Brent D. Gwatney

Polen Capital Credit LLC (PCC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Formerly known as DDJ Capital Management LLC, the firm was co-founded by David Breazzano in 1996 and was acquired by Polen Capital Management LLC in 2022. PCC provides discretionary investment advice to corporate domestic and foreign pension plans, public pension and retirement plans and Taft-Hartley plans. They also act as investment sub-advisors to certain US and non-US investment advisors and asset managers. PCC is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Westaff, Inc. provides staffing services. It offers request for information, recruiting and screening, workforce, performance, and risk management. The company was founded on December 13, 1994 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Greenstone Holdings, Inc. provides chemical technologies to building and construction industry. It's first brand name product, Greenstone GS, offers a green solution to protect wood based building materials and other products, including lumber, logs, plywood, drywall, window, door, railroad ties, fencing and utility poles from moisture and fire. The firm also imports and distributes Green-Dri, a biological dry kiln for drying wood. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc provides finance and treasury management services. The company is headquartered in London, UK.

H.I.G. Whitehorse Advisers LLC (HIG Whitehorse) is a private equity arm of Bayside Capital Inc founded in 2004 by Anthony A. Tamer and Sami W. Mnaymneh. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

H.I.G. Capital LLC operates as s a private equity and alternative assets investment firm. Its portfolio focuses in private equity, growth equity, real estate, debt or credit, lending, and bio health. The company was founded by Sami W. Mnaymneh and Anthony Tamer in 1993 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

CIVC Partners LP(CIVC Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1970. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Sager Creek Foods, Inc. provides vegetable canning services. Its products include baked beans, black beans, butter beans, corn and hominy, mixed vegetables, okra, peas, squash, succotash and white potatoes. The company was founded by Earl Allen in 1926 and is headquartered in Siloam Springs, AR.

Ridgewood Capital Management LLC (Ridgewood Capital) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Ridgewood Co. founded in 1998 by Robert E. Swanson. The firm is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey.

Part of Greenstone Holdings, Inc., Greenstone, Inc. is a development stage company. The company is based in New York, NY. Greenstone was acquired by Greenstone Holdings, Inc. on January 30, 2006.

Porchlight Equity Management LLC (Porchlight Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

NorthBridge Partners LLC (NorthBridge Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Dean Atkins and Greg Lauze. The firm is headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Innovate MR LLC is an independent sampling company that provides faster answers to business and consumer audiences through online and mobile surveys. The company is based in Calabasas, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was established in 2014 by industry pioneers who have spent over two decades in the online sampling industry. Innovate MR focuses on enhancing the quality of its clients' market research by using its proprietary software, deep respondent sourcing and screening expertise, and client service model to provide insights professionals timely access to high-quality, unique survey respondent populations. The co-founders of the company are George M. Llorens, Gregg B. Lavin, and Matthew D. Dusig, and Lisa Wilding-Brown has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Onyx Centersource AS develops and trades information technology services. It offers data handling and storage for the healthcare sector. The company was founded on June 5, 2001 and is headquartered in Tonsberg, Norway.

RealRead, Inc. develops software for online book retailers.

Tull Sales Corp. engages in the sale and marketing of building materials and millwork components, engineered door and window systems, hardware and specialty plastic/composite products. The company was founded by Isaac Waring Tull, Jr. in 1970 and is headquartered in Roswell, GA.

National Wild Turkey Federation, Inc. provides wildlife and hunting heritage preservation. It offers upland habitat conservation, fundraising events such as banquets, golf events and shooting events. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Edgefield, SC.

Eze Castle Integration, Inc. engages in the provision of managed services and technology solutions to the investment management industry. It offers end user IT (information technology) support, infrastructure support, patch management, IT project management, digital transformation, and workforce transformation services. The company was founded by John Ralph Cahaly in 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bayside Capital Inc. (Bayside Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of HIG Capital LLC, founded by Sami Mnaymneh and Anthony Tamer in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.