Paul R. Geist

Applebee's International, Inc. develops franchises and operates restaurants. The firm provides food and beverage products which include traditional favorites and signature dishes. It also offers beer, wine, liquor, and specialty drinks. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

Sierra Pacific Power Co. engages in generating, transmitting, distributing, and selling electricity. It serves the retail customers including residential, commercial and industrial, and regulated retail natural gas customers. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Reno, NV.

The Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund II LP invests in middle and large market companies located in the US and worldwide. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of industrials, healthcare, financial services, energy and other natural resources. It provides financing for buyout, LBOs, MBOs and growth capital requirements.

Evergy Metro, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity. It generates electricity from wind, solar, nuclear, biogas and hydro energy. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Jefferson City, MO.

TPC Group, Inc. engages in production of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials such as C4 hydrocarbons. It sells products into a specialty and intermediate markets, including synthetic rubber, fuels, lubricant additives, plastics and surfactants. Its products include butadiene, butane-1, fuel products, polyisobutylene, isobutylene derivative, propylene tetramer and pentamer. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Cantaloupe Systems, Inc. provides cloud-based mobile technologies. It delivers an integrated end-to-end vending and payment solution for cashless vending, route scheduling, automated pre-kitting and merchandising and inventory management. Its products are Seed Office, Seed Cashless, Seed Pro, Seed Delivery, and Seed Markets. The company was founded by Mandeep Arora and Anant Agrawal in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Texas Petrochemicals Corp. manufactures synthetic rubber. It also supplies chemical products. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

CAIVIS Acquisition Corp. provides investment services. The company was founded by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley III in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Acrisure LLC engages in the provision of specialty insurance and risk management services. It offers property and casualty, personal lines, group and voluntary benefits, main street business, surety, and captives solutions. The company was founded by Gregory L. Williams and Ricky L. Norris in May 2005 and is headquartered in Caledonia, MI.

Tresata, Inc. operates a predictive analytics platform. Its platform helps clients understand and monetize customer's behaviour. The company was founded by Richard Morris and Abhishek Mehta in 2011 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

George K. Baum & Co. is an investment banking firm with an industry-leading municipal bond business. Its clients include both individual and institutions, and it approaches each one with commitment, energy, innovation and confidence. Its focus is on helping its clients achieve their goals. It does that by providing relevant products and services in every segment of its business. It is dedicated to combining quality service with integrity and creativity- a commitment it has maintained since the firm was founded in 1928. By choosing George K. Baum & Co. as an investment partner, clients gain access to a broad array of investment opportunities and expertise. It is a leader in municipal finance and consistently ranks as one of the nation's top underwriters of negotiated municipal bonds. The firm trades government, agency and mortgage-backed securities. The Firm's affiliate, George K. Baum Capital Advisors, Inc. helps clients realize superior value primarily through mergers and acquisitions and private capital raising assignments.

Evergy Missouri West, Inc.is engaged in providing integrated electric and gas operation services. The company was founded on March 27, 1987 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

D. George Harris & Associates LLC provides investment services. It specializes in leveraged buyouts in the chemical and other process industries. The company was founded by D. George Harris in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Healthcare Finance Group LLC provides financing services to healthcare industry. It offers secured revolving credit facilities and cash flow based term loans with terms custom-tailored to each of its client's needs. The company was founded by David F. Hyams, Robert D. Lynch, James P. Craig and Isaac Soleimani in May 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is a donor-supported non-profit organization which focuses in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. The foundation funds cystic fibrosis research. It also supports and accredits a national care center network recognized by the National Institutes f Health as a model of care for a chronic disease. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

High-Tech Institute Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in providing educational services. It offers career focused degrees and training programs in the fields that offer the student, the most growth potential. The firm's real-world career training is designed to equip client with the job skills that employers expect in today's challenging job market. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Silverhawk Capital Partners LLC (Silverhawk Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Ted Allan Gardner, James Crawford Cook, David James Scanlan and Mark Charles Demetree. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Stroz Friedberg, Inc. provides investigation, intelligence, and risk management services. It offers computer forensics, computer investigations, data discovery, privilege analytics, foreign language processing and hosting, SCOUT technology, security science, and data analytics. The company was founded by Eric M. Friedberg and Edward M. Stroz in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

US Salt LLC manufactures and processes salt. Its products include superior TX-10, resingard, red out, and superior crystal, which are used in food processing, pharmaceutical, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural and textiles and dyes. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation provides services for the downtrodden and homeless people. It also offers donor-advised funds. The company was founded by Ed Smith in 1978 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Kester Capital LLP is a private equity firm founded in 2007 and rebranded as Kester Capital in 2013. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Trans-Fast Remittance LLC provides online financial services. It enables its customers to send money to their families and friends through its network of agents and payout locations; and online in the United States and internationally. The firm also offers home cash delivery and cash card credit services. The company was founded by Francisco DeMatos in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Student Sponsor Partnership, Inc. is non-profit organization, which provides private high school education services. The company was founded by Peter Flanigan in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Zeta Interactive Corp. operates as a digital marketing agency. The company provides its clients with a unique combination of strategic services and best-of-breed platforms includes branding and creative, web development, media planning, email marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, social, mobile, and digital publishing. The company was founded by William Alan Landman in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce based in Wichita, KS. Gary Plummer has been the CEO of the non-profit company since 2011.

GCP Capital Partners Holdings LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands, United States and United Kingdom. The American company was founded in 2009 by Frank V. Pottow.

Clearview Risk Holdings LLC engages in the provision of insurance solutions. It focuses on underwriting, Managing General Agency (MGA), wholesale brokerage, reinsurance, carrier relations, and handling claims. The company was founded in December 2010 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Complete Merchant Solutions LLC provides electronic payment solutions. It facilitates electronic payment processing for major credit and debit cards, gift and loyalty cards, automated clearing house, remote deposit capture as well as other non-cash payment methods. The company was founded by David Decker, Kyle Hall and Trever D. Hansen in 2008 and is headquartered in Orem, UT.

Baum Capital Partners Management LLC (Baum Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Electricity Information Sharing & Analysis Center operates an online portal for the electricity department. The private company is based in Washington.

Part of The J.G. Wentworth Co., Peachtree Settlement Funding LLC provides financial services.

Goettl Investments LLC engages in the investing activities. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.