Philip W. Cecil

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Van Kampen Investments, Inc. operated an investment management company that offered management and supervision of assets, open-end and closed-end mutual funds, unit investment trusts, retirement products and investment platforms. It was founded in 1968 and was headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

Founded in 2001, McDonnell Investment Management LLC is a wealth management firm and registered investment advisor located in Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois with an additional office in New York City. The firm is a direct subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management LP, which is an indirect subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management, (NGAM), an international asset management group based in Paris, France. NGAM is in turn owned by Natixis, a French investment banking and financial services firm. Natixis is principally owned by BPCE, France’s second largest banking group. McDonnell provides customized investment management services for institutional and private clients. Their client base includes retirement plans, insurance companies, charitable organizations, municipalities, hospitals, corporations and private clients.