David Schemelia

LaBranche & Co., Inc. provides securities execution and brokerage services to institutional investors and professional traders. The company was founded by George M.L. LaBranche Jr. in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

EVC Group LLC is a strategic financial and corporate communications firm founded in 2002 by Douglas Sherk. The private company is based in Red Bank, NJ and serves a diversified portfolio of life sciences, technology, and business sectors. EVC Group offers insight-based custom programs to meet the individual needs of its clients, from getting on the map to staying on the map to going IPO. The firm provides clients with unparalleled capital markets insight, access to long-standing Wall Street relationships, and senior-level counsel generating meaningful results for clients. The company's services include capital markets expertise, c-suite consulting, transaction and crisis communications, investor relations, and integrated communications.