Ron L. Strauss

Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. (Pekin Hardy) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Rick Singer in 1990 as Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management, Inc. Pekin Hardy serves as the investment manager to the Appleseed Fund, a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and provides investment management services to separately managed accounts, retirement plans, and other client accounts.

Located in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Ardmore Partners LLC is an institutional investment management firm that services clients in the corporate, public, endowment and foundation marketplace.

Founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935, William Blair Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago. The firm is a subsidiary of William Blair & Co. LLC, an independent investment firm and broker/dealer that offers investment banking, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, asset management and private capital to individual, institutional and issuing clients. The firm was known as Blair, Bonner & Co. until 1941

Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. (MFIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was established in 1986 and their sole shareholder is Mesirow Financial Services, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., a Chicago-based financial services firm that was founded in 1937. MFIM provides advisory services to individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, non-qualified plans, state or municipal government entities, and charitable organizations.

Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. operated retail department stores. The company provided different types of products in different parts of United States. It had approximately 29 departmental stores in US. The company was headquartered in Chicago, IL.