Charles Hayssen

Department 56, Inc. imports and sells collectible gifts. The firm engages in the design, distribution, wholesale and retail of accessories and other giftware products. Its products include collectibles, handcrafted lighted ceramic & porcelain houses and buildings. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Hambrecht & Quist Group, Inc. operates as a holding investment bank and provides securities brokerage services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. is a consulting organization that works with medium and smaller manufacturing companies to help them compete and grow profitably. The firm also serves as the “voice” for the industry, raising visibility for the value manufacturers provides their communities and the state’s economy. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Broadmark Asset Management LLC (Broadmark) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Christopher J. Guptill in 1999 and became a majority owned subsidiary of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG) in 2023. Broadmark manages and/or sub-advises mutual funds, retail and institutional separately managed accounts. Tactical Growth is their flagship strategy.

Founded in 2008, Odeon Capital Group LLC is an independent full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides advice and execution on fundamental value and catalyst-driven situations through sales and trading, research, investment banking and asset management services. Odeon Capital Group provides services related to fixed-income securities including corporate securities, ABS, RMBS, Auction Rate securities and other structured products. The firm serves institutional clients. Odeon Capital Group is a member of FINRA, the SIPC and the MSRB. Odeon Capital Group has expertise in both traditional and esoteric assets. The firm has placed both large and small volume transactions in every asset class. They seek to maximize value for their clients through in-depth analyses of sectors, asset classes and individual securities that are hard to value or trade. The firm's Structured Products and Corporate Groups focus on institutional sales, trading and analytics of secondary structured products, esoteric assets and special situations.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Detwiler Fenton & Co., formerly Detwiler, Mitchell, Fenton & Graves, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Boston. The firm traces its origins to 1962 with the founding of Fechtor, Detwiler & Co., which merged with JMC Group in August 1999. Detwiler Fenton & Co. is a subsidiary of Detwiler Fenton Group, Inc. (DMCD.PK). The firm's 2 major divisions are the capital markets group and the private client group. Detwiler Fenton Capital Markets provides insightful, timely and focused research across a variety of technology and consumer industry verticals. All of the firm's research is published by licensed analysts. Their research team seeks to generate value-added investment ideas through in-depth research, using a mosaic approach to identify, analyze and understand changing business and market dynamics that can be translated into investment strategy. The firm's research notes are distributed daily to clients. Detwiler Fenton Capital Markets provides investment and brokerage services to institutional investors. Detwiler Fenton & Co.'s private client group provides wealth management services to high net-worth individuals. Their services include: portfolio management, brokerage services, alternative investments, retirement planning, mutual funds and corporate trustee services through NFS.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

APA Cables & Networks, Inc. manufactures fiber-optic and copper cable assemblies and cable distribution panels that are used by cable system and phone service providers to manage network connections. It manufactures custom cable and connector and also distributes products from other manufacturers. The company's customers include Adelphia, Comcast Cable, CenturyTel & SureWest Communications. The company was founded in 2003 when APA Enterprises acquired the assets of Americable and Computer Systems Products (CSP). APA Cables & Networks is located in Plymouth, MN.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Lenox Corp. wholesales tabletop, collectibles and other giftware products. It offers china, crystal, flatware, giftware, home decor and tabletop products are timeless pieces that reflect craftsmanship. The company was founded by Walter S. Lenox in 1889 and is headquartered in Bristol, PA.

vADz, Inc. operates advertising agencies. The private company is based in Cincinnati, OH.

Casa Central provides care services for adult and children. It specializes in social services, senior services, intact families, children services, violence prevention & intervention, transitional housing for homeless families and community. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.