David Eric Archibald

Founded by Marcus Robins in 1997, the Robins Group, LLC is a broker/dealer located in Portland, Oregon. The Robins Group provides professional investors with research and brokerage services on under-followed small- and micro-cap equities. The firm prefers well-managed companies that dominate their particular niches through superior service, products and technology. The Robins Group's research team employs fundamental analysis to measure value. Earnings power, cash flow, revenue growth, book value and financial strength are among the factors evaluated to determine investment potential. They target almost all industry sectors ranging from physical sciences and manufacturing, to services, technology and financial. The Robins Group clears through Wedbush Morgan Securities

Headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California, J. M. Dutton & Associates is a broker/dealer. The firm offers a full array of investment services with a focus on small-cap public companies. They provide issuer-paid research and widely distribute their research to institutions and individuals, both domestic and international.

RedChip Independent is an investment research firm located in Maitland, Florida. The firm is a division of RedChip Companies, Inc. and their ultimate parent is ProManage, Inc., an advanced software development process management and consulting firm located in Burlingame, Massachusetts. RedChip provides fundamental research on small-cap companies. They seek to identify undervalued and underfollowed small-cap companies that are profitable or near term profitable and have effective management teams, mass appeal, growing sales and improving margins. After considering these factors and looking at expectations implied by the stock's current price, RedChip issues a strong buy, buy, speculative buy, hold or sell rating. The rating combines the firm's projection of the stock's performance, their assessment of the company's financial strength, their confidence in the company's management team and their confidence in their forecast.

Beacon Rock Research LLC is an independent investment research firm located in Portland, Oregon. They focus on precious, base metals and substitutes, oil and gas, alternative energy, communications and human resources. They utilize a mediasite recorder whenever possible to help companies explain their opportunities first-hand without the filter of analysts, brokers and the investment media.

The Oregon Bankers Association is a full-service trade association that represents state and national commercial banks, savings banks, and trust companies. The non-profit company is based in Salem, OR, and the CEO of the company is Linda Wilhelms Navarro. The association was established in 1905 and offers quality training, information, and educational services to its members. The association promotes and integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion across its organization and the banking industry it serves.

West One Bank is a state chartered commercial bank. The company is based in Kalispell, MT.

On April 12, 1853, the New York State legislature passed a bill chartering the United States Trust Co. of New York with the mission of serving as manager, executor and trustee of personal and corporate funds. They opened for business in New York City in August of that year. US Trust has divisions in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The firm also owns Campbell Cowperthwait, which manages growth-oriented portfolios for U.S. Trust's institutional clients.