John B. Levitt

Van Eck Associates Corp. (VanEck) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund management firm founded in 1955 by John van Eck to manage an international equity fund. In 1968, the firm began offering investments in gold shares and other hard assets. Headquartered in New York City, VanEck provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Part of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. provides security broker services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Common Fund is an independent asset management firm that manages $22.60 billion in assets for around 1,300 institutional clients. Common Fund was founded in 1971 and is based in Wilton, CT. The private company specializes in investment management and is active in all sectors of the capital markets, serving a broad spectrum of investors, including nonprofit organizations, healthcare organizations, family offices, and pension plans. The company also has subsidiaries in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands, and China. The Investment Stewardship Academy is a workshop for investment professionals to learn and apply skills and knowledge for stewarding long-term capital.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Xtiva Financial Systems, Inc. provides enterprise wide business and technology solutions. Itdevelops state-of-the-art technologies that enable retail and institutional broker and dealers to streamline operations, from sales compensation and production reporting to supervision of advisor licensing and compliance issues. The company was founded by James Iacabucci and William Lieberman in 1995 and is headquartered in Rockville Centre, NY.

Riivos, Inc. provides cloud-based financial optimization applications. It develops financial planning and reporting software package that automates business modeling for more accurate strategic plans, revenue projections, budgets, and rolling forecasts. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

TenFold Corp. provides enterprise software solutions. It also provides business professionals to design, program, test, change, and deploys enterprise applications. The company was founded by Adam Slovik and Patrick Hogan in 1993 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Alternative Investment Group LLC provides investment advisory services. It also caters to high net worth individuals and family offices, foundations, endowments, corporate and public pension plans, and other personal and institutional tax-exempt capital. The firm invests in public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets. The company was founded by Stewart H. Greenfield and David Kingsbury Storrs in 1996 and is headquartered in Southport, CT.