David J. Blair

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Capstone Partners LLC provides investment banking services. Its services include mergers & acquistions, corporate restructuring and private placements. The firm also offers transaction and financial advisory and strategic advisory services. The company was founded by Kirk Johnson, John D. Harkey, Jr., John Ferrara and Leonard A. Potter in 1996 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

ACI Electronics LLC distributes electronic components to the military and aerospace industries. It offers a line of military/hi-rel, space level/rad-hard and commercial components such as discrete semiconductors, integrated circuits, passives, displays and magnetics. The company was founded by Bernard Kobb in 1969 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Audax Private Equity (Audax Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of 101 Huntington Holdings LLC founded in 1999 by Geoff S. Rehnert and Marc B. Wolpow. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and additional office in San Francisco, California.

Brentwood Associates (Brentwood Associates) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by William M. Barnum and B. Kipling Hagopian. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Cortec Group Management Services LLC (Cortec Group) is private equity firm founded in 1984 by Richard Scott Schafler. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Palladium Equity Partners Advisor LLC is a Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Marcos A. Rodriguez and Robert J. Lanigan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Gordian Group LLC provides financial advisory services. It offers financial advisory, merges and acquisitions, structured finance, access to capital, litigation support, financial options and asset management. The company was founded by Patricia A. Caldwell and Henry Furlow Owsley III in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Stout Risius Ross, Inc. engages in the provision of financial advisory services. It specializes in investment banking, valuation and financial opinions, and dispute advisory and forensic services. It offers services such as mergers and acquisitions, private market financings, distressed transaction advisory, fairness opinions and solvency opinions, securities and value analytics, succession and shareholder planning, real estate valuation, bankruptcy related valuation, antitrust disputes, commercial disputes, family law valuation, and fraud and forensic services. The company was founded by Craige L. Stout in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CJ Bridges Railroad Contractor, Inc. engages in the provision of railroad construction and maintenance services. It offers signal installation and maintenance, rail related welding, pipe installation, grade work and road crossings. The firm also provides industrial and commercial asphalt paving maintenance. The company was founded on April 18, 1978 and is headquartered in Mulberry, FL.

Williams Aerospace engages in the manufacture of replacement parts for military aircraft, from simple single piece parts to complex assemblies. The firm uses a vacuum forming process in the production of interior trim panels for aircraft. Its products include machined, formed, composites, panels, and sewn assemblies. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Chula Vista, CA.

Century Mold Co., Inc. designs and manufactures precision molded thermo-plastic components. It provides part and mold design, manufacturing, assembly and finishing services. The firm's customers include the automotive light vehicle, heavy truck, emerging energy, military, firearms and consumer products industries. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Kellstrom Commercial Aerospace, Inc. supplies aircraft parts. It offers services to its clients that includes aircraft parts distribution, inventory management services, aftermarket parts, repair management services, and sunset fleet solutions. The company is headquartered in Davie, FL.

RKTM Holdings LLC functions as a private equity firm. The private company is based in La Porte, TX. The CEO of the company is Paul D. DeWeese.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Global Communities engages in the provision of humanitarian and development services to low-income individuals, families, and communities. Its service areas include economic development, governance and urban management, financial inclusion, humanitarian assistance, food security and agriculture, global health, civil society and capacity development, infrastructure and construction, and working with women and youth. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

Ponvalley is an American company that empowers entrepreneurs to address the challenges of the day and build great companies of tomorrow. The private company is named after the location of this home, where great artists mingled with educators, futurists, civic and business leaders. The company has a deep-rooted family history in entrepreneurship and architecture, and believes that anything is possible with the right vision and hard work. Ponvalley started in 1944 when an inner city history teacher had a dream to build and live in a Frank Lloyd Wright home. Maria Llambias has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

8B Education Investments is a fintech marketplace and community platform that connects high-potential African students with world-class colleges and universities. The company is based in Ithaca, NY. The company aims to empower African brilliance to have an impact by providing students with the tools they need to level up their applications, financing options to enroll, and career support to realize their highest potential. The impact of 8B's work is in providing universities and employers a gateway to the world's youngest and fastest-growing pool of diverse talent, while creating a critical mass of African innovators equipped to participate, compete, and thrive in the knowledge economy of the 21st century. The company was founded by Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Atlas Merchant Capital LLC (Atlas) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by David Ira Schamis and Bob Diamond. The firm is headquartered in New York.

MMF Capital Management LLC (MMF Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by David A. Gezon. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Bacchus Capital Management LLC (Bacchus Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Sam Bronfman, Peter S. Kaufman and Henry F. Owsley. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in New York.

Citigroup Private Equity LP (Citigroup Private Equity) a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AEG Partners LLC provides business advisory firm specializing in strategic business transformation, capital markets, and corporate turnarounds and restructuring. It provides detailed assessment of the strategic options available to the lenders, and assistance in negotiations. The company was founded by Lawrence M. Adelman and Michael Goldsmith in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.