Sean P. Dixon

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (KAR) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Richard Kayne, John Anderson and Allan Rudnick in 1984. They are a direct subsidiary of Virtus Partners, Inc., ultimately held by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). KAR provides investment management and wealth advisory solutions to institutional, broker-dealer and high-net-worth clients.

Founded in 2004, Madison Street Partners LLC is a hedge fund management firm based in Denver, Colorado.

Denver Investment Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Denver, Colorado. The firm's origins can be traced to 1958 as the manager of tax-exempt accounts for First National Bank of Denver. In 1983, the firm became a Registered Investment Advisor, and in 1984, they became Denver Investment Advisors, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the bank. In 1995, a group of investment professionals from Denver Investment Advisors, Inc., bought the firm from the bank, forming a new entity, Denver Investment Advisors LLC, and changing the ownership structure to a 100% employee-owned firm. In 2000, the firm acquired Bee & Associates, a boutique firm specializing in the management of international small-cap equities. In 2004, they acquired Tempest Investment Counselors, Inc., a local money management firm specializing in managing assets for high net-worth individuals. Denver Investment Advisors was acquired by Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC in 2018. Denver Investment Advisors manages assets for an array of individual and institutional investors, including corporate and public pension plans, multi-employer plans, foundations and endowments, healthcare organizations, insurance companies and financial intermediaries. The firm provides investment management services for certain of their investment styles as an advisor and/or sub-advisor to investment companies, including their proprietary family of mutual funds, Westcore Funds. Denver Investment Advisors also provides portfolio management services to third party sponsors of wrap fee programs, including providing model portfolio information on a non-discretionary basis. Denver Investment Advisors maintains the Workplace Equality Index, which is an index of companies that support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality in the workplace. The firm has entered into a licensing agreement for an ETF, Workplace Equality Portfolio (EQLT).