Jeffrey D. Tranen

Conduent Business Services LLC provides business process outsourcing and information technology services. Its services include cloud computing service, infrastructure, cloud consulting, virtual desktop infrastructure, private cloud deployment, hosted communications, customer care, document and data management, strategic advisory, construction and facilities, film and fiche processing, workflow integration, intelligent queue, mail processing, media conversion, managed print services, communication and marketing, capture, imaging, storage and retrieval services. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. engages in the provision of natural gas and electricity. It also offers value-added products and services, including energy efficiency and economic development programs. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Poughkeepsie, NY.

American Water Capital Corp. provides long-term and short-term debt services. It loans the net proceeds to American water’s operating subsidiaries in its regulated businesses segment, as well as to American water. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Camden, NJ.

Newfoundland Power, Inc. generates and distributes electricity. It operates hydro generating and diesel plants, gas turbine facilities and substations. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

Wiseman Co., Ltd. engages in the development, sale, and support of computer systems for welfare and medical facilities. It operates through the following segments: Welfare Information System, Medical Information System, Consulting, and Embedded Software. The Welfare Information System segment plans, develops, sells, and supports welfare computer systems for business processing and treatment management. The Medical Information System segment plans, develops, and sells electronic medical record systems. The Consulting segment provides survey and business planning consulting services for the local government. The Embedded Software segment develops audio device control programs, offers technology licenses, and provides contract development of semiconductor manufacturing inspection software. The company was founded in June 1983 and is headquartered in Morioka, Japan.

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, together with its subsidiaries it provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients, and alternative asset management products and services to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. The company operates its business through five segments: Broker-Dealer, Asset Management, Corporate Credit, Investment Income, Eliminations and Corporate Costs. The Broker-Dealer segment includes a broad range of services, such as underwriting and acting as a placement agent for public and private capital markets raising transactions and financial advisory services in M&A, restructuring and other strategic transactions. The Broker-Dealer segment also includes institutional brokerage services and equity research services to institutional investor clients. The Asset Management segment includes the management of a broad range of pooled investment vehicles, including the company's hedge funds, hedge funds of funds. The Corporate Credit segment includes the management of collateralized loan obligations and small business loans. The Investment Income segment includes income from the company's principal investments in public and private securities, as well as any other net interest and income from investing activities. The Corporate Costs segment includes expenses related to JMP Group Inc., the holding company, and JMP Group LLC, and is mainly comprised of corporate overhead expenses and interest expense related to the company's credit facility with City National Bank. JMP Group was founded by Joseph A. Jolson and Carter D. Mack in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Union Square Advisors LLC is a technology-focused investment bank that offers strategic mergers & acquisitions advice and execution, agented private capital financing, and debt capital markets advisory services. The private company was founded in 2007 by Edward R. Smith, William C. McClelland and is based in San Francisco, CA. The company works with leading public and private technology companies, private equity, venture capital and family offices, and their expertise spans many aspects of the technology landscape, including enterprise software and infrastructure, fintech, healthcaretech, internet+digital media, ecommerce, consumer software, aiot & industrial technology and other key segments. Since inception, Union Square Advisors has advised on more than 170 strategic transactions exceeding $118b.

IEX Group, Inc. operates an online trading platform for registered broker dealers. It operates as equity trading venue owned by a consortium of buy-side investors, including mutual funds, hedge funds, and family offices. The firm provides balanced marketplace via simplified market structure design and cutting-edge technology. It also offers a fair-access platform to broker dealer. The IEX ATS is a fully automated electronic order book for orders to buy and sell national market system equity securities with a continuous, automated matching function. The company was founded by Ronan Ryan, Bradley Katsuyama, Robert Park and John Schwall in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of ageas SA/NV, Fortis Properties Corp. provides commercial property and hotel management services. The company is based in St. John's, Canada.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

SouthStar Energy Services LLC distributes natural gas products to resident, small and medium business, enterprise, large commercial and industrial, and CNG station developer or fleet customer. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro delivers energy to residents and industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

FortisBC, Inc. engages in the provision of natural gas, electricity, alternative energy and related services. The firm owns and operates a network of generation, transmission and distribution assets. The company was founded on May 8, 1897, and is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

FortisBC Energy, Inc. engages in the distribution of natural gas. It provides transmission and distribution services to its customers, as well as obtains natural gas supplies on behalf of residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corp. distributes electrical power and other energy related product and services to residential, commercial and industrial meters. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Cumming, GA.

FortisBC Holdings, Inc. is a holding company, which is engaged in the distribution of energy. It provides natural gas and piped propane to commercial and residential customers in British Columbia. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Trans Mountain Corp. delivers approximately 300,000 barrels of petroleum products each day through 1,150 kilometers of pipeline in Canada and 111 kilometers of pipeline in the United States. Trans Mountain is a subsidiary of the Government of Canada and is based in Calgary, Canada. The company's main focus is on the Trans Mountain expansion project, which aims to increase capacity and support the growth of Canadian crude oil production. The company was founded in 1951 and was acquired by the Government of Canada from Kinder Morgan, Inc. on August 31, 2018, for $3,403.64 million. Dawn L. Farrell has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Nalcor Energy Ltd. generates, transmits, and sells electrical power. The firm operates hydroelectric plants, oil-fired plant, gas turbines, diesel plants, transmission and distribution lines. It serves the utility, industrial, residential, and retail customers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The firm also manages onshore and offshore oil and gas interests; engages in steel fabrication and concrete construction, outfitting installation, at-shore hook-up and commissioning, fabrication and assembly of project functions in various categories, including topsides fabrication and assembly, dry dock fabrication and construction, and deepwater sites; and supports energy marketing. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

Law Society of Newfoundland & Labrador is a non-profit organization that operates as the sole regulatory body for all lawyers in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It offers legal services, public library, online directory, and Assurance Fund. The company is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

Capital Power LP develops, acquires, operates and optimizes power generation from a variety of energy sources. The firm owns natural gas, wind, and solid fuel facilities. The company was founded on July 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Private Investments is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Stratifyd, Inc. provides a data-driven visual analytics platform. Its platform identifies hidden trends, patterns, locations, correlations, communities, and outlying themes in large pools of data. The company was founded by Derek Wang in 2012 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.