Brooke B. Hayes

Liberty Digital, Inc. engages in digital interactive television business. Its activities include the development of an interactive television and media business, and strategic investments in internet and media companies. The company was founded by Jarl Mohn in 1997 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Knowledge Universe, Inc. provides online information and consulting services. It invests in companies such as internet-oriented education, day care & childhood learning, and B2B companies. The company has offices in Menlo Park and Los Angeles. Knowledge Universe was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA

Sandalwood Securities, Inc. is a fund of hedge fund managers that invests in credit, event, and equity strategies to produce consistent risk-adjusted returns over time. Sandalwood Securities is based in Roseland, NJ, and invests across the spectrum of alternative assets. The private company has subsidiaries in the United States and the Cayman Islands. The team is composed of experienced professionals with expertise in various fields, including accounting, compliance, and investor relations. The company was founded in 1990 by Martin Gross and has a fundamental bottom-up analytical culture with strong risk management processes.

Norfolk Markets LLC provides investment solutions. It offers a range of trading and portfolio solutions to clients such as based and tail-hedge portfolio strategies. the firm also offers placement services for hedge funds and real asset investments. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Geodigital International Corp. provides data, remote sensor, and spatial technologies services. It offers GeoDigital Insight, a utilities platform that replicates the environment, creating a digital grid that enables power companies to virtually monitor and inspect disperses transmission and distribution assets, and Digital Driving Platform, an automotive solution that uses similar technology to build digital road maps to guide self driving cars traveling at high speed. The company was founded by Alastair Jenkins in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bechtel Corp. operates as an engineering, construction, and project management company. Its portfolio encompasses energy, transportation, communications, mining, oil and gas, and government services. The firm also raises finance from a host of international lenders including commercial banks, multilateral and bilateral lending institutions, export credit agencies, and the capital markets. The company was founded by Warren A. Bechtel in 1898 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Yankelovich Partners, Inc. is a market research and consulting firm that provides services to clients. The private company is based in Norwalk, CT and has subsidiaries in the United States.

The Lek/Alcar Consulting Group, Inc. provides business strategy consulting services. It offers strategy, finance, marketing and sales, operations, and transaction services including business unit strategy, brand management, pricing, alliances and joint ventures, product development, corporate transformation, and operations design. It serves the defense, energy, health, building and construction, aerospace, media, retail, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kutter in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Graham Partners, Inc (Graham Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group Inc founded in 1988 by Steve C. Graham. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Ares Management Corp (Ares Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Ares Capital Management LLC founded in 1997 by Michael J Arougheti. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC (Asset Management) (ROTH AM) is the investment management division of ROTH Capital Partners LLC, a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1984, the firm is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings LLC. ROTH AM is a full-service investment banking firm that provides financing and advisory services to emerging growth companies worldwide.

The LETCO Group LLC produces mulch, compost and soil amendments from raw and recycled materials. Its product includes a variety of mulches, composts, blended soils, soil amendments and convenience items such as stone, gravel and river rock. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Mufson Howe Hunter & Co. LLC provides investment advice. It focuses on middle market companies seeking growth capital and liquidity through recapitalizations, mergers & acquisitions and private placements. The firm provides sell-side advisory, buy-side assignments, recapitalizations, private placements of growth capital, financial advisory services and valuations services to the business services, cleantech, consumer and retail, life science tools and services, specialty distribution and manufacturing and technology industries. The company was founded by Michael J. Mufson, Anthony Lopez-Ona and Michael J. Howe in 2004 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

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.

Indo-European Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes gourmet specialty food products. The firm’s brands include Indo-European, ZerGut, Poli-Kala, Al Manara, and Moomtaz. Other brands the company represents include Al-Wadi, Beit Hashita, Vicenzi, Costa d'Oro, Podravka, Kras, Twinings, Lindt, Montana, Dr. Oetker, Baronia, Himalayan/Neesa, Sipa, Rivocca and Hellema. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

SPM Marketing & Communications LLC provides health care marketing services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in La Grange, IL.

SCI Floor Covering, Inc. distributes and installs commercial & residential floor covering products. It products include offers carpet tile and broadloom carpet, commercial sheet vinyl, linoleum, rubber flooring, cork flooring, ceramic tile & stone and hardwood flooring. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Romulus, MI.

Omninet Capital /Private Equity (Omninet Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Benjamin Nazarian. The firm is headquartered in California.

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Ltd. is a leader in financial services, offering solutions to the world's most important corporations, governments, and institutions. The company is based in Canary Wharf, UK. Recently, the British company has been focused on providing market outlooks for stocks, commodities, currencies, and emerging markets. Founded in 1999, the company provides commercial banking solutions such as credit and financing, treasury and payment services, international banking, and real estate services.

Corridor Capital LLC (Corridor Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Craig Lawrence Enenstein. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Wellsite Fishing & Rental Services LLC provides rental equipment services for oil and gas industries. It offers equipment for drilling, work-over and coil tubing services to the domestic onshore oil and gas industry. The firm offers oilfield services, oilfield services, and specialty rentals. The company was founded by Kirby Arceneaux and Jessica Roger in 2013 and is headquartered in Broussard, LA.

Black Bay Energy Capital LLC (Black Bay Energy Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Michael Lebourgeois, L. Guy Cook III, Tom Ambrose, Matt Schovee. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Xtraction Services, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company. It provides equipment leasing solutions to cannabis and hemp companies. It offers extraction; pre- and post-processing equipment; peripheral equipment; consumables; analytical; and remediation services. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).