Kevin J. Mayer

Western Reserve Partners LLC provides investment banking services. It offers mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and other financial advisory services to middle market companies across a focused set of industry verticals, including industrial, business services, consumer, healthcare, technology and real estate. The firm’s services include sell-side advisory, buy-side advisory, capital raising, financial opinions and valuations and restructuring and bankruptcy. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Ohio Venture Association, Inc. supports entrepreneurs, new ventures and venture capital. The company was founded by Robert H. Donaldson on December 22, 1983 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Thayer Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in Canada. The American company was founded by Fred V. Malek.

Gradison McDonald Investments, Inc. (GMI) is the Cincinnati, Ohio-based buyside group of Keybank NA (NYSE: KEY).