Sammy Azzouz

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, dba Commonwealth Financial Network (Commonwealth), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Joseph (Joe) S. Deitch in 1979 as The Cambridge Group. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of 1979 Holding Co. LLC, an indirect and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gratitude Holdings, Inc. Commonwealth provides advisory services to individuals and high net-worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans (other than plan participants), state or municipal government entities, and charitable organizations.

John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. provides life insurance, wealth management and other investment solutions. Its products include annuities, mutual funds, long-term care, life insurance and college savings. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Salem Five Cents Savings Bank provides online banking services. The Bank offers banking, insurance, investment, mortgages, investment and brokerage services. The company was founded on May 14, 1855 and is headquartered in Salem, MA.

NEPC LLC is an independent investment consultant, private wealth advisor, and OCIO provider that serves over 400 retainer clients and manages $1.60 trillion in total assets. NEPC is based in Boston, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The private company has a proprietary research team that focuses on long-term challenges facing investors and uses a client-centric model to build forward-looking investment portfolios for institutional investors and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget.

FIAM LLC (do-business-as Fidelity Institutional Asset Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The firm was founded in 2006 and formerly known as Pyramis Global Advisors LLC. They are wholly-owned by FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by FMR LLC, aka Fidelity Investments. FIAM provides discretionary investment management services to institutional accounts. They also sub-advice funds or accounts for affiliated advisers and unaffiliated advisers.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.