Mike Shires

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Wafra, Inc. is a registered investment adviser headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is wholly owned by Wafra InterVest Corp., which in turn is ultimately wholly beneficially owned by the Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait (PIFSS), an autonomous agency controlled by the government of Kuwait. Wafra provides advisory and consulting services to funds, separately managed accounts and joint venture arrangements.

Appleton Partners, Inc. (Appleton) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1987 by Douglas Chamberlain and Kathleen Burge. Appleton provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, charitable organizations, foundations or endowments, state or municipal governments, corporations or other businesses and clients from third-party platforms and/or third-party managers.

LaSalle Investment Management Securities LLC (LaSalle Securities) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a subsidiary of LaSalle Investment Management, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL) (NYSE: JLL). LaSalle Securities was founded in 1985 as Alex. Brown Realty Advisors, a subsidiary of the investment bank of Alex. Brown & Sons in Baltimore. LaSalle Partners acquired Alex. Brown Realty Advisors in 1994. In 1999, LaSalle Partners completed a merger with Jones Lang Wootton to form JLL. LaSalle Securities provides portfolio management services with respect to real estate securities to high-net worth and institutional clients.

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.

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.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, Inc. provides wealth management services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

JMI Management, Inc. (JMI Equity) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Harry S. Gruner and Charlie E. Noell. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

PNC Capital Advisors LLC (PCA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of PNC Bank, NA, which is wholly-owned by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), a financial holding company. The firm was founded in 2009 from the business combination of PNC Capital Advisors, Inc. and Allegiant Asset Management Co. following the acquisition of National City Corp., the parent of Allegiant, by PNC. PCA provides taxable fixed income discretionary investment advisory services to institutional accounts.

Hull Street Energy LLC (Hull Street Energy) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Sarah Wright. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Brown Advisory LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. They are a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Management LLC. The firm was founded and launched in 1993 as an investment management division of Alex. Brown & Sons, a Baltimore-based investment bank founded in 1800. Brown Advisory provides investment management services to institutional and private clients.

Flagship Capital Management, Inc. (Flagship) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Media, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Thomas A. Goldsmith in 1990. Flagship provides financial solutions to individuals, corporations, municipalities and foundations. They also provide investment advisory and consulting services to 401(K) plan sponsors and participants.

MidOcean Credit Fund Management LP (MidOcean) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2009 and is a subsidiary of MidOcean US Advisor LP. MidOcean provides investment advice with respect to private investment funds, CLOs, separately managed accounts and sub-advised accounts.

Pilot Mountain Ventures (Pilot Mountain) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Steve Perricone. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Apis Capital Advisors LLC (Apis Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Daniel Barker and Eric Almeraz in 2004. Apis Capital provides investment advisory services to its sponsored private investment funds and a unit trust that are offered for qualified, sophisticated investors.

Wasabi Ventures Partners LLC (Wasabi Ventures Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by TK Kuegler and Chris Yeh. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Resolve Growth Partners Management Co. LLC (Resolve Growth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jit Sinha and Chris Rhodes. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Burt Associates, Inc. (do-business-as Burt Wealth Advisors) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1972 and is owned by BAI Holdings, Inc. Burt Wealth Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory services on a fee-only basis to individuals and high net worth individuals.

Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. (Boston Partners) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and Greenbrae, California. Formerly known as Robeco Investment Management, Inc., the firm was founded by Mark Donovan, Robert Jones, Harry Rosenbluth, and Paul Heathwood in 1995 as Robeco USA, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCE US Holding, Inc., ultimately held by ORIX Corp. (TYO: 8591, NYSE: IX), a Tokyo-based international financial services company established in 1964. Boston Partners provides value equity investment products to individual and institutional clients.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

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.

White Pine Insurance Co. provides the producing agents with a stable market of products and premiums regardless of industry volatility. They pride themselves on exceptional service to their producers and insureds and in reviewing risks on an individual underwriter to underwriter basis.

Wellframe, Inc. develops clinical system platform. The firm offers mobile platform, clinical programs, advance analytics and proven partner solutions. Its intelligent care management platform enables organizations to manage clinical and financial risk, while amplifying the impact of their existing care resources. The company was founded by Jacob Sattelmair, Trishan Panch, Vinayak Ramesh and Archit Bhise in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Conifer Holdings, Inc., Sycamore Insurance Agency, Inc. provides commercial property, casualty, and other insurance products. The company is based in Birmingham, MI.

Part of Conifer Holdings, Inc., American Colonial Insurance Co., Inc. provides property and casualty insurance services. The company is based in Sunrise, FL. American Colonial Insurance Co. was acquired by Echelon General Insurance Co., part of Manitoba Motor League from May 31, 2019 on March 01, 2010 for $4.60 million.

Primarywave Media LLC operates as an integrated marketing, licensing and media company. It develops industry-defining, IP-based branding assets and campaigns designed for companies. The firm provides custom business-building and marketing solutions. It offers shared use numbers, lead generation and branding services. The company was founded by Gregg Hamerschlag in 2003 and is headquartered in Pleasantville, NY.

Solus Alternative Asset Management LP (Solus) is a privately held, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Summit, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Chris Pucillo in 2007 as a spin-off of Stanfield Capital Partners LLC. Solus serves as the investment advisor with discretionary trading authority to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Qi Venture Partners LLC (Qi Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Pierre Wolf. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Private Banking) (RWBCI) is the wealth management division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an employee-owned capital markets, asset management and private equity firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is a subsidiary of Baird Financial Corp., ultimately held by Baird Financial Group, Inc. RWBCI offers investment management services to all types of current or prospective clients, which include, but not limited to: individuals, trusts, estates, Retirement Accounts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations or other business entities.

Griffin Health Services Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers bariatric surgery, breast care, cancer care, cardiology and heart health, diagnostic imaging, emergency care, gastroenterology and digestive health, geriatric health, inpatient care, interventional radiology, joint health, laboratory and pathology, maternity and childbirth, occupational health and workplace safety, physical rehabilitation, psychiatry and mental health, sleep health, surgery, urology and pelvic health, weight loss and management, and wound care. The company was founded on September 20, 1984 and is headquartered in Derby, CT.

Passthrough, Inc. is a compliance software company that simplifies the subscription document execution process for investors. The company is based in Middletown, DE. The company's integrated platform solution manages subscription document distribution, execution, and compliance in minutes, with replicable and verifiable identity information built in for future use. Passthrough also offers a comprehensive KYC & AML product that streamlines collecting information from investors and screening them against sanctions lists so fund managers can remain compliant. The company was founded by Ben Doran, Alex Laplante, and Tim Flannery, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

NB Alternatives Advisers LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of NB Alternatives Holdings LLC founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Dallas.