John Frederick DeSimone

Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical products. Its products include Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate) tablets, Latuda (lurasidone HCl) tablets, Lunesta (eszopiclone) tablets, Xopenex (levalbuterol HCl) Inhalation Solution, Xopenex HFA (levalbuterol tartrate) Inhalation Aerosol, Brovana (arformoterol tartrate) Inhalation Solution, Omnaris (ciclesonide) Nasal Spray, Alvesco (ciclesonide) Inhalation Aerosol, and Zetonna (ciclesonide) Nasal Aerosol. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. provides life insurance, wealth management and other investment solutions. Its products include annuities, mutual funds, long-term care, life insurance and college savings. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., MarketAxess Corp. provides financial information exchange test-certification services. The company is based in New York, NY.

CAVU Securities LLC provides brokerage services. Its services include capital markets, advisory, raising capital, mergers and acquisitions, institutional brokerage, and funds distribution. The firm serves to the investment managers, investors, and private companies. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Steep Hill, Inc. engages in the operations and research and development, analysis, and biotechnology. It offers laboratory testing, online laboratory reports, and licensing. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

LeafLine Labs LLC manufactures and distributes medical cannabis. The company was founded by Andrew Bachman and is headquartered in Cottage Grove, MN.

The Resource Group International Ltd. (Resource Group Intl) is a private equity firm founded by Muhammad Ziaullah Chrishti, Hasnain Aslam and Mohammedulla Khan in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbus.

Audax Private Equity (Audax Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of 101 Huntington Holdings LLC founded in 1999 by Geoff S. Rehnert and Marc B. Wolpow. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and additional office in San Francisco, California.

Consorcio Financiero SA operates as a holding company with interests in the financial sector. Its service portfolio includes insurance, mortgage, stock brokerage, mutual funds, and commercial loans. The company was founded on January 16, 1986 and is headquartered in Las Condes, Chile.

Founded in 1939, Pershing LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. The firm is a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). The firm helps financial services firms and advisors succeed by providing the technology, operational, trading, investment and practice management solutions they need to serve investors. Pershing offers securities processing, trading and operations management, investment technology, asset-gathering solutions and practice management support. The firm serves a wide range of financial organizations including: banks, discount brokerages, full-service brokerages, registered investment advisors, independent contractors, institutional firms, global firms and small- to mid-sized firms. Pershing also offers financial products including annuities, mutual funds and money funds, as well as business tools, cash management services, investor and lending services, retirement products and wealth management. In addition, they offer trading and execution services in listed and OTC securities, fixed-income securities and mutual funds.

Citibank Korea, Inc. provides banking services. Its services include mobile and internet banking, credit cards, bill payments, loans, deposits, funds, trusts and money exchange. The company was founded on September 17, 1981 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

AlpInvest Partners, Inc. (AlpInvest) is the New York City private equity subsidiary of Netherlands-based AlpInvest Partners BV, ultimately held by The Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG). Established in 1999 as NIB Capital Private Equity, the firm became AlpInvest Partners in 2004. They were the first exclusive private equity manager for a public pension fund and invest worldwide across primary funds, secondaries, and direct investment (co-investment) channels, covering the entire private equity spectrum. In addition to the New York office, AlpInvest has offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong and London. They are a socially responsible investor which works to promote sustainability and governance as an important factor in investment choices. They are a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investments and exclude direct investments in companies that are directly involved in the manufacturing or distribution of products that clearly violate Dutch and relevant international conventions. They also explore sustainability-themed investments.

Shin & Kim provides legal services. It offers M&A, Banking, Finance & Securities, Corporate & Commercial, Arbitration & Litigation, Antitrust & Competition, Intellectual Property, Labour, Real Estate & Construction, Taxation, Cross-Border Investment, International Trade & Customs and Energy & Environment legal services. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. The firm also sub-advices funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

The Massachusetts Bar Association is a non-profit organization that serves the legal profession and the public by promoting the administration of justice, legal education, professional excellence, and respect for the law. The MBA is based in Boston, MA. The organization offers various membership advantages, volunteer opportunities, and educational resources such as CLE programs, practicing with professionalism courses, and publications like the ejournal and Lawyers Journal. The MBA also provides advocacy services, public resources, and exclusive benefits to its members such as the Lawyer Referral Service, Insurance Agency, and MBA On Demand.

Founded in 1991, ACGM, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Advanced Capital Holdings, Inc. The firm provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. ACGM's products and services include: (1) retailing equity securities OTC (2) selling corporate debt securities (3) underwriting and/or selling corporate securities other than mutual funds (4) retailing mutual funds (5) brokering and dealing in U.S. government securities (7) soliciting time deposits in financial institutions (7) acting as a put and call broker or dealer or option writer (8) selling tax shelters or limited partnerships in primary distributions (9) selling tax shelters or limited partnerships in the secondary market (10) acting as a non-exchange member arranging for transactions in listed securities by an exchange member (11) trading securities for their own account (12) private placements of securities and (13) effecting transactions in certificates of deposit that are not securities. The firm does not effect transactions in commodities, commodity futures or commodity options.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Frontier Financial Group, Inc. engages in the provision of data and analytics reporting in the cannabis industry. It also offers business intelligence and risk management solutions. The company was founded by Giadha Aguirre DeCarcer, Rick Gilchrist, and Glenn Harless in 2014 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Manna Molecular Science LLC specializes in sublingual delivery systems for cannabinoids. The private company is based in Pittsfield, MA. The company's proprietary product, Manna SpeedTabs, dissolves under the tongue for rapid delivery of cannabinoids into the bloodstream. The company also offers a line of CBD and THC patches, lotions, and sexual enhancers. The company's products are gluten-free, vegan, and have zero calories. Customers can purchase Manna CBD and CBN products online, including new forms and effects for cannabis enjoyment.

Simplifya LLC develops cloud-based saas application for web, mobile and tablet to help ensure cannabis business is legally compliant. It assists cannabis businesses, law firms, consultants, financial institutions, and regulatory agencies with monitoring licensee operations for compliance with state and local regulations.. The company was founded by Brian Vicente and Christian Sederberg, Josh Kappel, and Marion Mariathasas, Steve Fox and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Manticorp LLC operates as a medical marijuana firm. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Frederick, MD.

Merida Capital Holdings LLC (Merida Capital Holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Mitchell Bryan Baruchowitz and Kevin Gibbs. The firm is headquartered in New York.

MainStem, Inc. operates as cannabis e-commerce technology company. It offers packaging, growing supplies, traceablity, and retail accessories. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Dakota Wealth Management LLC provides investment management and advisory services. The company was founded by Peter John Raimondi III and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.