Jennifer Falb

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio) is a State-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1919 and manages pension assets for active, inactive and retired Ohio public educators. STRS Ohio operates under the guidelines of Chapter 3307 of the Ohio Revised Code as enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. They are legally separated from and fiscally independent of state and local governments.

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.

Victory Capital Management, Inc. (Investment Management) (Victory Capital-IM) is the investment management division of Victory Capital Management, Inc., a financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1894 and formerly known as Key Asset Management, Inc. They are an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCTR). Victory Capital-IM provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors.

Viking Fund Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minot, North Dakota. The firm was founded in 1988 by Shannon Radke and is a subsidiary of Corridor Investors LLC. They offer income producing strategies for individual investors, registered investment advisors and broker/dealers.

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

Part of The Arch Eagle Group, Inc., Ancora Securities, Inc. is a company based in Cleveland, OH.

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Inc. (BFE) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 2008 by Benjamin Edwards IV and Cynthia Böhme. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Benjamin Edwards, Inc. BFE provides advice to a wide variety of clients. Their services are provided through various wrap fee programs.

Founded in 2008, Northcoast Research Partners LLC is an independent, full-service, institutional equity research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a subsidiary of Northcoast Research Holdings LLC. Their research coverage include: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial/basic materials and accounting/tax policy.

Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA provides banking products and services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Westlake Reed Leskosky Ltd. provides architectural services. It provides all design disciplines and project stakeholders in a collaborative, integrated design process from project outset and conceptual design through implementation and commissioning. The company was founded by Abram Garfield in 1905 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Keywise Capital Management (HK) Ltd. (Keywise Capital) is an independent alternative investment management firm headquartered in Hong Kong with a research office in Beijing. Keywise Capital was founded in 2006 by Fang Zheng and provides investment management services to global institutional investors including foundations, endowments, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds.

China Vered Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Vered Asset Management) is the asset management subsidiary of CM Financial Investment Management Ltd., which is owned by China Vered Financial Holding Corp. Ltd. (HKG: 0245), a financial conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong. Formerly known as CM Asset Management (Hong Kong) Co Ltd., the firm was founded in 2012 as YUAN Asset Management Ltd. Vered Asset Management provides professional investment management services to professional institutions, enterprises, and high-net-worth clients in Mainland China and overseas.

Verity Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on June 11, 2019 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Energy Harbor LLC provided energy-related products and services to retail and wholesale customers. The firm owned, leased, operated and maintained fossil and hydroelectric generation facilities, as well as owned nuclear generation facilities. It was a energy supplier, serving residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. The company was founded in 1997 and was headquartered in Akron, OH.

Cohen & Co. provides accounting services. The firm offers services in the areas of investment industry, private company, and management advisory. Its services include collective investment trust, enterprise tax solutions, ownership succession, management consulting, and business valuation. The company was founded by Ron Cohen in 1977 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Stout Risius Ross, Inc. engages in the provision of financial advisory services. It specializes in investment banking, valuation and financial opinions, and dispute advisory and forensic services. It offers services such as mergers and acquisitions, private market financings, distressed transaction advisory, fairness opinions and solvency opinions, securities and value analytics, succession and shareholder planning, real estate valuation, bankruptcy related valuation, antitrust disputes, commercial disputes, family law valuation, and fraud and forensic services. The company was founded by Craige L. Stout in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

KeyBank, NA engages in the provision of commercial banking services. The company was founded on January 1, 1849 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Part of ACS Group, Inc., Sterling is a leading provider of background and identity services. Sterling is based in New Berlin, WI and is committed to sustainability by operating responsibly to safeguard and improve society's quality of life. The company helps over 50,000 clients establish people-first cultures built on trust and safety by offering background and identity verification services. Sterling operates through a variety of subsidiaries within three segments specializing in e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions primarily across the southern, northeastern, mid-atlantic, and rocky mountain regions. The company provides advanced, large-scale site development services for manufacturing, data centers, e-commerce distribution centers, warehousing, power generation, and more.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Founded in 1987, Adviser Holdings LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Naples, Florida. The firm's clients include institutional investors, high net-worth individuals, wealth management groups and family offices.

HighTower Advisors LLC (HTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has offices throughout the US. The firm was founded in 2008 by Elliot Weissbluth, Peter (Todd) Lyon, and Eugene Lerner. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightower Holding LLC. HTA provides investment advisory services to institutions (which include ERISA), and ultra-high and high net worth individuals.

Direct Recruiters, Inc. provides recruitment and executive search services. It offers services in the areas which include automated packaging, processing and material handling, automation and sensors and controls, energy management, healthcare, information technology security, life sciences, pharmaceutical manufacturing, processing and packaging, plastics and flexible packaging and robotics. The company was founded by Sheldon Myeroff in 1983 and is headquartered in Solon, OH.

Founded in 2009, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) is a registered investment adviser, a registered broker-dealer, a registered futures commission merchant, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Purchase, New York, MSSB is one of the largest financial services firms in the US with branch offices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The firm was initially owned by a joint venture company which was indirectly owned 65% by Morgan Stanley and 35% by Citigroup, Inc. On June 28, 2013, Morgan Stanley purchased Citi’s 35% interest in MSSB. As such, the firm is now a direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC and they are a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).