Dylan Ballinger

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

Trafelet & Co. LLC is a private investment firm founded in 2000 by Remy W. Trafelet. Headquartered in New York City, the firm manages assets of financially sophisticated clients.

Ares Secondaries Group (Ares Secondaries) is a private equity subsidiary of Ares Holdings LP founded in 1989 by Brent R.Nicklas. The firm is headquartered in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Cogent Partners LP provides investment banking and financial advisory services to the private equity sector. It provides due diligence, fund and portfolio valuation, secondary sale structuring and execution, and private equity vehicles restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by Colin Sean McGrady and Brian P. Mooney in 2001 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC (Exencial) is a privately-owned, independent wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The firm was founded in 2011 when Burns Advisory Group and Executive Financial Group merged and changed the name of the entity to Exencial Wealth Advisors. They are wholly-owned by Jerry Georgopoulos and John Burns. Exencial provides investment advice and manage wealth management accounts for high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, municipalities, corporations and business entities, non-profits, and foundations.