Michael Gebhardt

The Colony Group LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1986, the firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Focus Financial Partners LLC, which is ultimately owned by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). The Colony Group offers a suite of wealth management services to individuals, families, institutions, and businesses.

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.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (Craig-Hallum) is an employee-owned, idea-driven research, trading and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Bradley Baker and Kevin Harris in 1997. Craig-Hallum provides research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking services to institutional investors and growth companies.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

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

Cook Street Consulting, Inc. (Cook Street) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm was co-founded by Sean M. Waters and Karen M. Robinson in 1999. They are a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Cook Street provides customized fiduciary and investment consulting services to retirement plan sponsors, corporate accounts, foundations, and endowments in North America.

Cohort Capital LLC (Cohort Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Chris Holmes. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

KSL Advisors LLC ( KSL Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Mike S. Shannon and Eric C. Resnick. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Piper Sandler & Co. operates as an investment company, which engages in the provision of securities brokerage and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co. operates a crude oil and natural gas refinery. It offers benzene, fuel oil, kerosene, naphtha, sulphur, mogas components, low sulphur diesel, and liquefied petroleum gas. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

Health-Ade LLC produces fermented tea that contains probiotics and healthy acids. It offers small batches, glass fermentation, cold pressed juice, real food and kombu. The company was founded by Justin Trout, Daina Slekys Trout and Vanessa Dew in 2012 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Soundcore Capital Partners LLC (Soundcore Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Jarrett R. Turner. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Cambridge Associates LLC is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1973 by James Bailey and Henry Lewis. Cambridge Associates provides investment management and advisory services to colleges and universities, foundations and other non-profit institutions. They also act as an investment adviser to private clients, family offices, corporations, healthcare institutions, insurance groups, pension plans and ERISA pools and public and government-related groups.

Charter Private Capital Management, Inc. (Charter Private Capital) is a venture capital/private equity, subsidiary of Charter Capital Holdings, Inc. founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Manna Tree Partners LLC (Manna Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Ellie Rubenstein, Ross Iverson and Brent Drever. The firm is headquartered in Vail, Colorado.

Southview Design & Construction, Inc. provides landscaping designing and construction services. Its services include drainage, front entry design, landscape care and structures, irrigation, maintenance, outdoor lighting, patios walkways and paver driveways, ponds and water features, steps and stairs, pools and spas design, retaining walls services. The firm provides its services to residential homeowners, builders and developers. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Urban Remedy, Inc. provides pressed juices, nutrition-based drinks, snacks and meals. It offers certified organic, raw ready-to-eat meals and snacks, cold-pressed juices, health and wellness education. The company was founded by Neka Pasquale in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Co. Ltd. develops, constructs, owns and operates crude oil refining facilities in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Its purpose of the refinery is to export finished products to Europe, North America and Far East within the framework of broad-based strategy for an integrated petroleum industry. The company was founded in November, 1984 and is headquartered in Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, Saudi Arabia

Aprio Wealth Management LLC (Aprio WM) is SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1999 and was formerly known as HA&W Wealth Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Aprio Capital Partners LLC, which is owned by Aprio Holdings LLC. Aprio WM offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals, individuals, qualified plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities.

Cendana Capital Management LLC (Cendana Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Michael Kim. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Public Trust Advisors LLC (Public Trust) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded by Randy S. Palomba in 2011. Public Trust offers investment advisory services to state and local US government entities, non-profit corporations, charitable organizations, and other institutional clients.

Mercer LLC provides human resources and staffing consulting services. Its services include retirement plans, health and benefits, investments, merger and acquisitions, and human capital services. It focuses on advising clients on the financial, cultural, and talent aspects of human capital issues in corporate and private equity transactions, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, spin-offs, start-ups, and business transformations. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

ZecOps, Inc. provides computer and network security services. The company was founded by Zuk Avraham and Taly Slachevsky in July 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Gotham Greens Farms LLC engages in production of vegetables. The firm provides its diverse retail, restaurant and institutional customers. The company was founded by Viraj Puri and Eric C. Haley in 2009 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Fulcrum Energy Capital Funds (Fulcrum Energy) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Brad Morse. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Stormbreaker Venture Group LLC (Stormbreaker Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Mia Said. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado, Inc. is a charitable organization that helps entrepreneurs in the region by identifying and networking with serials. The private company is based in Denver.