Thomas Garth Shiffer

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC (AFS) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of AMPF Holding Corp., which is owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). AFS offers brokerage services that enable clients to invest in many different types of investments including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded products, unit investment trusts, annuities and alternative investments.

Founded in 1972 by Candace King, C.L. King & Associates, Inc. is a self-clearing, service-oriented broker/dealer and investment bank located in Albany, New York with additional offices in Boston and New York City. The firm delivers investment research, equity and fixed-income sales and trading, prime brokerage, investment advisor and clearing services to institutional and high net-worth clients and to other broker/dealers. For corporations, they underwrite securities and provide strategic advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic alternatives and valuation. C.L. King & Associates is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. C.L. King & Associates follows 120 names in 9 sectors. They seek to discover uncovered investment opportunities by seeking out companies that may be ignored by other Wall Street research providers and by identifying value and growth that may be unrecognized by institutional equity investors. The firm provides comprehensive trading services including capital commitment, market making and listed block positioning for their institutional equity clients. C.L. King & Associates' fixed-income group focuses on trading fixed-income securities, primarily in the secondary market. They offer a broad cross section of agencies, convertibles, investment-grade corporates, mortgage-backed securities, municipals, CDs and preferred stock to other broker/Dealers and institutional investors. The firm's investment banking group provides strategic M&A advice and capital raising services to emerging and mid-cap companies, both public and private. In addition, they act as a WBE underwriter in stock and bond offerings by large corporate issuers. C.L. King & Associates' corporate services group offers specialized services to assist corporate clients and their executives in handling delicate stock holding matters. Their services include guiding clients through restricted stock/rule 144 transactions, developing customized rule 10b5-1 trading plans and managing corporate share repurchase programs. The firm's equity research is based on a fundamental, value-oriented approach that focuses on small- and mid-cap companies. The firm offers research on the following sectors: special situations, building materials companies, specialty retail/apparel/footwear, industrials/cyclicals, restaurants/franchising, business services/staffing companies, telecommunications equipment and medical technology/devices/supplies.

Trinity Fiduciary Partners LLC (Trinity) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Texas. The firm was founded by Samuel Saladino in 2005 and is principally owned by IWP Holdings LLC. Trinity serves as the advisor to a registered mutual fund, a private faith-based real estate fund, separate accounts, and private alternative funds.

Englewood Hospital & Medical Center, Inc. provides healthcare services. It offers allergy, anesthesiology, bloodless medicine and surgery, cardiology, dermatology, diabetes, emergency medicine, endocrinology, hyperbaric medicine, infectious disease, joint replacement center, and laboratory and pathology services. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Englewood, NJ.

Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC (Onyx Bridge) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. The firm was founded by Jared Cohen in 2019. Onyx Bridge provides investment management services to individual and institutional clients.

DeWaay Financial Network LLC engages in the provision of brokerage services. The company is headquartered in Johnston, IA.

Concord Wealth Partners LLC (CWP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia. The firm was founded by J. Wade Lopez in 2002 as Lopez Wealth Management LLC. They are owned by Concord Wealth Holdings LLC. CWP provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporations, trusts, estates and charitable organizations.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

R. W. Pressprich & Co. (RWP) is an employee-owned institutional broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1909, RWP’s principal focus is to provide fixed-income relative value and market timing research for clients.

Ipsen Advisor Group LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 2021, the firm develops customized financial solutions to address individuals, families and businesses' unique financial goals.