Mark Keeling

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (WEAS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wealth Enhancement Group LLC (WEG). In October 2019, private investment vehicles affiliated with TA Associates Management LP (TA Associates) acquired an indirect majority interest in WEG. WEAS provides investment advice to individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, corporations and other businesses, and pension and profit-sharing plans.

BTR Capital Management, Inc. (BTR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Oakland, California. The firm was founded in 1989 by Lewis Katcher and Stephen Yeatman when they acquired Sutro Capital Management. They were acquired by Wealth Enhancement Group LLC in 2022. BTR provides experienced, professional, discretionary asset management for individuals, foundations, conservatorships, IRAs and retirement plans.

Pillar Pacific Capital Management LLC (PPCM) is an independent wealth management firm headquartered in Pacifica, California. It was founded by Art French in 1999 as Pillar Point Equity Management LLC. In 2007, one of the firm’s members since 1999, California Casualty Management Co., sold its interest back to the firm. The name was then changed to Pillar Pacific Capital Management LLC. PPCM provides services to high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, insurance companies, trusts, estates, foundations, endowments, charitable organizations, corporations, and health & welfare trusts.

On April 12, 1853, the New York State legislature passed a bill chartering the United States Trust Co. of New York with the mission of serving as manager, executor and trustee of personal and corporate funds. They opened for business in New York City in August of that year. US Trust has divisions in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The firm also owns Campbell Cowperthwait, which manages growth-oriented portfolios for U.S. Trust's institutional clients.

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.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 due to Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.