John M. Colaianne

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Chilmark Partners, Inc. provides investment banking and financial advisory services. Its services include restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, financing, litigation and investing. The company was founded by David M. Schulte in 1984 is headquartered Chicago, IL.

Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. LLC offers investment banking services. Its services include mergers & acquisitions, debt & equity placements, financial restructuring, financial advisory & valuation services. The company was founded by Michael Eugene Gibbons in 1989 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Transportation Technologies Industries, Inc. is used to manufactures and markets truck components like wheel-end components, seating, steerable drive axles, gearboxes and other castings. Its products were used in heavy-duty and medium-trucks, buses and specialty vehicles. The company was located in Chicago, IL.

The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University.

Wynnchurch Capital LLC (Wynnchurch Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by John A. Hatherly. The firm is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois.

Lazard Middle Market LLC engages in financial advisory business. It specializes in strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructuring, and capital raising. The firm’s M&A and Strategic Advisory service focuses on private equity and divestitures, privately-owned companies, corporate acquisitions and divestitures, and sale of public companies. Its Restructuring service consists of situation assessment, alternative assessment, and execution. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. (MAS) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Dr. Howard M. Rossman in 1990 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. MAS provides investment management services to institutions, corporations, business owners, individuals and families.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Carlson Systems Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in the fastening and packaging industries. Its products include fasteners, tools, other construction products, packaging and marking materials, packaging and marking equipment, tool accessories, safety and maintenance, material handling and concrete products. The company was founded by Julia Carlson and Carl Carlson in 1947 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

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.

Center Manufacturing, Inc. manufactures diameter tubes, fuel tanks, dipsticks, and fuel caps for the automotive industry. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in East Lansing, MI.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Precision Rail & Manufacturing, Inc. provides precision machining services. Its products include hydraulic retarders, pneumatic retarders, car holding devices, iron python and skate retarders. The firm also serves power plants and agricultural industries. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oak Creek, WI.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Part of Dana, Inc., Dana Venezuela is a Venezuelan company that supplies automobile parts. The company is based in Valencia, Venezuela.

TMB Industries LLC (TMB Industries) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Thomas Begel. The firm is headquartered in Chicago.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

LaSalle Partners Ltd. is a real estate holding private company. The company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom. The company was founded by William D. Sanders.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Mid Oaks Investments LLC (Mid Oaks Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.