David A. Johnson

Equus Holdings, Inc. (Equus Holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Andy Juang. The firm is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota.

Safety-Kleen, Inc. provides environmental services to commercial, industrial and automotive customers. It offers oil solutions, part cleaning technologies, waste management, vacuum services, compliance services, emergency response, total project management and automotive fluids. The firm also offers safety-Kleen professional products and absorbent and wipers. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Ridgeview Smith Investments LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Boca Raton, FL. The CEO of the company is Thomas William Smith.

Manhattan Institute For Policy Research, Inc. develops and disseminate new ideas for greater economic choice and individual responsibility. It focuses on economic growth, education, energy and environment, health care, legal reform, public sector, race and urban policy. The company was founded by Antony Fisher and William J. Casey in 1977 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Americas Power Partners, Inc. develops, optimizes, owns and operates power plant systems. It focuses on developing domestic industrial cogeneration plants that produce electricity and thermal energy for sale under long-term contracts with industrial and commercial users, power wholesalers, and public utilities. The firm also develops small projects under its utility optimization and monetization programs. The company was founded by Mark A. Margason in April 1998 and is headquartered in Hinsdale, IL.

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. provides legal services. It offers direct sales and network marketing. The company was founded by Harland Cecil Stonecipher in 1972 and is headquartered in Ada, OK.

Prescott Investors, Inc. is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm was founded by Thomas Smith in 1973. They manage the assets of high-net-worth clients.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Blooom, Inc. (blooom) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. The firm was founded in 2013 by Chris Costello, Randy Auf Der Heide and Kevin M. Conard. blooom offers various investment advisory and management services through a web-based application to individual clients who participate in 401(k)s, 403(b)s, 457 Plans and other Employer Sponsored Retirement Accounts, or who own Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA’s).

LendingTree LLC provides online lending services. It offers credit cards, home, auto, business, students, and personal loans. The company was founded by Douglas Robert Lebda in 1996 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Bank of America, NA engages in the provision of commercial banking services. It offers financing, checking and savings accounts, and investment banking for individual clients. The company was founded on March 1, 1927 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.