Gary Alan Pulford

Gamble Jones Investment Counsel (GJIC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded by Jim Gamble in 1956 as Gamble, Jones, Morphy & Bent. In 2023, they were acquired by Cerity Partners LLC, a subsidiary of Palladium Partners LLC. GJIC provides investment advisory services to individuals, family groups, foundations, endowment funds, trusts, pension, and profit-sharing plans.

First American Trust Co. (First American) is a trust company headquartered in Santa Ana, California. The firm is a subsidiary of First American Financial Corp. (NYSE: FAF), a US financial services company and provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. First American provides personalized investment advice, fiduciary trust services, and wealth planning to successful individuals, families, and organizations.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Private Asset Management, Inc. (PAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Diego, California. The firm was founded by Stephen J. Cohen in 1993. In 2023, they were acquired by Mercer Global Advisors, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Mercer Advisors, Inc. PAM provides investment supervisory management services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, and endowments.

Mellon Bank NA provides commercial banking services. It offers banking services for individuals & corporations and collectively to the providers of asset management, trust, custody and benefits consulting services. The bank is a subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corp. Mellon Bank was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.