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Voya Retirement Insurance & Annuity Co. Engages in providing financial products and services in the United States. It offers life insurance and retirement planning services. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Windsor, CT.

Venerable Insurance & Annuity Co. engages in the provision of financial products and services. It offers fixed and indexed annuities, investment-only products and payout annuities for pre-retirement wealth accumulation, and postretirement income management. The company was founded on January 2, 1973 and headquartered in West Chester, PA.

Empower Annuity Insurance Company of America engages in the provision of life insurance services. The firm offers annuities, life insurance, investment, and executive benefits. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Coldstream Capital Management, Inc. (CCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. The firm was founded by Roger Reynolds in 1996. CCM provides comprehensive wealth management services to affluent individuals and their families, corporate executives, business owners, multi-generational family wealth, professional athletes, private foundations, corporate pension and profit-sharing (ERISA) plans, public sector defined contribution plans, and endowments and not-for-profit organizations.

Part of Accor SA, Worldres Ltd. is a company that provides online booking for hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts, and resorts worldwide. The company is based in Scottsdale, AZ.

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC (AFS) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of AMPF Holding Corp., which is owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). AFS offers brokerage services that enable clients to invest in many different types of investments including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded products, unit investment trusts, annuities and alternative investments.

LS Investment Advisors LLC (LSIA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The firm was founded in 2008 as a spin-off from Natixis Global Asset Management (the parent company of Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP). LSIA provides portfolio management services to individuals, families and institutions.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Marsh LLC provides insurance brokerage and risk management services. It offers risk management, risk consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing, and insurance program management services to businesses, government entities, organizations, and individuals. The company was founded by Henry W. Marsh and Donald R. McLennan in 1871 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

QCM LLC, do-business-as Quantum Capital Management, is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1996 by Howard Aschwald and Stephen Bradley. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sterling Bank & Trust, FSB, itself a subsidiary of Sterling Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: STL). QCM provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, business entities and other financial services firms.

Osmium Partners LLC is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Greenbrae, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by John H. Lewis to provide investment advice to high net-worth individuals and institutional investors.

The Legal Aid Society is the largest and most influential social justice law firm in New York City. The non-profit company has Civil, Criminal Defense, Juvenile Rights, and Pro Bono practices that work tirelessly in and out of the courtroom to defend their clients and dismantle the hidden, systemic barriers that can prevent them from thriving in New York City. The company is based in New York, NY. The company's belief is that no person should be denied the right to equal justice.

El Pomar Foundation engages in the provision of grant making services, community stewardship, and leadership development programs. The company was founded by Spencer Penrose and Julie Penrose in 1937 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO.

Remote Medicine, Inc. provides comprehensive medical support services. It offers medical screening, staffing, equipment, training, and evacuation solution designed to meet their needs. The company was founded by Andrew Cull in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

FLG Partners LLC is a CFO solutions, CEO, and board advisory services provider based in Silicon Valley. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers financial and operational leadership to a wide range of companies, from newly funded startups to Fortune 100 companies, across various sectors, including technology, life sciences, and consumer products. The firm's partners engage clients in interim or long-term assignments in leadership roles that typically are consulting engagements. FLG Partners has helped raise over $6 billion in growth financing, IPO, and M&A transactions for the firm's clients since January 2021. The company was founded by Douglas J. Lehrmann, Jeffrey S. Kuhn, Kyle W. Smith.

CPWM LLC (do-business-as Columbia Pacific Wealth Management) is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was co-founded by Jeremy Kiefer as CPCM LLC in 2010. It was acquired in 2021 by CI Financial Corp. (TSE: CIX, NYSE: CIXX) in Canada. CPWM provides investment consulting, financial planning, and wealth management services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients. They also act as General Partner and/or investment manager to the CP Funds.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Simple Homes LLC is a startup that focuses on increasing access to high-quality housing by using technology-enabled design and Swedish-inspired off-site construction. The company is based in Denver, CO, where it operates a 20,000sf digitally enabled manufacturing facility in a historic railroad maintenance building. The company designs, manufactures, and assembles homes using a unique panelized construction system. The company was founded by John Schwarz, Jeff Hopfenbeck, David Schultz. Jeff Hopfenbeck has been the CEO since incorporation.

The Deming Center Venture Fund(Venture Capital) (DCVF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Providence Medical Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures medical devices. It offers DTRAX spinal systems, cavux cervical cages, ally screw systems, and biologix allograft bone. The company was founded by Jeff Smith and Bruce McCormack in 2008 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.