Edward J. Shanahan

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc. is a private company based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the company is Jean Bernhard Buttner.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Inc. (Credit Agricole Securities USA) is a full service broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Calyon Securities USA, Inc. and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Global Partners, Inc., which is owned by Rue la Boétie SAS’s Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Credit Agricole Securities USA provides investors’ customized solutions to ensure they achieve their execution objectives in the tradition of service excellence and product innovation.

Ares Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by Merritt Hooper, John Kissick and Antony Ressler. They are a subsidiary of Ares Management Holdings LP and their ultimate parent is Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES). Ares Management provides investment advice to various pooled investment vehicles, other separately managed accounts and other institutional clients.

DeerTech, Inc. provides three circles of protection to protect tasty plants, gardens, and landscaping from deer damage. It offers services in the high deer population areas of New York, Southern Connecticut, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The company was founded by James Rusciano in 2003 and is headquartered in Bedford Hills, NY.

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.

McCann-Erickson Worldwide, Inc. provides advertising services. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provides legal services. It offers legal solutions to areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency, and restructuring, investment management, tax, and litigation. The company was founded by Francis N. Bangs in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

EULAV Asset Management (EAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Value Line, Inc., which is owned by Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc. EAM provides portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations and endowments, registered mutual funds.

Direct Selling Association operates a trade association that manufactures and distributes goods and services sold directly to consumers. The company provides services to companies including Discovery Toys, Herbalife, Quixtar, and Vector Marketing. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Ropart Asset Management LLC (RAM) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Todd A. Goergen. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

BTIG LLC is an institutional brokerage and fund services firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 through the merger of Baypoint Trading LLC and Bass Trading LLC. They are a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP. BTIG offers institutional and corporate clients with personalized multi-asset class execution, expertise and insights worldwide across equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities. The firm’s core capabilities include global sales, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

Founded by Hassan Ahmed and Stephen Matthews, Alembic Global Advisors is an institutional research firm located in New York City. The firm focuses on the global chemicals sector.

Spring Media Investments Ltd. operates production house which offers end-to-end services for global brand campaigns, content capture, editorial shoots and e-commerce. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Leadership Foundations, Women's Forum, Inc. is a non-profit community for women leaders of diverse achievement. The company is based in New York, NY.

Man Group Ltd. operates as an investment management firm. The firm offers a range of products and services to address client's investment needs, covering quantitative, discretionary, and private markets. It operates through the following geographical segments: Cayman Islands, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands, the United States of America, and Other Countries. The company was founded by James Man in 1783 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.