Robert Steve Vetter

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Huneeus Vintners LLC owns and operates wineries. The company was founded by Agustin Huneeus and Agustin Francisco in 1999 and is headquartered in Napa, CA .

Part of Bank of America Corp., Wave Securities LLC is a telecommunications operator that provides international infrastructure through a submarine cable system. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Globenet, a subsidiary of Wave Securities, delivers its services through its own, fully redundant submarine cable systems that span across 26,000 kms. Globenet's portfolio of products includes connectivity (IP transit, Ethernet, wave), edge datacenter, cloud, and security services. Globenet provides international capacity via a subsea, dual ring-protected cable system that connects various locations. This 26,000-kilometer network is fully redundant and supports a comprehensive and integrated portfolio of connectivity, IP, colocation, and security services. Globenet also has colocation spaces at its cable landing stations (CLS), internet exchange points (IXPs) in various locations, and a data center. In 2019, Globenet won seven prestigious international awards, including the best project in the Americas region at the Capacity Carrier Awards, for its new 2,600 km subsea cable system, Malbec, which connects with various locations and the rest of the world. The company was founded by David C. Hayden. Wave Securities was acquired by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ from Archipelago Holdings, Inc. on March 03, 2006.

Cato Digital, Inc. provides software-defined power solutions for next-generation data centers. The company is based in Milpitas, CA. The company's Virtual Power Systems (VPS) technology platform, Intelligent Control of Energy (ICE), dynamically adjusts power delivery as demand fluctuates across data-center workloads, servers, and racks, enabling data center and cloud providers to generate significant additional revenue within existing power and IT footprints while avoiding millions of dollars in capital expenditures and operating expenses. Additionally, VPS empowers enterprise customers to reduce power infrastructure wait times and costs. The company was founded by Shankar Ramamurthy. Dean Nelson has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Linsalata Capital Management LLC (Linsalata Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Frank N. Linsalata. The firm is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Kohlberg & Co. LLC (Kohlberg & Co) is a private equity firm founded in 1987 by James Andrew Kohlberg and Jerome S. Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in Mount Kisco, New York.

Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (Sun Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Rodger R. Krouse and Marc J. Leder. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Keystone Capital Management LP (Keystone Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Kent P. Dauten and Scott L. Gwilliam. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Goldberg Lindsay & Co. LLC (Goldberg Lindsay & Co) is a private equity arm of LG GP Holding III LLC founded in 2001 by Alan E. Goldberg and Robert D. Lindsay. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Kroll LLC provides global advisory services. It offers valuation advisory; governance, risk, investigation, and disputes; kroll cyber risk, corporates finance, and compliance and regulatory consulting. The company was founded by William Duff and George Phelps in 1932 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Brazos Private Equity Partners LLC (Brazos Private Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Patrick McGee. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Strategic Equipment & Supply Corp. provides equipment, service and solutions for foodservice industry. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Mgt Co. LLC (MPE Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Peter Taft, Karen Tuleta and Joe Machado. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Highview Capital LLC (Highview Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Ryan McCarthy and David Cohen. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Unity Partners LP (Unity Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2022 by John A. Block and Bryan W. Adams. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Guardian Capital Partners Investment Management LP (Guardian Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Scott D. Evans, Peter H. Haabestad and Hugh Kenworthy III. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

NGP Energy Capital Management LLC operates as a private equity firm in the natural resources industry. It considers investment in companies specializing in the oil and gas acquisitions and exploitation; oil and gas development drilling; midstream acquisitions and development opportunities; and oil and gas minerals and royalties. The company was founded by Kenneth Alfredo Hersh and David Russell Albin in 1988 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.