Joanie M. Jennings

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP (Blackstone Real Estate) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Blackstone Holdings Partnerships founded in 1991 by John G. Schreiber. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund II is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment company, which is seeking long-term total return, with an emphasis on current income, by primarily investing in a broad range of real estate-related debt investments. It intends to pursue its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in Blackstone Real Estate Income Master Fund. The company was founded on October 15, 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Part of Blackstone, Inc., Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies manages real-estate funds. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Michael Bruce Nash.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

KECALP Inc (KECALP) is a venture capital subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group Inc founded in 1981. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Blackstone Real Estate Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seek long-term total return, with an emphasis on current income, by primarily investing in a broad range of real estate-related debt investments. The company was founded on April 1, 2014 and is headquartered in New York.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP provides legal services. Its clients include Bank of America, Dow Jones and Northrop Grumman. The company has offices in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, and Washington. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BCORE Paradise Parent LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

American Hotel & Lodging Association, Inc. is the largest hotel association in the United States, representing all segments of the industry nationwide. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company provides financial assistance to hoteliers through two main programs listed below. The company is focused on enhanced hotel cleaning practices, social interactions, and workplace protocols to meet the new health and safety challenges and expectations presented by COVID-19. Chip Rogers has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Nevada Property 1 LLC enagged in the operation of luxury resort casinos and hotels. It offered casinos, restaurants, retail space, night clubs, recreation deck, resorts, fitness centers, banquet facility, and parking spaces. The company was founded on July 30, 2008 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Blackstone Real Estate Income Advisors LLC (Blackstone REIA) is the asset management subsidiary of Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors LLC, which is owned by Blackstone, Inc. (NYSE: BX) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, Blackstone REIA serves as an investment manager of real estate funds offered to various investors.

BRE Select Hotels Corp. engages in the ownership of upscale, extended-stay and select service hotels. The company was founded on November 28, 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Barclays Bank Delaware operates as a state chartered commercial bank. It provides credit card issuing services. The firm issues visa and mastercard credit cards, specializing in private label cards. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Hammer Residences, Inc. provides a range of services including case management, support planning, care coordination, travel, medical care, and home and apartment program services. The private company is based in Wayzata, MN.

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is a non-profit organization which engages in the provision of in-home and respite services. It offers home health, personal emergency response, food programs, community living programs, and child daycare. The company was founded by August Hoeger on September 29, 1922 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Linscomb Wealth, Inc. (LW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Dan Linscomb and George Williams in 1971. The firm was known as Linscomb & Williams, Inc. prior to January 2024. They operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE). LW offers fee-only investment management and wealth planning services to individual and institutional clients.

Academy Wealth Management, Inc. (Academy Wealth) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm was founded by David Brown, Randall Clark, Richard (Rick) Knop and Channing (Chap) Mitzell in 1986 as Windsor Wealth Management, Inc. They were acquired in 2023 by CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) in Canada. Academy Wealth provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations or other businesses, trusts and estates.

UHY Advisors, Inc. provides tax, audit and financial accounting services. It offers tax, audit, advisory, and forensic, litigation and valuation services including audits of financial statements and employee benifit plans, internal audit, risk, compliance, management, technology consulting transaction, business valuation, family law and loss/damage determination services. The firm serves to the construction, dealerships, energy, financial, health care, governmental, real estate, staffing and technology industries. The company was founded in July 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.