Bill S. Smith

Markston International LLC (Markston) is an independent, employee-owned registered investment advisor headquartered in White Plains, New York. The firm was founded in 1999 and is the successor to Markston Investment Management, which was established in 1981. Markston provides discretionary investment management services to institutional and high net worth clients and investors through separately managed accounts and a domestic mutual fund in a sub-advisory capacity.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is the investment bank and brokerage subsidiary of CFS CF & Co. I Holdings LP, which is owned by Cantor Fitzgerald LP in the US. The firm was founded by Bernie Gerald Cantor and John Fitzgerald in 1945. Headquartered in New York City, Cantor Fitzgerald offers clients a global, multi-asset prime brokerage platform with a focus on the quality middle market.

Tri Global Energy LLC engages in the development of renewable energy sources. Its solar group is involved with developing, financing, constructing, and operating residential and commercial roof-top solar energy to deliver solar power to homes, churches, schools and businesses. The company is also developing clean energy at an affordable cost through the development of wind projects. Tri Global Energy LLC was founded by John B. Billingsley, Jr. in January 2009 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Falkenberg Capital Corp. provides investment banking services to the telecommunications sector. It specializes in structuring and closing of numerous sales, merger, tax free re-organization, joint venture, debt and equity transactions. The company was founded by Bruce Falkenberg in 1989 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

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

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

Fenwal, Inc. is a global medical technology company focused on improving transfusion medicine through expertise in blood separation, collection, filtration, storage, and transfusion. It offers apheresis collections, manual collections, therapeutics, specialty products, platelet safety, data management, data management, and customer solutions The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Lake Zurich, IL.

Solution Capital Management LLC (Solution Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Westwicke Partners LLC operates as a strategic communications and advisory firm that is focused exclusively on healthcare. It offers digital branding, crisis communications, and capital markets advisory. The company was founded by Robert East and Mark Klausner in 2006 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

DCM Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of Dinosaur Group Holdings LLC. DCM Advisors offers equity research and asset management to institutional and individual investors.

Carbon Capture America, Inc. provides energy related services. The company is headquartered in Arvada, CO.