Lynn Baranski

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

BlackRock Private Equity Partners (BlackRock PEP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of BlackRock Alternative Investors founded in 1999 by Russell Steenberg. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Evenflo Co., Inc. manufactures and markets infant and juvenile products. It offers car seats, strollers, high chairs, play yards, activity products, travel systems, soft carriers, multi-use cart covers, and other products; saucers, jumpers, and doorway jumpers, baby gates, and feeding products. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Miamisburg, OH.

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.

Cofense, Inc. provides anti-phishing threat management software solutions. Its intelligence-driven platform enables employees to identify, report, and mitigate spear phishing, malware, and drive-by threats. The firm serves defense industrial base, energy, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Aaron Higbee and Rohyt Belani in 2008 and is headquartered in Leesburg, VA.

Travel Leaders Group LLC engages in provision of vacation and business travel services. It offers travel specials including cruises, hotels and resorts, vacation packages, car and rail packages, and travel inspiration. The company was founded by Michael Batt in 1984 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.