Beth A. Ferraro

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Amalgamated Bank (Investment Management) (Amalgamated Bank-IM) is the investment management division of Amalgamated Bank (NASDAQ: AMAL), an FDIC-insured commercial bank headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as Amalgamated Bank of New York in 1923 by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. They have retail branches in New York as well as branches in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, Pasadena, California and Washington, DC. Amalgamated Bank’s corporate divisions also include commercial banking and real estate finance. Through their institutional asset management and custody division, Amalgamated Bank-IM provides investment and trust services to US Taft-Hartley and public sector employee benefit plans, as well as endowments and foundations, non-profits, unions, political organizations and social impact enterprises.

Fiduciary Trust Co. is an asset management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1885 and is a subsidiary of Fiduciary Co., Inc. They provide strategic investment advice to institutions, endowments, personal foundations and other clients that require additional manager diversification or asset class exposure. Their advice spans from dynamic asset allocation recommendations to a full spectrum of third-party manager solutions.

Founded in 2002 by Brent Graham and Thomas Pearce, Vertical Capital LLC is a hedge fund manager and registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of VCAP Partners LLC. Vertical Capital offers discretionary investment advisory services to its advisory clients who may include: (i) pooled investment vehicles operating as CDOs for which the firm serves as collateral manager; (ii) separately managed accounts; and (iii) private investment funds.