Bjorn Hanson

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. develops, owns and manages of hotels categorized as mid-scale without food and beverage and upscale hotels located throughout the United States. The hotels are small, mid-sized and suburbs of large markets with a variety of hotel demand generators, such as tourist attractions, business headquarters, and convention centers. The hotels categorized as mid-scale without food and beverage are those which do not offer a restaurant or bar. Upscale hotels have a small lounge, offer a cooked-to-order breakfast or breakfast buffet, and may offer a light lunch or dinner menu. The company was founded on January 8, 2004 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

Summit Hotel OP LP engages in the provision of investment services. It focuses on acquiring and owning premium-branded select-service hotels in the upper midscale and upscale segments of the U.S. lodging industry. The company was founded on June 30, 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.