John Brennan

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of the following: (1) funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and (2) separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

The Financial Accounting Foundation is a non-profit organization that administers, finances, and appoints financial and governmental accounting standards boards. The non-profit company is based in Norwalk, CT.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program operates as a non profit organization that focuses on supporting donors' charitable plans. fulfills its mission to increase charitable giving by administering a donor-advised fund, a tax-effective way to consolidate, accrue, and grant assets to charity. The company was founded in December 1997 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.