Patrick A. Kuiper

North State Acceptance LLC engages in the provision of sub-prime automobile finance and ancillary insurance products. Its also offers personal loans for various consumer needs, such as bill consolidations, home improvements, vacations, emergency expenses, college tuitions, and other major purchases. The company was founded by James L. Ratcliff III in 1997 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Trivest Partners LP (Trivest Partners) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Trivest Partners Inc. founded in 1981 by Earl W. Powell. The firm is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

UBS Americas, Inc. provides investment advice services. It offers wealth, asset management and investment banking services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

CriticalPoint Partners LLC provides investment services. Its services include M&A advisory, deal origination, debt and equity financing, and advisory. The company was founded by Matt Young in 2012 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, CA.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Atlantix Partners LLC provides financial consulting and corporate governance services. The firm specializes in Systems Integration, Turnaround Projects, IT Assessment, Interim Executive Services, Pre and Post Acquisition Support, Accounting Support, IPO Support, Due Diligence, Internal Audit, SOX 404, Risk and Compliance, Business Process Improvement and Income Tax Compliance. The company was founded by Alexandra Mores and Michael Moffitt in 2015 and is headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

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

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

Peter J. Solomon Co. provides investment advisory services. The company offers corporate finance, restructuring, private financings, merger and acquisitions services. It also offers services to the retail, wholesale, catalogue distribution, consumer products, healthcare and media industries. Peter J. Solomon Co. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York City, NY

Brockway Moran & Partners, Inc (Brockway Moran & Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Peter C Brockway and Michael E. Moran. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Brownstone Equity Partners LLC (Brownstone Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Evan R. Horton. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

WestView Capital Management Co., Inc.(WestView Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Carlo A. von Schroeter and Richard Williams. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Fir Tree Capital Management LP, do-business-as Fir Tree Partners (Fir Tree), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeffery Tannenbaum in 1994 and formerly known as Fir Tree, Inc. They are a subsidiary of FTCM GP LLC. Fir Tree manages assets on behalf of endowments, foundations, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.

Superior International Industries, Inc. installs and manufactures recreational products. It provides playground products, shades, shelter, sky span, site amenities, recycled playgrounds, indoor playgrounds, and components. The company was founded by Ray Derbecker in 1992 and is headquartered in Carrollton, GA.