Caroline Garrett

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Fifth Third Bank engages in the provision of banking services. It offers personal, business, and commercial banking services. The company was founded on June 17, 1858 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. engages in long-term savings and retirement products. It develops and sells individual annuities, private and public sector group retirement plans, other investment products sold to institutions. It also provides life insurance and investment advisory services. The company was founded in November 1996 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio) is a State-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1919 and manages pension assets for active, inactive and retired Ohio public educators. STRS Ohio operates under the guidelines of Chapter 3307 of the Ohio Revised Code as enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. They are legally separated from and fiscally independent of state and local governments.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

A-Level Capital Management LLC (A- Level Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Elizabeth Galbut and Demi Obayomi. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

JMI Management, Inc. (JMI Equity) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Harry S. Gruner and Charlie E. Noell. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

United Way of Central Ohio, Inc. provides social advisory services. It firm assists needy individuals and families improve their lives by offering education, job training and access to health care. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

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.

Rev1 Ventures (Rev1 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

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.

Lumos Enterprises LLC (Lumos Innovation) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Nick Davis, Alex Picazo, Lacey Picazo, Alex Purtell, Matt Armstead, Todd Whittington, Kevin Donlon and Maxwell Lipnick. The firm is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Drive Capital LLC (Drive Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mark Kvamme and Chris Olsen. The firm is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Kroll LLC provides global advisory services. It offers valuation advisory; governance, risk, investigation, and disputes; kroll cyber risk, corporates finance, and compliance and regulatory consulting. The company was founded by William Duff and George Phelps in 1932 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Blue Point Capital Partners LLC (Blue Point Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with additional offices in Charlotte and Seattle.

The Research Valley Partnership, Inc. provides economic development services. It helps grow, expand and attract business to the Research Valley through planning, services and support. The company offers confidential project management assistance, technical presentations, information on financial incentives offered by the city, county and state governments, real estate searches for office and industrial space, as well as development sites, and introduction to banks, law firms, employment agencies, accounting firms and all other business services and business retention expansion (BRE) services for existing local companies. The Research Valley Partnership is headquartered in College Station, TX.

Graystone Consulting LLC provides investment consulting services to institutional clients such as corporations, educational institutions, faith-based institutions, endowments and foundations, healthcare organizations, insurance entities, and taft-hartley funds. Graystone Consulting is based in Scotts Valley, CA. The private company is a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and delivers tailored investment advice through experienced investment professionals and a dedicated team.

Founded in 2008, Northcoast Research Partners LLC is an independent, full-service, institutional equity research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a subsidiary of Northcoast Research Holdings LLC. Their research coverage include: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial/basic materials and accounting/tax policy.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

C&B capital (C&B capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Edward Stockton Croft and Theodore J. Bender. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Waverly Advisors LLC is an investment research company based in Corning, NY. Waverly Advisors LLC provides investment research services. The private company was founded by Andrew Barber, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

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.

Kinderhook Industries LLC (Kinderhook Industries) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Christian Michalik. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Rental Equipment Investment Corp. operates as a rental equipment holding company. The firm offers several equipment categories including aerial lift, air compressors and lighting, drills, excavators, lawn and garden, rollers, skid loaders, and tractors. Its brands include Midway Rentals in the state of Montana; Pro Rental and Sales in the states of Idaho, Utah, and Oregon; Hillside Rental in the states of Colorado and Wyoming; and Excavator Rental Services in Western Oregon and Washington. The company was founded by Kevin P. Fitzgerald in October 2014 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

KKR Credit Advisors US LLC (Private Equity) (KKR Credit Advisors US) is a private equity division of KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Seaport Global Securities LLC is a full service investment bank, capital markets advisory and research platform headquartered in New York City with offices across the US and in Europe. They are a subsidiary of Seaport Global Holdings LLC. The firm offers access to a broad selection of fixed income and equity products, as well as the market intelligence to provide insight to dynamic opportunities for its clients. Seaport Global Securities provides clients access to innovative trading solutions, competitive rates, quality execution, and superior service. Their equity trading team focuses on identifying liquidity in US, Canadian and European markets. The fixed income distribution platform covers all areas of the credit spectrum.

Founded in 2010 by Jeffrey Sprague, Michael Heffernan and Nicole Parent, Vertical Research Partners LLC is an independent equity research firm located in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm provides proprietary research and analysis that focuses on the industrial sector.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (HKAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as Horizon Asset Management LLC, the firm was founded in 1994 by Murray Stahl, Steven Bregman, Peter Doyle, Tom Ewing, and John Meditz. They are a subsidiary of Horizon Kinetics LLC. HKAM manages separately managed accounts, open-ended and closed-ended investment companies, and private funds for a wide variety of investors.

Gladstone Management Corp (Gladstone management) is a private equity subsidiary of Gladstone Holding Corp founded in 2001 by David J. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.