David Metzger

Sit Investment Associates, Inc. (Sit Investment) is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Eugene Sit in 1981. Sit Investment manages client assets on a discretionary basis for several types of clients, which includes public and private institutional investors, pension funds, Taft-Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, corporations, insurance companies, municipalities, registered investment companies, private investment companies, collective investment trusts and high-net-worth individuals.

Mainsail Management Co LLC (Mainsail Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Jason Payne and Gavin Turner. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

GSK Equity Investment Ltd (GSK Equity) is a venture capital firm a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Reedwood City, California.

KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd. discovers and develops pharmaceutical products. Its products are used to treat DNA damage sensing, signaling, viral disease, ischaemia, and repair to address unmet medical needs in cancer treatment. The company was founded by Stephen Jackson on December 12, 1997 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners /Ventures/ (Ben Franklin Tech Partners) is a venture Capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Santarus, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The company was founded on December 6, 1996 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Corridor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures biopharmaceutical products. The company was founded on February 1, 2008 and is headquartered in Lutherville, MD

GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products. The company develops medicines to prevent infections that cause serious medical problems such as respiratory illnesses, diabetes, viral control, infections, and central nervous system disorders. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Topaz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company which focuses on developing and commercializing treatments for the pediatric and dermatology markets. Its lead investigational product is a topical cream formulation of ivermectin which is under development. The firm provides medicines for the treatment of head lice, acne and infections, as well as vaccines against childhood diseases. The company was founded by Donald P. Beeman and Nicholas U. Spring in 2005 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.