Danny J. Bourgeois

Founded in 1946, Howard Weil, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New Orleans, Louisiana with an additional office in Houston, Texas. On November 1, 2012, Howard Weil became part of Scotia Capital (USA), Inc., a US registered broker-dealer and a member of FINRA and the NYSE. Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. is owned by the Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNA), aka Scotiabank. The firm is an energy investment boutique that provides equity research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services. They cover companies in the following energy sectors: major integrated oil, exploration and production, oilfield service, gas and power, independent refiners and coal producers. Howard Weil's sales force deals only with energy securities and covers institutional accounts in the US and internationally. Their trading expertise spans all sectors of the energy industry and includes small-, mid- and large-cap companies.

Minnesota Life Insurance Co. engages in provision of health and life insurance services. It offers financial security for individuals and businesses in the form of insurance, pensions and investments. It also offers financial, retirement, group insurance and asset management services. The company is founded in 1880 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Securian Financial Services, Inc. engages in the provision of securities and investment advisory services. The company was founded on March 27, 1984 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

InvestEdge, Inc. engages in the provision of wealth management software solutions. It offers portfolio management, performance measurement, client reporting, compliance and monitoring, rebalancing and trading, data aggregation, and client portal. The company was founded by Robert S. Stewart and Roland E. Collins, III in June 2000 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Compass Capital Management, Inc. (Compass) is an independent registered wealth management firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Charles Kelly and David Carlson in 1988. Compass provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to corporations, corporate and public pension plans, investment partnerships, profit-sharing plans, savings-investment and 401(K) plans, Taft-Hartley plans, private and public foundations and endowments, individual investors and other investment advisors.