Joe E. Ransom

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Ridgeworth Capital Management, formerly Trusco Capital Management, Inc., provides investment management services to associations, corporations, endowments, foundations, healthcare organizations, insurance companies, labor unions and municipalities. Trusco provides services to clients world-wide and serves as the advisor to the STI Classic family of mutual funds. The firm is a subsidiary of Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI), currently has offices in Orlando, Nashville, Chattanooga, Richmond, Chapel Hill, Washington, DC and Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Silvant Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is a 100% owned subsidiary of Virtus Fund Advisers LLC, which was formerly known as RidgeWorth Capital Management LLC prior to the acquisition of RidgeWorth by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. on June 1, 2017. Virtus Fund Advisers is an investment adviser registered with the SEC and is also a money management holding company. Virtus Fund Advisers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Intermediate Holdings LLC, which is wholly owned by Virtus Partners, Inc., whose parent company is Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Prior to 2008, Silvant was known as the Growth Equity division of Trusco Capital Management, Inc., which became RidgeWorth in 2008.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. is a bank and financial holding company that engages in the provision of financial services. It offers deposit, credit, mortgage banking, trust and investment, asset management, securities brokerage, and capital market services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer, Wholesale, and Corporate Other. The Consumer segment consists of consumer banking, lending, wealth management, and mortgage banking services. The Wholesale segment relates to advisory, capital raising, and financial risk management; commercial and business banking, commercial real estate; as well as treasury and payment solutions. The Corporate Other segment covers management of the company's investment securities portfolio, long-term debt, end user derivative instruments, short-term liquidity and funding activities, balance sheet risk management, and most real estate assets. The company was founded in July 12, 1984 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.