Steve Liberatore

TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC (TCIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC, ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. TCIM provides investment management and certain administrative services necessary for the operation of the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), a diversified open-end registered investment management company that consists of eight accounts, that issues individual, group and tax-deferred variable annuity contracts.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. provides insurance and financial services. It offers insurance and protection, investing and retirement, banking and borrowing, life events and planning, claims, pay a bill, and business coverage advisor. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Protective Life Corp. engages in the provision of financial services. Its products include term life, whole life, and universal life insurances. It offers asset protection plans, commercial mortgages, affinity program, and structured settlements services. The company was founded by William Dorsey Jelks in 1907 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Teachers Advisors LLC (TAL) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1993 and formerly known as Teachers Advisors, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Nuveen Finance LLC, ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. TAL provides services to individual and institutional separately managed account clients primarily through investment advisory programs such as wrap-fee and dual contract arrangements, and Exchange Traded Funds. On occasion, the firm provides portfolio recommendations to sponsors of unit investment trusts which are sold by the sponsor through broker-dealers and other firms.