Geoffrey J. Block

Crown Advisors International Ltd, founded in 1981, is devoted to the long-term investment of funds in small public and private high growth companies. Investments are made on behalf of the Crown Associates family of limited partnerships, special accounts and Crown Growth Partners. The funds managed by the firm are provided by domestic and foreign investors including university endowments, corporate pension funds, insurance companies, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and family groups. Crown is headquartered in New York City.

Founded in 2009 by Bradley Reifler and Luis Marino, Forefront Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm's clients include family offices and institutional investors. Forefront Capital offers an integrated platform for experienced individuals who want to trade their own capital and provides individual traders the power and synergy of an institutional trading infrastructure. They also offer ETF investment advisory services to individuals and external third party investors. Forefront Capital manages the Forefront Established Manager Fund. They are affiliated with Genesis Securities LLC.

Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (BGI), based in London, became a part of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US, which merged in 2009 with Barclays Global Investors (BGI). The combined firm operates under the BlackRock name and has retained the iShares brand. Originally founded in 1971, BGI managed assets for individual investors, government and corporate retirement plans, financial institutions, charities, endowments and unions. BGI, headquartered in New York City, was a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide. They offered a wide range of products including separate accounts, mutual funds and ETFs.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.