Pat O'Hara

Allstate Investment Management Co. (AIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a subsidiary of Allstate Non-Insurance Holdings, Inc., which is owned by The Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL). AIMCO provides investment advice to pension/profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, non-domestic insurance companies, corporations and/or other business entities. The firm acts as managing member and investment manager for the Allstate Short Term Pool and as a collateral manager for various collateralized debt obligation trusts.

Bankers Trust Co. is an asset management headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1917 and is a subsidiary of BTC Financial Corp. The firm serves as a trusted partner for individuals’ comprehensive financial planning, trust and fiduciary needs.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Pharo Management, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Guillaume Fonkenell in 2000 and is a subsidiary of Pharo Management LP, which is owned by Pharo GP LLC. Pharo Management manages portfolios that are diversified across countries and risk types.

C.D. Howe Institute is a registered charity and an independent not-for-profit research institute based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company's mission is to raise living standards by fostering economically sound public policies. The Institute is widely considered to be the most influential think tank and a source of trusted policy intelligence. The company's research is nonpartisan, evidence-based, and subject to definitive expert review. The research area covers the impact of revenue-raising measures, fiscal balances and debts of governments, and the broad choices they make among major spending areas. The CEO of the company is William B. P. Robson.

CFA Society Toronto supports the professional and business development of charterholders. It provides member services including educational programs, sponsored events, employment postings, and networking opportunities. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Founded in 1996, Investrend, Inc. is a research firm headquartered in Forest Hills, New York. The firm specializes in an integrated, interdependent approach, pulling together research, broadcast, forums and information platforms as needed to create a cohesive platform to enhance events, conferences, research, publications and information distributions worldwide with services skewed toward shareholder empowerment.

LibreMax Capital LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2010 by Greg Lippmann, Fred Brettschneider, Jordan Milman and Eugene Xu. The firm is wholly-owned by LibreMax Intermediate Holdings LP, which is owned by LibreMax Capital Holdings LP. LibreMax Capital provides advisory services to private investment funds and sub-advisory services to non-US investment funds. Investors in the private investment funds may include institutional investors, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, high net-worth individuals, private investment funds, corporations and other business entities.

Ziegler Capital Management LLC (ZCM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1991 as the investment management division of the Ziegler Companies. They became a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), when it acquired ZCM in 2013. The firm provides tailored investment solutions to a wide range of investors.

Frost Consulting Ltd. provides investment research. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 2009 by Crystal Valentine. The CEO is Stewart Neil Scarth.

Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Co LP (BPOC) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Dave Beecken, Bill Petty, and Ken O’Keefe. The firm is headquartered Chicago, Illinois.

Consello Capital LLC (Consello Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Consello Management LP founded in 2021 by Declan Martin Kelly. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Tri-Artisan Capital Partners (Tri-Artisan) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Gerald Cromack and Rohit Manocha, and is wholly-owned by Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group Inc. The firm headquartered in New York.

BlueStar Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Pat J. Pollard. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.