Scott Amero

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Anthracite Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company, which invests in commercial real estate assets on a global basis. Its primary activities are investing in high yielding commercial real estate debt and equity. The company focuses on acquiring pools of performing loans in the form of commercial mortgage-backed securities, issuing secured debt backed by CMBS and providing capital for the commercial real estate industry in the form of mezzanine loan financing and equity. Anthracite Capital was founded in November 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Root Capital, Inc. provides investment and financial services to small and growing agricultural businesses. Its products include coffee, cocoa, fruits and vegetables and other products. The firm is an agricultural lender that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training and strengthening market connections for small and growing agricultural businesses. The company was founded by William F. Foote in 1999 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.