Mike E. Blair

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC (Bel Air) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of HighTower Holding LLC. Bel Air serves the specific needs and interests of wealthy individuals, families, and foundations.

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (dba Schwab Asset Management®) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW). Schwab Asset Management is the investment adviser for Schwab Funds, Schwab ETFs, and separately managed account strategies.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private 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.

Seizert Capital Partners LLC (SCP) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan. The firm was founded by Gerald Seizert in 2000. SCP provides discretionary portfolio management services for institutions, high net-worth individuals, and collective investment trusts.

Merrill Lynch Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a division of the Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC (WFAFN) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 2001, the firm is a subsidiary of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings LLC and is a non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a financial holding company and bank holding company created in 1852. WFAFN provides advisory services to individuals, pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, governmental entities and educational institutions, as well as banks or thrift institutions. The firm also sponsors several wrap fee advisory programs.

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.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

CPR Investments, Inc. (CPR) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Rochester, Michigan. The firm was founded in 2006 and is majority owned by Charles P. Reinhold. CPR offers retirement planning solutions for individuals, small-medium size businesses and not-for-profit entities (schools, municipalities, hospitals, churches, etc).

Subversive Real Estate Acquisition Reit Gp, Inc. is a Canadian company that acts as a Real Estate Investment Trust/REIT. The private company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The CEO of the company is Michael B. Auerbach.

Inception REIT, Inc. provides real estate debt and equity capital solutions. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

SBE Entertainment Group LLC operates as an investment holding company with interests in entertainment and hospitality services. The firm develops, manages and operates hotels, restaurants and night clubs. The company was founded by Sam Nazarian in 2002 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

The Urban Land Institute operates as a non-commercial research organization. It provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. The company was founded on December 14, 1936 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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.

Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc. (TBA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Maris Ogg and James Meyer in 2001. TBA provides exceptional wealth and asset management services to individuals, families and select institutions.

The John Templeton Foundation designs funding opportunities for researchers to focus their attention on a group of compelling topics. The non-profit company is based in West Conshohocken, PA and has subsidiaries in United States. The company was founded by John Marks Templeton.

Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services provides family centered behavioral health services. Its services include intensive treatment, mental health and wellness and parent and family resources. The firm offers comprehensive, family-centered social, educational, and behavioral health services, which encourage children, adolescents and their families to stable, and productive lives. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Angel Oak Strategic Credit Fund is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to invest in credit default swaps, total return swaps, interest rate swaps, equity swaps, currency swaps, options on foregoing swaps, and other types of swaps. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

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.

StrongBox Wealth LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Lee's Summit, Missouri. The firm was founded by Chuck Cooper in 2019. StrongBox Wealth provides financial planning and wealth management services for high-net-worth individuals and their families. Their clients include lifelong savers, entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals, executives, and community leaders.