John Cassidy

Rohm & Haas Co. develops and manufactures specialty chemicals, paints, adhesives, and materials. The company was founded by Otto Röhm and Otto Haas on September 1, 1909 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The Topps Co., Inc. engages in the production and distribution of confectionery products, baseball cards, and other collectibles and toys. Its products include trading cards, memorabilia, wall art, entertainment products, and applications. The company was founded by Abram Shorin, Ira Shorin, Joseph Shorin, and Philip Shorin in 1938 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Berry Global, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and research and development of healthcare packaging and protection solutions. It offers intermediate bulk containers, medical, supermarket, personal care, institutional can liners, sheeting, trash bags, corrosion prevention and control technologies, special nonwoven materials, and tapes. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Evansville, IN.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

The Weinstein Co. LLC operates as a multimedia production and distribution company. It offers film and television production services. The company was founded by Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein on October 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Weinstein Company Holdings LLC engages in video production services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Avenue Capital Mortgage Reit, Inc. is a newly organized Maryland corporation formed primarily to invest in finance and manage residential mortgage assets, including jumbo mortgage loans and RMBS, as well as other mortgage-related assets. It invests in diversified portfolio comprised of its target assets that, when financed and hedged according to the company's business plan, is expected to produce attractive risk-adjusted returns across a variety of economic conditions and market cycles. The company was founded on May 23, 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Monolith Materials, Inc. operates as a carbon black manufacturing company. The firm converts natural gas to carbon black. It produces hydrogen tail-gas, supplied to the power generation and industrial gas markets. The company was founded by Peter L. Johnson, Robert Hanson, and William J. Brady Jr. in 2012 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

Pace International LLC manufactures chemical products. It offers cleaners and sanitizers, fungicides, coatings, storage treatments, kosher, and organic products. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Wapato, WA.

Vodafone Deutschland GmbH engages in the provision of television, telecommunications, and multimedia services. It focuses on areas such as Internet, telephone, cable television, and wireless mobile networks. The company was founded on December 17, 2002 and is headquartered in Unterfoehring, Germany.

Wise Foods, Inc. manufactures snack foods. The firm also manufactures popcorn, pork rinds, tortilla chips, dips and salsa. The company was founded in 1921 by Earl Wise Sr. and is headquartered in Berwick, PA.

Part of Vesuvius Plc, Plaskon Electronic Materials is a company that manufactures semiconductors. The company is based in Alpharetta, GA. Plaskon Electronic Materials was acquired by Cookson Group Plc from BP Plc on July 01, 1999 for $121 million.

Chupa Chups SA manufactures lollipops and caramel candies. Its products include Smint Xylicare dental candies and Cremosa sugar free strawberry and cream flavored lollipops. It also licenses the Chupa Chups brand to manufacturers of clothing, footwear, and personal care products. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Wincor Nixdorf, Inc. develops information technology solutions for the retail and banking industries. The firm provides hardware products, software, consulting, maintenance and other services. It supplies POS systems and automated teller machines. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Financial Executives International enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications and special reports, and research. Its members include Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Treasurers, and Controllers. The company was founded in December 1931 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Cobalt’s business model is uniquely designed to create maximum value from the asset by doing more with less while competitively accessing, discovering and producing deepwater hydrocarbon resources on a scale similar to the super majors. It starts with its small core team – flexible, decisive and fast moving using Cobalt’s proprietary, state-of-the-art data and proven, leading-edge technology. Non-core activities are sourced to outside partners and specialty providers, leveraging relationships it has forged over many years in the industry to reduce costs and compress delivery time. Utilizing industry best practices, standardized designs and strong project management throughout, The company is able to move quickly through the E&P supply chain, maximizing value for its investors and its partners.

Innovation Capital Advisors LLC (Innovation Capital Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in year 1995. The firm headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

The Financial Executives Networking Group, Inc. operates a forum for senior financial executives to share job opportunities and experiences. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (Morgan Stanley Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Morgan Stanley founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AgroFresh, Inc. manufactures fertilizers and agricultural chemicals for the horticulture market. It offers EthylBloc technology, which is used by the floral industry to maintain the freshness, quality, and beauty of fresh-cut flowers and potted and bedding plants, SmartFresh, a quality system for fruits and vegetables, and Invinsa crop stress protection, which works by binding to ethylene receptors and preventing the ethylene signal from triggering stress responses in field crops. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Collegeville, PA.

Alvinesa Alcoholera Vin?cola SA produces and distributes wine and distilled alcoholic beverages. Its products include industrial and energy alcohols, tartaric acid, grape seed oil, anthocyanins and polyphenols, biomass, and other grape-derivative products. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Daimiel, Spain.

Storm King Arts Center operates as a sculpture park and art center. The private company is based in Mountainville, NY.

Shellpoint Partners LLC operates a private investment firm. It provides specialty finance for both lending and servicing solutions to its clients via its wholly-owned operating platforms. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Avenue Capital Management LLC (Avenue Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Marc Lasry and Sonia E. Gardner. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ripelocker LLC provides real estate services. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Bainbridge Island, WA.

Cornell Capital LLC (Private Equity) (Cornell Capital) is a private equity division of Cornell Capital LLC founded in 2013 by Henry Cornell. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Avenue Capital Group LLC engages in the provision of investing services. It specializes in distressed securities, bank debt, stressed high yield debt, event-driven situations, restructured and post re-organization equities, and trade claims. The company was founded by Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Avenue GL Europe LLC, Avenue England Ltd. is an investment holding company. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2006.