Charles M. Helms

Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

LeanTaaS, Inc. operates as a software firm. It offers LeanTaaS iGroup, a cloud-based suite of predictive analytics products that helps insurance carriers and self-insured employers reduce workers? compensation medical costs by identifying anomalies and key drivers; and LeanTaaS iQueue, a product line that helps hospitals lower wait times and increase patient volumes by optimizing patient pathways with data-driven optimizations. The company was founded by Mohan Giridharadas in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The American Nurses Association, Inc. operates nursing facilities center. The association represents the interest of the nation’s registered nurses for improving the quality of health care for all. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is a non-profit organization which engages in the provision of in-home and respite services. It offers home health, personal emergency response, food programs, community living programs, and child daycare. The company was founded by August Hoeger on September 29, 1922 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Sanford Health Corp. owns and operates hospitals. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at facilities located in South Dakota Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Its services include cancer treatment, orthopedics, rehabilitation and women health care. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Abbott Northwestern Hospital provides healthcare services. The firm also provides comprehensive health care services to patients and their families. The company was founded by Harriet G. Walker in 1882 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

The California Hospital Association represents hospitals and health systems. The non-profit company is based in Sacramento, CA. Carmela Coyle has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

UC Davis Medical Center engages in the provision of primary care services. It offers specialties, including cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nose and throat; geriatrics; neurology and neurosurgery; obstetrics and gynecology; orthopedics; pulmonology and lung surgery; gastroenterology; GI surgery; and urology. The company is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

EmboMedics, Inc. develops and commercializes resorbable and drug loaded embolization devices. Its products include Transarterial Embolization, Chemoebolization Indications, The firm's devices are helpful in treating aneurisms, epistaxis and uterine fibroids. The company was founded by Jafar Golzarian and Omid Souresrafil in 2012 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

Vizient, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare performance improvement services. Its offers clinical-supply integration, service line success, and quality and accountability performance management. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.