Brad Southern

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.

GSAM Strategist Portfolios LLC (Inv Mgmt) (GSAMSP) is the investment management division of GSAM Strategist Portfolios LLC, a research company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 as Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC. They were acquired by GSAM Holdings LLC in July 2019. GSAMSP offers multi-asset and rules-based equity strategies to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

EBONY Magazine operates as an online magazine destination for African-American cultural insight, news and perspective. It is a community-powered site for hot topics and trends, advice, critical conversation, and the best in entertainment and breaking news on Black life in America. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Blueprint Capital Advisors LLC is an alternative investment firm that manages fund and direct investments in private credit and other alternative lending strategies. Blueprint Capital Advisors is based in New York, NY. The private company's focus is on niche direct lending, specialty finance, royalties and advances, real asset related investments and distressed debt strategies. The firm is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and advises on $1.40 billion of assets. The company was founded by Jacob Walthour and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Part of Coöperatieve Rabobank UA, Rabobank International (New York Branch) provides commercial banking services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Part of Direct Digital Holdings, Inc., Direct Digital Holdings LLC is a company that brings together supply-side and demand-side advertising platforms to deliver significant ROI for middle market advertisers. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company gives advertisers of all sizes unparalleled reach within general market and multicultural media properties. The company was founded by Mark Walker. Mark Walker has been the CEO since incorporation.

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.

Capital Point Partners is a private equity firm founded by Jeffrey Sangalis and Alfred Jackson in 1989. It is headquartered at Houston, Texas.

McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP provides business advisory and consulting services. The firm offers tax preparation services, financial planning services, accounting services, structural planning, and corporate restructuring solutions. The company was founded in March 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.

New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants operates as professional organization serving the needs of Garden State CPAs and aspiring CPAs. It supports its members through education, networking, leadership and volunteer initiatives. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Roseland, NJ.

Franklin Square Holdings LP (FS Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by David J. Adelman, Randy I. Anderson and Michael Craig Forman. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

BDO USA LLP operates as an accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping firm. It offers advisory; audit and assurance; digital; and tax services. The company was founded by Maximillian L. Seidman in 1910 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Bridgeman Sports & Media LLC, Ebony Media Holdings LLC functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in Houston, TX. Ebony Media Holdings was acquired by Bridgeman Sports & Media LLC on February 16, 2021.