Ted Bradford

Founded in 1984, Bradford & Marzec LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Los Angeles, California. In 2016, Tortoise Credit Strategies, LLC, part of the Tortoise Investments family, acquired Bradford & Marzec LLC, along with key Bradford & Marzec employees through a Tortoise-supported management buy-out.

Tortoise Credit Strategies LLC is an investment advisor headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. It was founded by Bradley Beman and H. Kevin Birzer in 2015. The firm is wholly-owned by Tortoise Borrower LLC, ultimately held by Tortoise Investments LLC. Tortoise Credit Strategies provides investment advice to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft-Hartley and other ERISA plans, state or municipal government entities, financial intermediaries, insurance companies, charitable organizations, foundations, endowments, other investment advisers, pooled investment vehicles, trust programs, registered mutual funds, corporations, and other businesses and entities.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.