Michael J. Hanna

Advisory Research, Inc. (ARI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by David Heller in 1974 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ostara, Inc. They provide discretionary investment management services to institutional and high-net-worth clients through separately managed accounts, unregistered pooled investment vehicles, and model-based accounts.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

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.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was 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.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Greater Houston Partnership operates as a place for community-minded business leaders who want to be involved in Houston''s positive growth and influence the direction. The company was founded in 1840 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Vinson & Elkins LLP provides legal services. It maintains civil practice, covering areas such as litigation, public policy, transaction, and energy law. The firm serves the clients including companies from the aviation, energy, financial services, health care, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Rockland Capital (Texas) LLC (Rockland Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Scott Harlan, Michael Del Giudice, Joseph Lambert and Dave Yeager. The firm is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

OCM Distressed Debt Group (OCM) is an private equity firm founded in 1995 by Bruce Allen Karsh and Sheldon Michael Stone. The firm is an operating division of Oaktree Capital Management LP. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC (Oaktree Advisors) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 2017 and is wholly owned by Oaktree Capital II LP, ultimately held by Atlas Capital II GP LLC. Oaktree Advisors offers a broad range of investment products across the capital structure.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

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.

El Paso Marketing LP (El Paso Merchant Energy) provides wholesale trading of natural gas, crude oil, electricity and other commodities. It also markets asset-based commodities. The firm also sells the unit's petroleum refining, coal mining, chemical production and LNG transportation operations. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Oaktree Capital Management LP (Oaktree) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, and Sheldon Stone in 1995 as an LLC and was reorganized as an LP in 2007. They are a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management GP LLC, ultimately held by Brookfield Corp. (NYSE, TSX: BN) in Canada. Oaktree provides advisory services to clients with separately managed accounts and to private limited partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles for which either Oaktree or an affiliate acts as general partner and/or investment manager. The firm is a socially responsible investor and a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Qynergy Corp. designs and develops energy and power solutions. It identifies technologies from laboratories, universities, individual inventors and develops and transfers technology for the government research institutions. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Juniper Networks, Inc., Trilogy, Inc. develops flexible and customizable IPSec security software. The company is based in Concord, MA. The company was founded by Oliver Tavakoli. Joseph A. Liemandt has been the CEO of the company since 1989. Trilogy was acquired by Funk Software, Inc., part of Juniper Networks, Inc. from December 01, 2005 on January 28, 2002.