Ryan James deLiefde

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (SBH) is a SEC-registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1994 by Ralph Segall, Charles Bryant and Jonathan Hamill. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Corient Holdings, Inc., which is owned by CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX; OTC: CIXXF) in Canada. SBH provides professional portfolio management of domestic and international equity and fixed income portfolios, and alternative investments, to institutional and intermediary clients. SBH became a signatory of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2017.

Denver Investment Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Denver, Colorado. The firm's origins can be traced to 1958 as the manager of tax-exempt accounts for First National Bank of Denver. In 1983, the firm became a Registered Investment Advisor, and in 1984, they became Denver Investment Advisors, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the bank. In 1995, a group of investment professionals from Denver Investment Advisors, Inc., bought the firm from the bank, forming a new entity, Denver Investment Advisors LLC, and changing the ownership structure to a 100% employee-owned firm. In 2000, the firm acquired Bee & Associates, a boutique firm specializing in the management of international small-cap equities. In 2004, they acquired Tempest Investment Counselors, Inc., a local money management firm specializing in managing assets for high net-worth individuals. Denver Investment Advisors was acquired by Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC in 2018. Denver Investment Advisors manages assets for an array of individual and institutional investors, including corporate and public pension plans, multi-employer plans, foundations and endowments, healthcare organizations, insurance companies and financial intermediaries. The firm provides investment management services for certain of their investment styles as an advisor and/or sub-advisor to investment companies, including their proprietary family of mutual funds, Westcore Funds. Denver Investment Advisors also provides portfolio management services to third party sponsors of wrap fee programs, including providing model portfolio information on a non-discretionary basis. Denver Investment Advisors maintains the Workplace Equality Index, which is an index of companies that support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality in the workplace. The firm has entered into a licensing agreement for an ETF, Workplace Equality Portfolio (EQLT).