Steven W. Pipe

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Frazier Management LLC (Frazier Healthcare Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Frazier & Co Inc. founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Rational Advisors, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Huntington, New York. The firm offers Rational Funds to individual and institutional investors.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

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.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

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.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Michigan Economic Development Corp. provides economic development efforts and policy development and technology development. Its services include business retention and attraction, financial assistance, employee recruitment and training, assistance for providing permits, and site development services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Lansing, MI.

Strength Capital Partners LLC (Strength Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Mark McCammon and Mike Bergeron. The firm is headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan.

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.

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

Sudo Biosciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on designing and developing innovative medicines to improve the lives of patients. Sudo Biosciences is based in Menlo Park, CA, and has operations in other locations. The company's primary focus is on developing treatments that target the tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) pseudokinase domain, which is a crucial mediator in cytokine signaling pathways that have been associated with various immune-mediated inflammatory conditions. The CEO of the company is Scott A. Byrd.

Inipharm, Inc. provides health care services. The company was founded by Brian Farmer and Mike Gallatin in 2018 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Outpost Medicine LLC develops therapeutics for the treatment of urologic and gynecologic disorders. The company was founded by David Socks and Tachi Yamada in 2016 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Lengo Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Cirius Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It offers metabolic treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The company was founded by Jerry R. Colca and Brian Finck and was founded in March 2017, and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on the clinical and commercial development of products such as SP-102: a non-opioid epidural steroid injectable potentially for the treatment of Lumbosacral radicular pain. The company was founded by Mahendra G. Shah in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Workit Health, Inc. offers online addiction treatment solutions. It provides addiction treatment with board-certified doctors, therapists, and coaches over live chat and video. The firm's services include opioid addiction treatment, recovery coaching, online therapy, assessments, and addiction courses. The company was founded by Lisa McLaughlin and Robin McIntosh in 2015 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

National Economic Research Associates, Inc. provides economic consulting services. It specializes in economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. The company was founded by Jules Joskow and Irwin Stelzer on April 10, 1961 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC (Catalyst) is an independent mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Huntington, New York. The firm was founded in 2006 by Jerry Szilagyi and David Miller. Catalyst offers a broad range of distinct, “intelligent alternative” funds.