James A. Potvin

Founded in 1950, the Employees Retirement System of Georgia is a pension fund administered in Atlanta, Georgia. The fund is administered by the State of Georgia Division of Investment.

Atlanta Botanical Garden develops and maintains plant collections for display, education, research, conservation and enjoyment. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Kennedy Capital Management LLC (KCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded by Gerald Kennedy and Richard Sinise in 1980 as Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. In November 2022, the firm converted from “Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.”, a Missouri S corporation, to “Kennedy Capital Management LLC”, a Delaware limited liability company. They are a subsidiary of KCM Holdings, Inc. KCM manages assets for institutional and high-net-worth clients.

Artisan Partners LP (Artisan Partners) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 2009 by Andrew Ziegler and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Artisan Partners Holdings LP, itself a subsidiary of Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. (NYSE: APAM). Artisan Partners serves as investment adviser to a variety of separately managed accounts, unregistered pooled investment vehicles, trustees of collective investment trusts, and to each series of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc., an open-ended management investment company.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

LCG Associates, Inc. is a private company based in Atlanta, GA. LCG Associates provides services in the field of investment consulting. The company was founded in 1973 and the CEO is Edward F. Johnson.

Spider Management Co. LLC (Spider Management) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2001 and is the investment management affiliate of the University of Richmond. Spider Management provides investment advisory services in the form of portfolio management to pooled vehicles and charitable organizations. The firm currently serves as the investment adviser to the University of Richmond’s Endowment, The Richmond Fund, a charitable organization, and Spider Buyout Holdings LP – a Delaware limited partnership.

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.

Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1988 and formerly known as Delaware Management Business Trust. They are a subsidiary of Delaware Investment Management Co. LLC, ultimately held by Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG) in Australia. MIMBT advises a variety of institutional clients. The firm also provides investment services to certain affiliates and acts as a sub-advisor to unaffiliated sponsors and investment products.

The Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. (Foundation) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1948 to receive, manage, and disburse private gifts in support of Virginia Tech programs. The Foundation supports university faculty, staff, and students by managing funds used for the operation, research, and teaching efforts of Virginia Tech.

The London Company of Virginia LLC (The London Company) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was originally founded in 1994 by Stephen Goddard. In their present state, the firm was formed in 2012 through a corporate reorganization in connection with a minority equity investment made in the firm by LPC London LP, an affiliate of Lincoln Peak Capital. They are a subsidiary of TLC Holdings LLC. The London Company provides discretionary portfolio management services to individuals and institutional investors through separately managed accounts, mutual funds and select channels.

OEP Capital Advisors LP (OEP Capital Advisors) is an Private Equity firm founded by Dick Cashin in 2001. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Frankfurt and Amsterdam.

The Hillman Co (Hillman Co) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1946. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 due to 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.

The State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System (SBA) is a state constitionally created investment management organization headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. The firm was founded in 1943 by the Florida Constitution to administer the Florida Retirement System (FRS) Pension Plan and other statewide retirement systems. These plans provide retirement, death, and disability benefits for employees of Florida's state and county government agencies, district school boards and community colleges and universities, as well as for employees of the cities and special districts in Florida that have elected to participate in the system.

Camden Partners Holdings LLC provides investment and management services. The firm focuses on seed and growth stage investments in healthcare, education, technology, and business services companies. It serves private equity, small cap strategy, and indirect private equity portfolio sectors. The company was founded by David Lyle Warnock in 1995 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Camden Partners Private Equity (Camden Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Camden Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1995 by David Lyle Warnock. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.