Kevin Wade Gainey

Davenport & Co. LLC (Davenport) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1863, Davenport manages separate accounts for individuals, institutions, ERISA plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other types of entities. They also serve as the Advisor to various mutual funds.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

Part of Truist Financial Corp., Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. is a company that provides investment banking services. The company is based in Richmond, VA. Scott & Stringfellow was acquired by BB&T Corp. on October 02, 1997.

Regions Bank provides consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. The company is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

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.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Carilion Clinic provides health care services. Its services include primary care, specialty care, family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Roanoke, VA.

American Bankers Association, Inc. represents, assists and provides support services to banks of different sizes and charters. Its membership includes community, regional, and money center banks and holding companies, as well as savings associations, trust companies, and savings banks. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Virginia Bankers Association is an organization which helps provide solutions to aid in resolving differences, unifying efforts, and accomplishing objectives. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, VA.

Part of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp., Atlantic Union Bank provides banking services. The company is based in Bowling Green, VA. John C. Asbury has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. handles, protects and licenses technologies developed by the faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research and knowledge to other universities, research institutes and companies. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

RBC Wealth Management (RBCWM) is wealth management division of RBC Capital Markets Equity Research, which is ultimately owned by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE; TSE: RY). Formerly known as RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc., the firm was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. RBCWM provides trusted advice and wealth management solutions to individuals, families and institutions.

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine is a non-profit organization which functions as a College/University. The company was founded by John G. Rocovich Jr. in 2001 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. (Wealth Management), dba Atlantic Union Bank Wealth Management (AUBWM), is the wealth management division of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. (NYSE: AUB), a bank holding company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1993, AUBWM offers asset management, private banking, and trust and estate services to families, individuals and institutions.

Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital operates general hospitals. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Rocky Mount, VA.

Virginia Tech Applied Research Corp. provides applied research and development solutions. It offers solutions to problems commonly associated with research and development, focusing on intelligence, cyber and information technology, defence and security, health, and energy areas. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.