Ralph Illges

Afton Capital Management LLC (Afton Capital) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Campbell Jenkins in 1986 as Blue Ridge Capital Management LLC. Afton Capital manages private pooled investment vehicles for high net worth investors.

Trustco Bank Corp. (New York) (Investment Management) is the investment management division of Trustco Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: TRST), a commercial bank headquartered in Glenville, New York. Trustco Bank provides personalized investment management, trust administration and estate settlement to individuals, partnerships, corporations and governments of New York, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Vermont.

Carolina Securities Corp. is a private company based in Beaufort, SC.

Mecklenburg County Council Boy Scouts of America operates as a non profit organization that Provides community development programs. Its programs include advancement and merit badges, alumni, boy scouts, cub scouts, COPE and climbing, eagle scouts, and shooting sports. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Kingfisher Capital LLC (Kingfisher) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Alex Miles and H. K. Hallett II in 2009. They were acquired in 2023 by Mercer Global Advisors, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Mercer Advisors, Inc. Kingfisher provides advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, corporations, and small businesses.

Bison Wealth LLC (Bison) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded by Robert S. Wilder in 2012 as Lakeview Capital Partners LLC and changed its name to Bison Wealth LLC in 2022. The firm is principally owned by Bison Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by East Asset Management LLC. Bison provides financial planning and portfolio management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, estates and charitable organizations.