Byron Brand Snider

West Oak Capital LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Eagle, Idaho. The firm was founded as Live Oak Capital LLC by Byron Snider and Lisa Snider in 2003. West Oak Capital provides investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, retirement accounts, corporations and other business entities. Their primary focus is serving affluent families, retirement plans and charitable foundations.

On April 12, 1853, the New York State legislature passed a bill chartering the United States Trust Co. of New York with the mission of serving as manager, executor and trustee of personal and corporate funds. They opened for business in New York City in August of that year. US Trust has divisions in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The firm also owns Campbell Cowperthwait, which manages growth-oriented portfolios for U.S. Trust's institutional clients.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (Dimensional) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by David Booth in 1981 and is a subsidiary of Dimensional Holdings LLC, which is wholly-owned by Dimensional Holdings, Inc. Dimensional primarily manages securities and other assets for institutional investors. They also manage securities and other assets for high-net-worth individuals and clients of independent financial advisors. The firm is the investment adviser to various SEC-registered investment companies which represent separate funds in aggregate, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.