. Originally a sandwich business serving textile mills, furniture manufacturers, and lunch counters throughout the area, the company expanded after World War II to include glazed donuts and pies, becoming one of the first wholesale bakeries to perfect the honey bun. Today, the third generation of the family is involved with the company, which focuses exclusively on producing high-quality baked goods.

BTIG LLC is an institutional brokerage and fund services firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 through the merger of Baypoint Trading LLC and Bass Trading LLC. They are a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP. BTIG offers institutional and corporate clients with personalized multi-asset class execution, expertise and insights worldwide across equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities. The firm’s core capabilities include global sales, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

Stonepine Capital Management LLC (Stonepine) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Bend, Oregon. The firm was founded by Jon M. Plexico in 2006. Stonepine serves as the general partner and investment adviser to a private investment fund.

Simple Food Ventures (Simple Food Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Greer Tessler. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Consumer Edge Research LLC, dba Consumer Edge (CE), is an equity research holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Bill Pecoriello in 2009. They offer consumer data solutions for everyone from public and private investors to corporate decision makers and strategists. CE focuses on the global consumer sector such as the beverages, food, cosmetics, household/personal care and tobacco industries. Data is gathered both from global syndicated sources as well as primary research surveys, channel checks and other proprietary data collection.

Metalmark Capital LLC (Metalmark Capital) is a private equity firm founded by John J. Moon in 1986. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Flare Capital Management Co LLC (Flare Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Bill Geary and Michael Greeley. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Revive Public Relations LLC operates as an integrated marketing communications company. It offers branding, marketing, digital, and public relations services. The company was founded by Brandon Edwards in 2009 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Visana Health, Inc. engages in the provision of health, wellness and fitness solutions. It empowers women with endometriosis and other menstrual pain conditions to take control of their healthcare by building habits proven to reduce symptoms and connecting patients with specialist physicians. The company was founded by Joseph M. Conolly in 2019 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Promus Equity Partners LLC (Promus Equity Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Promus Holdings LLC founded in 2010 by J. Zachary Musso and Andrew W. Code. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Energize Ventures LLC (Energize Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Michael polsky. The firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.