Christopher Tehranian

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

Nuveen Investments, Inc. provides investment management and related services to retail and institutional investors. It offers investment management capabilities across a diversified set of asset classes and investment strategies through its investment management affiliates, including municipal bond, investment grade, global and high-yield bond, floating-rate bank loan, preferred securities, growth equity, value equity, global and international equity, equity income, core equity, equity index, quantitative and enhanced equity, asset allocation, balanced strategies, real asset and commodity. The company was founded by John Nuveen in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of the following: (1) funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and (2) separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Quantum Capital Group LLC (Quantum Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Wil VanLoh, Toby R. Neugebauer and A. V. Jones. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Rocky Mountain Institute is a non-profit organization that transforms energy use to clean and secure low carbon future. It engages in businesses, communities, institutions, and entrepreneurs to accelerate the adoption of market-based solutions that cost-effectively shift from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables. It examining and facilitating market-based technology that will play a role in addressing the climate problem. The company was founded by Amory Lovin in 1982 and is headquartered in Basalt, CO.

Earthrise Energy, Inc. is a company that acquires, develops, and operates power generation facilities to support the transition to clean energy. The company is based in Arlington, VA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company focuses on maintaining grid stability and resiliency, reinvesting in their sites for reliable operations, and developing new clean energy projects in and around communities. Earthrise Energy brings together renewable and thermal talent under one roof and is committed to being responsible business owners in the communities where they operate. The company was founded by Andrew Martin Vesey and Carla M. Tully, with Carla Tully serving as the CEO.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

RiverNorth Capital Management LLC (RiverNorth) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Brian H. Schmucker in 2000 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of RiverNorth Financial Holdings LLC, which is majority owned by RiverNorth Holding Co. RiverNorth serves as an institutional investment manager to registered funds, private funds and separately managed accounts.

Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC (Hamilton Lane) is a private equity firm founded in May 1991. The firm is headquartered in Pennsylvania with additional offices located in London, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Ft. Lauderdale, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Las Vegas and Seoul.

Earth Capital Partners LLP is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2008 by Stephen Philip Lansdown and Gorden Power. Earth Capital Partners LLP is headquartered in London.

Trilantic Capital Management LP (Trilantic Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Danny James. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Riverstone Investment Group LLC (Riverstone Investment Group) is a private equity firm, subsidiary of Riverstone Holdings LLC, founded in 2000 by Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. and David M. Leuschen. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Simons & Co. Ltd. provides and offers loans. The private company is based in Edinburgh, UK.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. They also sub-advice funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

Lincoln Financial Investments Corp. (LFI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania. The firm was formerly known as Lincoln Investment Advisors Corp. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC), a publicly held insurance holding company. LFI provides investment advisory services to mutual funds, which are included in insurance products such as variable annuities offered by affiliated and non-affiliated life insurance companies and retirement plans. The firm also advises private funds and separate accounts, which are offered by affiliated life insurance companies.

LPL Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1989 as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. They are a direct subsidiary of LPL Holdings, Inc., owned by LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA). LPL Financial offers various types of advisory services and programs to individual and institutional clients.

StepStone Group LP (StepStone) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Monte M. Brem, Tom Porter Keck and Jose A. Fernandez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Vedanta Capital LLC (Vedanta Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Parag Phoolchand Saxena, Alessandro A. Piol and Howard E. Goldstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.