James Thompson

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Return Path, Inc. engages in the provision of email data solutions. It offers email optimization, email fraud protection, and client services. The company was founded by Matthew Y. Blumberg, George Bilbrey and Jack Sinclair in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

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).

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Income Research & Management, Inc., dba Income Research + Management (IR+M), is a privately-owned, independent, fixed income investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was co-founded by John A. Sommers and Jack A. Sommers in 1987. IR+M manages US fixed income portfolios for institutional and private clients, several US fixed income private investment funds, and collective investment trusts for qualified investors.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC (SeaBridge) is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Summit, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1996 by Garnett Keith. SeaBridge provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, private investment funds, foreign funds such as UCITs, SICAVs and foreign investment companies, and other US and international institutions and to investment companies.

Children's Council of San Francisco provides children care services. It offers free, multilingual resources and referrals for San Francisco families seeking child care, help paying for child care for low-income working families. The company was founded by Patty Siegel and Martha Roditti in 1973 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

College Futures Foundation operates as an educational consultant. It concentrates on changes in policies and institutional practices that help all students graduate from college with degrees. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Newbrook Capital Advisors LP (Newbrook Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Robert Boucai in 2005. Newbrook Capital provides investment advisory services to private pooled investment vehicles.

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and markets pharmaceutical products. Its products include Actonel, Asacol, Enablex, Didronel, Macrobid, Macrodantin, Entex, and Ziac. The firm manufactures and markets a variety of over-the-counter and oral care products such as Crest, Oral-B, Prilosec OTC, Vicks, Metamucil, Pepto-Bismol, ThermaCare, and other related products. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Pacific Community Ventures LLC (PCV) is a private equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. provides membership network for learning and expertise. The firm promotes knowledge exchange through conversations, small group convenings, mentorships, surveys, and other interactions with its network of experts. The company was founded by Alexander Saint-Amand, Thomas D. Lehrman, and Mark Gerson in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.