Matthew P. Schloop

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance, annuities, and employee benefits programs. It operates through the US, and MetLife Holdings segments. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC (CWAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, ultimately held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). CWAM serves as the investment advisor to a variety of open-end mutual funds that are series or portfolios of Columbia Acorn Trust and Wanger Advisors Trust, two registered investment companies sponsored by the firm and other institutional accounts.

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. develops tissue-based diagnostic solutions. It designs and delivers medical diagnostic systems and slide-based cancer tests. Its products include absolute Eosinophil count (AEC) detection kit intended for laboratory use to identify targets by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue or frozen tissue on a BenchMark and BenchMark XT instrument and DISCOVERY XT research instrument that brings automation, reproducibility, and productivity to IHC and in situ hybridization (ISH) slide preparation and processing. The company was founded by Thomas M. Grogan in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (Investment Management) (BBH-IM) is the investment management division of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1931 and do-business-as Brown Brothers Harriman Mutual Fund Advisory Department. BBH-IM advises or sub-advises Mutual Funds, an ETF, and UCITS Funds.

Jackson Capital Management LLC (JCM) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Evergreen Park, Illinois. The firm was founded by Paul J. Duggan in 1993 as Jackson Boulevard Capital Management Ltd. JCM provides investment advice to high-net worth individuals.

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.

Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. (Pekin Hardy) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Rick Singer in 1990 as Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management, Inc. Pekin Hardy serves as the investment manager to the Appleseed Fund, a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and provides investment management services to separately managed accounts, retirement plans, and other client accounts.

Legato Capital Management LLC (Legato) is a privately held, 100% employee-owned SEC-registered investment advisor and fund of funds manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Victor Hymes and Adam Lawlor in 2004. Legato provides its manager-of-managers advisory services to institutional clients, such as public and private pension plans and charitable organizations, through separate account or private investment fund structures.

MD SolarSciences Corp. manufactures and distributes skin care products. Its products include sunscreens, anti-aging moisturizer, eye repair emulsion and facial repair serum. The firm sells its products through stores and online. The company was founded by Robert J. Friedman and Bruce A. Deitchman in 2007 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

ClearBridge LLC is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Bill Miller in 1982 as Legg Mason Capital Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). ClearBridge provides investment advice to high net-worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicle, charitable organizations, endowments, foundations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other tax-exempt entities.

Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, Inc. provides wealth management services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Goulston & Storrs PC provides legal services. It offers banking and finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, capital markets, litigation, data privacy, hospitality and recreational, innovation development and licensing, real estate, and public law and partnership solutions. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Founded in 1979, Northern Trust Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and government securities broker/dealer headquartered in Chicago. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQ: NTRS). They offer research, account information, market data and online trading services. In addition, Northern Trust offers a variety of banking services including retail banking, trust services, securities brokerage services and investment management services. They operate primarily in the US, continental Europe and Canada. Northern Trust Securities is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Founded in 2006, CastleOak Securities LP is a minority-owned broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Atlanta and Chicago. CastleOak engages in sales and trading, capital markets and financial advisory services. The firm offers expertise in primary and secondary market transactions and is structured to handle mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, valuations and general strategic assessments. Their clients range from Fortune 500 to middle-market corporations, institutional investors and financial sponsors. CastleOak is in partnership with Cantor Fitzgerald. They do not provide any internal research.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.

NXT Capital LLC engages in the provision of commercial financing services. It offers corporate finance, real estate finance, and asset management. The company was founded by Robert E. Radway in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Nuveen Asset Management LLC (NAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, which is ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. NAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, such as open-end and closed-end investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

RLJ Credit Management LLC (RLJ Credit Management) is a private debt/equity division of RLJ Cos. founded in 2011 by Trevoir D. Gregg and Robert L. Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Abacus Finance Group LLC (Abacus Finance) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Tim Clifford and Sean McKeever. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of WBC Holdings LP, William Blair & Co provides investment banking and asset management services.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Lumos Diagnostics develops and provides diagnostic solutions. It offers assay development, reader development, and point-of-care diagnostic solutions. The company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Avery Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of tissue-engineered therapeutics to treat diseases and injuries to human muscle. Its product MyCardia™ is a tissue-engineered heart graft developed to treat heart failure. The company was founded by Steve Goldman and Jordan Lancaster in 2013 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.