Kathleen Smythe

Guaranty Bancorp (Colorado) is a bank holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. Through Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, it provides financial solutions to consumers and small to medium-sized businesses. Its services include loans and depository services, management solutions, and trust and investment management services. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

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.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Sandler O'Neill & Partners Corp. operates as a investment banking firm and broker dealer focused on the financial services sector. Its services include fixed income, capital raising, investment banking, equity research, equity sales and trading, strategy and mortgage finance. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of First Financial Northwest, Inc., First Financial Northwest Bank is a state chartered savings bank. The company is based in Renton, WA. Joseph W. Kiley has been the CEO of the company since 2012.