John E. Toffolon

Berkshire School provides college preparatory curriculum with courses and AP offerings in all disciplines. It also provides young men and women with the intellectual and moral foundations and the leadership skills that will enable them to flourish as members of a family and a community as they confront the challenges of college and beyond. The organization was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Sheffield, MA.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Cowen Group, Inc. provides investment banking for small to midsized companies in the alternative energy, consumer health care, media, technology, and telecommunications industries. It offers mergers and acquisitions advice, securities underwriting, equity offerings, private equity placements, and market-making. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Cowen Holdings, Inc. is a capital pool company. The company is based in New York, NY.

Shermen WSC Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase or other similar business combination, an operating business in the agriculture industry. The company was founded on April 18, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY

Nomura Holding America, Inc. provides investment banking and securities services. It operates in North and South America and deals with equities, fixed income, asset management, venture capital and private equity investing. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.