Andrew Weinstein

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

The Humane Society of The United States operates as an animal protection and welfare organization. Its activities include equine protection, disaster preparedness, wildlife protection, animals in research, and farm animal welfare programs. It protects all animals through education, investigation, litigation, legislation, advocacy, and fieldwork. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.