Richard Edward Dirickson

San Francisco Sentry Investment Group, Inc. (San Francisco Sentry) is an independent wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Merrill Magowan and Richard Dirickson Jr. in 1993. San Francisco Sentry provides investment advisory and management services to individuals, high net worth-individuals, trusts, businesses, pension plans and charitable organizations.

The San Francisco SPCA Hospital provides animal welfare and protection programs. It provides care of animals that are homeless, ill or in need of an advocate also work to educate the community, reduce the number of unwanted kittens and puppies through spaying/neutering, and improve the quality of life for animals and their companions. The company was founded on April 18, 1868 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Hambrecht & Quist Group, Inc. operates as a holding investment bank and provides securities brokerage services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Cypress Management Advisors LLC is a San Francisco-based hedge fund manager. They manage the Cypress Management LP