Steve L. Kavan

Sit Investment Associates, Inc. (Sit Investment) is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Eugene Sit in 1981. Sit Investment manages client assets on a discretionary basis for several types of clients, which includes public and private institutional investors, pension funds, Taft-Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, corporations, insurance companies, municipalities, registered investment companies, private investment companies, collective investment trusts and high-net-worth individuals.

TTCP Management Services LLC (TT Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Dave A. Henderson and Kevin R. Green. The firm is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is a scientific community that has been in existence since 1939. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The organization aims to inspire and transform collective scientific knowledge into innovative solutions for the benefit of all people around the world. The science of food encompasses food science, food technologies, and their applications across the food industry. IFT envisions a world where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are universally valued as essential to advancing the science of food. The organization has member resource groups that provide supportive spaces for communities who have traditionally been underrepresented and under-supported. Christie A. Tarantino has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Founded in 1992 by Brian Stark and Michael Roth, Stark & Roth LLC is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm is a subsidiary of Stark & Roth Holding, Inc.. Stark & Roth also does business as Stark Investments.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Norwest Equity Partners is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Norwest Partners founded in 1961 by John E. Lindahl. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Nuveen Asset Management LLC (NAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, which is ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. NAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, such as open-end and closed-end investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Pentwater Capital Management LP (Pentwater) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Naples, Florida. The firm was founded by Matthew C. Halbower in 2007. Pentwater serves as an investment adviser or trading manager for private investment funds and separately managed accounts.

OSP LLC (Minnesota) (OSP) is a private equity subsidiary of OSP LLC founded in 2010 by Jerry O'Brien & Warren Staley. The firm is headquartered in Edina, Minnesota.

Wayzata Investment Partners LLC (Wayzata Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in May 2004. The firm is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Gradient Analytics LLC (Gradient) is an independent equity research firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. It was founded by Carr Bettis and Donn Vickrey in 1996 and formerly known as Camelback Research Alliance. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabrient Systems LLC, which acquired the firm in August 2011. Gradient has particular expertise in financial analysis, forensic accounting and executive behavior. They publishes academically rigorous, unbiased, objective insights into the financial performance and equity valuation of liquid publicly traded companies globally for mutual fund managers, hedge fund managers, and other professional money managers.

Cresset Asset Management LLC (Cresset) is s a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2017 by Douglas Regan and Jack Ablin. They are a subsidiary of Cresset Capital Management LLC, owned by Cresset Manager LLC. Cresset offers investment advisory and family office services to individuals, high-net worth individuals, trusts, estates, retirement plans, charitable organizations, corporations, other business entities and pooled investment vehicles.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

TCF National Bank operates as a holding company. It offers equipment lease financing and computer and software leasing. The firm provides other services through its real estate, brokerage, and insurance units. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

Peijia Medical Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. is a global medical innovation solution provider founded in 2013. The private company is based in Suzhou, China. The Chinese company specializes in treating intracranial aneurysms, which are abnormal bulges that occur in blood vessels in the brain due to congenital abnormalities or damage caused by various factors. The company offers intracranial aneurysm embolization intervention treatment, which involves blocking blood flow into the aneurysm without blocking surrounding small arteries or narrowing the main blood vessels. The treatment is performed using devices such as embolization spring coils, intracranial aneurysm stents, and vascular reconstruction devices.

Shanghai Microport Medical (Group) Co. Ltd. develops, manufactures, and markets medical products for interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular diseases. The company’s products include cardiovascular, endovascular, neurovascular, peripheral vascular, coronary stent systems, balloon catheters, peripheral and cardiac retractors. The company’s products are used in cardiac catheter laboratories. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Shanghai, China.

Summit Hill Foods engages in the manufacture and distribution of ingredient solutions for food processors, foodservice companies, and consumers. Its products include coating systems, seasonings, food bases, soup, sauce and gravy mixes, and baking mixes. The company was founded on April 2, 1941 and is headquartered in Rome, GA.

Part of Ingredion, Inc., Penford Food Ingredients Co. is a company that produces and supplies carbohydrate food products. The company is based in Plover, WI.