Alison B. Henry

Founded in 1969, Oppenheimer Capital is an investment advisor firm located in New York City with an additional office in Newport Beach,, California. Oppenheimer Capital is wholly-owned by Allianz Dresdner Asset Management of America LP (formerly PIMCO Advisors LP), which is a subsidiary of Allianz AG (NYSE: AG). The firm is unrelated to OppenheimerFunds and the brokerage firm CIBC Oppenheimer.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Founded by Paul Violich in 1999, Violich Capital Management is a registered investment advisor located in San Francisco. The firm was formerly known as Paul A. Violich, Inc. They provide investment management services to individual and institutional clients.