Eric Francis Billings

Legg Mason, Inc. is a holding company. It engages in the provision of investment management and related products and services to institutional and individual clients, company-sponsored mutual funds, and other investment vehicles. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Arlington Asset Investment Corp. engages in the acquisition and holding a portfolio of residential mortgage-backed securities. Its portfolio consists of agency mortgage-backed securities and mortgage credit investments. The company was founded by Eric Francis Billings and William Russel Ramsey in 1989 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

FBR Asset Investment Corp. was a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in mortgage-backed securities and makes opportunistic investments in debt and equity securities of companies engaged in real estate-related and other businesses. The company used to be externally managed by a subsidiary of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc., which was a minority shareholder of FBR Asset. The company was headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Founded in 1989, FBR Capital Markets & Co., formerly Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., is a broker/dealer headquartered in Arlington, Virginia with additional offices throughout the US. The firm is a subsidiary of FBR Capital Markets Holdings, Inc.. and their ultimate parent is FBR & Co. (NASDAQ: FBRC). In 2007, FBR Capital Markets Corp. was spun out from FBR Group as an independent investment bank, of which FBR Group retained majority ownership. FBR Capital Markets is registered with the SEC and is a member of FINRA, Nasdaq and the SIPC. FBR Capital Markets' Equity Sales & Trading Group provides institutional sales and trading services to over 1300 institutional accounts in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. Their clients include mutual funds, hedge funds, money managers, endowments, foundations, banks, insurance companies and pension and profit sharing plans. They actively trade on behalf of clients and make markets in almost 1000 stocks traded on the NYSE, listed and OTC markets and trade more than $100 billion of securities on a per annum basis. In 2009, FBR Capital Markets began making markets in selected stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext. In addition to agency trading in listed securities markets, they act as market-maker in Nasdaq and other OTC securities. They are one of the largest distributors of the shares of small- and mid-cap companies in public and private securities offerings and have deep trading expertise in the vertical industry groups in which the firm's investment banking and research teams specialize. These sectors include: (1) consumer (2) diversified industrials (3) energy and natural resources (4) financial institutions (5) healthcare (6) insurance (7) real estate (8) Washington policy analysis and (0) technology, media and telecommunications. The firm's analytical coverage includes a large number of small- and mid-cap companies in addition to large companies. Research is provided by FBR Capital Markets' research department, which is independent from the firm's investment banking department and has the sole authority to determine which companies receive research coverage and the recommendation contained in the coverage.

FBR & Co. provides investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, institutional brokerage and research services through its subsidiaries. The company operates through two segments: Capital Markets and Principal Investing. The Capital Markets segment includes investment banking, institutional brokerage and research. It also provides investment banking services, including capital raising and financial advisory services for its corporate issuer clients, and institutional brokerage services including sales, trading, research, and securities lending services to its institutional investor clients. The Principal Investing segment activities consist primarily of investments in merchant banking and other equity investments, investment funds and corporate debt investments. The company was founded in June 2006 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Part of Ellington Financial, Inc., FBR TRS Holdings, Inc. is a holding private company. The company is based in Arlington, VA. The company was founded by Eric Francis Billings. Eric Francis Billings has been the CEO since incorporation.

Greater Washington Sports Alliance operates as a regional sports commission and is a comprehensive resource for promoting sporting events, delivering sports information and developing regional collaboration. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy operates as an only international forum of business leaders. It specializes in social strategies, stakeholders involvements, business strategies, and disaster relief services. The company was founded by Paul L. Newman and Peter L. Malkin in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.