Bruce Thomson Herbert

Newground Social Investment SPC (Newground) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded by Bruce Herbert in 1994. Newground offers comprehensive, values-aligned wealth management, tax planning, financial planning, and philanthropic consultation for individuals and institutions nationwide.

Progressive Investment Management Corp. (Progressive) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The firm was founded in 1987 as Portfolio 21 Investments, Inc. Progressive provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to individuals, retirement plans, corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, endowments, and foundations. The firm offers separately managed accounts that may invest in individual stocks and bonds, mutual funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that uses several investment strategies.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.