Kevin M. Scherschligt

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. SWIB was founded in 1951 and is responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF) and other state trust funds. The WRS includes the Core Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Core Fund) and the Variable Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Variable Fund).

TIAA Real Estate Account is an insurance company, which offers individual and group accumulating annuity contracts. It also offers individual lifetime and term-certain variable payout annuity contracts including the payment of death benefits to beneficiaries. The company was founded on February 22, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America-College provides financial products and services. It offers retirement plans, mutual funds, annuities, life insurance, brokerage and trading services, managed accounts and education savings. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bechtel Group, Inc. provides engineering and construction services. It offers technology, development, financing, ownership, procurement, safety, and environment services for roads, rail systems, airports, seaports, fossil and nuclear power plants, refineries and petrochemical facilities, mines and smelters, defense and aerospace facilities, environmental cleanup projects, telecommunications networks, pipelines and oil and gas field development services. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1876 and offers a full suite of capital markets products and services, including proprietary equity research and a fixed-income trading desk. For institutional asset management clients, the firm provides liquidity, execution, high-quality idea-generating research, and access to corporate management teams. Their institutional coverage includes relationships with over asset management companies all over the world. To corporate clients, they bring access to investor capital, broad distribution capabilities and financial markets advisory. Ladenburg Thalmann is a leader in financing growing middle-market public companies across various industry verticals, including Healthcare & Life Sciences, Yield-Oriented Securities (BDCs, REITs, MLPs), Energy, Power & Infrastructure, and Telecom, Media & Technology.

Part of Ally Financial, Inc., GMAC-RFC Holding Co. LLC provides real estate finance services. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Bluestem Capital Co. LLC (Bluestem Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Steve T. Kirby. The firm is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. distributed and marketed DVDs and VHS releases. The company produced films and TV shows included Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Touchstone Television, Miramax, and Hollywood Pictures. The company was founded by John Cracknell and was headquartered in Burbank, CA.

Altru Health System provides healthcare services. The company operates healthcare centers for surgical, ear, nose, throat, cancer, cardiovascular, women's health, and rehabilitation services. It has offices in North Dakota and Minnesota. Altru Health System was founded in July 1997 and is headquartered in Grand Forks, ND.

Goodwill Industries International, Inc. provides education, training and career services. The firm also offers English language training, additional education, access to transportation and child care services. The company was founded by Edgar James Helms in 1902 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Renaissance Macro Research LLC (dba RenMac) is an investment research firm headquartered in Lake Placid, New York. The firm was founded by Jeff deGraaf in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Renaissance Macro Holdings LLC. RenMac exclusively provides the institutional buy side community with specialized macro research. They provide unique, insightful and unbiased top-down analysis from thought leaders in the industry. Coverage includes Macro Strategy, Investment Strategy, Economics, Quantitative, Washington Policy, and Payments/Financials.

The Scowcroft Group, Inc. is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded in 1994 and provides an array of strategic planning and consulting services to individual and institutional clients.

Founded in 1999 by the late Thomas Watson, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (JMS) is a full-service financial services firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of Independence Square Properties LLC, itself a subsidiary of Penn Mutual Insurance Co. Their ultimate parent is Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. JMS is a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm provides comprehensive financial advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional investors. Their primary coverage verticals include the consumer, technology, financials and infrastructure sectors.

Cargill Financial Services International, Inc. provides financial services. The firm also provides security broker dealer services. The company was founded in 1990 and is located in Minnetonka, MN.

U.S. Bank provides investment advice. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Lawrence, KS.

Digital Cinema Implementation Partners LLC operates as a joint venture company. The firm engages in the development of digital cinema infrastructure that provides software and management solutions to exhibitors and distributors. The company was founded in February 2007 and is headquartered in Rockaway, NJ.