Cassie Orzano

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.

Since 1975, the Yale Corporation Investment Committee has been responsible for oversight of the Yale University Endowment. They are located in New Haven, Connecticut

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

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.

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.

Magnetar Capital LLC is an alternative asset manager headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by Alec Litowitz and Ross Laser in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Magnetar Capital Partners LP. Magnetar Capital provides investment solutions to a wide range of investors.

Sheffield Asset Management LLC (Sheffield) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Brian Feltzin in 2003. Sheffield serves as the investment manager for and provides discretionary investment advisory services to a private investment fund which is offered to outside investors. Investors generally consist of institutions, family offices, fund of funds, high net worth individuals and trusts.

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

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

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.

Hetz Management Ltd. (Hetz Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Judah Taub. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

Pixafy, Inc. develops eCommerce technology. Its solutions include INSTANT, an out-of-the-box Magento website builder for merchants; OPEN, a solution that allows businesses to select the customizations, features and theme of their Magento store and; HOSTING, a premium Magento optimized hosting solution. The firm also provides support services. The company was founded by Uri Foox in April 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1885 to manage assets for the State of Minnesota. SBI is also responsible for the assets of the three Statewide Retirement Systems, various defined contribution plans, non-retirement accounts, and tax-advantaged savings plans.

Lanternback Capital LLC operates as long/short equity hedge fund focused on the energy, industrial, and utilities sectors. The company was founded by James Theriac, Colin McDonough, and Eric Michael Sanchez on April 13, 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC (Citadel Enterprise) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded by Kenneth C. Griffin and Reade Griffith in 1990 and formerly known as Citadel LLC. Citadel Enterprise provides investment banking, institutional trading and fund administration services to many types of US and non-US domiciled clients.

Jackson National Asset Management LLC (JNAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Lansing, Michigan. Founded in 1989, the firm is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Jackson Financial, Inc. (NYSE: JXN). JNAM serves as an investment adviser but limits its investment management services to rendering investment advisory services in connection with mutual funds sponsored by affiliated entities.

The James Irvine Foundation operates nonprofit grant making foundation an expanding opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant, inclusive and successful society. Its grant making is organized around three program areas: Arts, Youth, and California Perspectives. The Foundation has provided more than $900 million in grants to nonprofit organizations throughout California. The organization was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

StepStone Group LP (StepStone) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Monte M. Brem, Tom Porter Keck and Jose A. Fernandez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Wallace Foundation supports education in the United States. It provides investments to advance student achievement by improving the quality of education leadership. The Wallace Foundation supports projects at the state and district levels to improve the quality of education leaders and the conditions within which they work and it publishes the knowledge from these investments and the research it commissions to inform policy and practice nationally. Wallace Foundation was founded in 1922 and is located in New York, NY.

Grove Street Advisors LLC (Grove Street Advisors) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Clinton P. Harris, Dave B. Mazza and Catherine A. Crockett. The firm is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

OurCrowd Management Ltd (OurCrowd) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Jonathan Medved and Steven Blumgart. The firm is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

Turnaround Management Association is a organization that provides turnaround management, corporate restructuring and distressed investing services. Its members include turnaround practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters, and consultants, as well as academic, government, and judicial employees. The company was founded by Thomas J. Allison, Jay Alix, C. Charles Bahr, Jacques H. Belet, Donald B. Bibeault, Gary Brooks Gerald, P. Buccino, John Butler, Melanie Rovner Cohen, John M. Collard, Marvin A. Davis, Peter Dusenberre, Timothy F. Finley, Kenneth E. Glass, Frank Grisanti, David Hansing, William J. Hass, Thomas D. Hays, William K. Marrinan, F. Richard Matthews, Kevin McConnaghy, Gilbert C. Osnos, Victor Palmieri, Peter Pellitier, Sanford C. Sigoloff, Jack R. Stone, James Sullivan, Rollie Tillman, Peter Tourtellot, John Whitney and Carl M. Youngman in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Founded in 1982, Stratford Advisory Group, Inc. is an independent, full-service investment consulting and advisory firm, registered as an investment advisor with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940*. Stratford provides investment consulting to-Endowments, Foundations, Healthcare organizations, Defined benefit and defined contribution plans, Taft-Hartley funds, Public retirement plans, Private wealth, Corporations (operating assets and other taxable funds), Non-qualified plans. They assist clients with strategic investment program management. This includes investment policy development, asset allocation strategy, investment manager structure, manager selection, performance measurement and manager evaluation and oversight. They are distinguished by their proactive consulting approach-timely advice, specific recommendations, and implementation assistance. Their only business is investment consulting and advisory services; 100% of their revenue comes from their investment consulting and advisory relationships. They have no affiliations, financial arrangements or relationships with any investment managers or other organizations that could compromise their independence. Stratford serves its national client base from a single office located in Chicago, Illinois. All of their client consulting, investment research, manager research, and administrative support is conducted at this site.