Rick Bleser

D. J. St. Germain Co., Inc. provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Berkshire Bank (Private Banking) (Berkshire Bank-PB) is the private banking division of Berkshire Bank, itself a subsidiary of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB). The firm is headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts with offices in Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Founded in 1846, Berkshire Bank-PB provides various private banking solutions to wealthy clients.

ADCM LLC provides investment advice. It offers variety of financial services which include individual investment management, non-dollar denominated investments, banking products, financial planning and trust services. The company is headquartered in Pittsfield, MA.

The Berkshire Bank provides consumer and commercial banking products. It offers personal banking: personal checking, personal savings, certificate of deposits and online banking; business banking: business checking and business savings; loans and mortgages which include commercial mortgages, commercial loans and residential mortgages; and other products and services which include foreign currency, e-statements, debit cards and credit cards. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

Spinnaker Trust is a trust management firm headquartered in Portland, Maine. The firm was founded in 1970 and formerly known as Ram Trust Services, Inc. Spinnaker Trust offers multiple strategies ranging from broadly based, diversified portfolios built with low-cost Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to single stock and bond portfolios, to alternative assets managed both by Spinnaker Trust and third party managers selected and monitored by them.

New England Asset Management, Inc. (NEAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as General Re New England Asset Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Re Corp., which is wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK). NEAM provides investment management services primarily to insurance companies (affiliated and unaffiliated with NEAM). The firm also provides investment management services for governmental entities, a pension/profit sharing plan account, pooled investment vehicles and high-net-worth individuals. NEAM manages assets of an insurance company client that includes a charitable organization account.

Equitable Life Insurance Co. provides investment advice. Its products include life insurance, retirement, retirement plans for employers and investments. The company was founded by Henry Hyde in 1859 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. (VIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS).The firm was originally formed in 1975 as Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc. They completed a spin-off in 2009 to become independent of the Phoenix Companies. VIA serves as investment adviser to the Virtus mutual funds and closed-end funds.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. The firm also sub-advices funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.