T. J. O’Donnell

Volex, Inc. manufactures power cords and cable assemblies. The firm offers product development, contract engineering and manufacturing services. Its standard custom cable assemblies products include fiber optic, copper cable assemblies and radio frequency connectors. The company is headquartered in Hickory, NC.

G2 Capital Advisors LLC is an integrated multi-product, industry-focused investment bank and restructuring advisor that provides M&A, capital markets, and restructuring advisory services to the middle market. The private company is based in Boston, MA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company pairs highly experienced c-level executives with specialist investment bankers to offer integrated, multi-product, and sector-focused services. G2 aspires to be the trusted advisor of choice to its clients, including corporations and institutional investors. The company was founded by Jeffrey Unger, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Cyprium Investment Partners LLC (Cyprium Investment Partners) is a private equity and mezzanine firm founded in 1998 by John R Sinnenberg. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, OH and having additional offices in New York and Chicago.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

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.

CSFC Management Co LLC (CapitalSpring) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Richard Fitzgerald and Christopher Unrath. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Part of STAG Industrial, Inc., STAG Capital Partners LLC is a real estate investment company. The company is based in Boston, MA.

WP Global Partners LLC (WP Global Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Donald Phillips in 2005.The firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in New York, California, and Florida.

Ares Private Equity Group (Ares Private Equity Group) is a private equity, a subsidiary of Ares Management LLC founded by Bennett Rosenthal, Antony Peter Ressler and David Benjamin Kaplan in the year 1997. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in Shanghai, China and London, United Kingdom.

CMS Cos. operates as an investment company. It provides asset allocation and intergenerational planning services. The firm designs personalized asset allocation strategies for the development of model portfolios; calculates asset class weightings, which incorporate individual goals and objectives; computes optimal amount and mix of investments; and evaluates the impact of investments selected. The company was founded by Mark I. Solomon in 1969 and is headquartered in Wynnewood, PA.

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