Robert A. Simms

Founded in 1984, Simms Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm offers global, international and domestic growth equity portfolios for institutions and high net-worth individuals. Their institutional clients include corporate plans, public pension plans, foundations, endowments and Taft-Hartley accounts.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

For both individual and institutional customers, Dominick & Dominick Advisors LLC (DDA) offers a range of financial services, including equity and fixed-income management, private equity, hedge funds and structured notes. A division of investment bank Dominick & Dominick, the firm is headquartered in New York City.

The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Inc. promotes and develops amateur football games. It also tabulates and disseminates the weekly standings for college football's bowl championship series. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.