John Stratton

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (MNA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Fairport, New York. The firm was formed in 2011 as the successor to Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., which was founded as a partnership in 1970. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manning & Napier Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Callodine Midco, Inc. MNA provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. The firm also acts as the sub-advisor to affiliated and unaffiliated advisors and to certain registered and unregistered commingled investment vehicles.

Jacobs & Co. LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm provides discretionary investment management services to individuals and high net worth individuals, trusts and estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other business entities.

Osborne Partners Capital Management LLC (Osborne Partners) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1937, Osborne Partners provides investment management services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, conservatorships, foundations, endowments, corporations or business entities and pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, public funds, investment limited partnerships, 401(k) self-directed accounts, IRAs and retirement plans.

First Interstate Bank is the investment management subsidiary of First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIBK), a financial holding company headquartered in Billings, Montana. Founded in 1971, the firm provides wealth management services to individuals and businesses.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC (JIC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Joel Isaacson in 1993 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Focus Operating LLC, ultimately held by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). JIC provides wealth management services and portfolio management services primarily to high net-worth individuals, and occasionally to corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable trusts and non-high net-worth individuals.

WEG Holdings LLC engages in the provision of single-family housing construction services. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Founded in 2003, Crestwood Advisors LLC is a wealth management firm and registered investment advisor located in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm offers investment solutions to high net-worth individuals and families, trusts, estates, foundations, endowments, charitable organizations, and corporations and other businesses.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Blue Oak Capital LLC (Blue Oak) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm was founded in 1999 by Thomas Baker and Loren Walden. Blue Oak provides wealth management services to a select group of individuals, families, and trusts.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Wells Fargo Bank, NA (Private Banking) (Wells Fargo Bank-PB) is the private banking division of Wells Fargo Bank, NA, a national bank headquartered in San Francisco, California. They are ultimately held by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a diversified financial services company. The firm was founded in 1998 as the result of the merger with Minneapolis-based Norwest Corp. Wells Fargo Bank-PB provides personalized wealth management solutions for individuals, multi-generational families, family offices, and institutional investors.

TA/WEG Parent LLC operates as a venture capital firm. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC (Foster Victor) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Formerly known as Ben Advisors LLC, the firm was founded in 2016 and is wholly owned by Paul W. Foster, Robert T. Victor and Kylie K. Felker. Foster Victor offers investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and business entities.

Part of TA Associates Management LP, WEG Consolidated LLC is a company that provides investment services. The company is based in Boston, MA.

NorthCrest Asset Management LLC (NorthCrest) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2021 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wealth Enhancement Group LLC (WEG). NorthCrest primarily acts as sub-adviser to Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (WEAS), a registered investment adviser separates from but affiliated with NorthCrest through common ownership under WEG, to provide investment strategies for the benefit of its clients.

The Wealth Enhancement Group, Inc. provides investment advisory services. Its services include tax-efficient wealth accumulation planning, asset protection, estate tax, charitable, business, executive benefit, fringe benefit, education, retirement planning and investment and asset allocation planning. The company was founded by Michael S. Ross in October 1996 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.