Alexis Fleming

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Congress Asset Management Co. LLP (Congress Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Alfred Lagan in 1985 and is majority owned by the Lagan Holding Company Trust. Congress Asset provides discretionary and model portfolio investment management services to individual and institutional clients who include charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, including plans subject to the Taft-Hartley Act and the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA), state and municipal government entities, corporations, taxable and tax-exempt institutions, high net worth individuals and commingled investment vehicles such as mutual funds.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Davidson Investment Advisors, Inc. (DIA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Cos. DIA offers investment advisory services to a variety of clients including corporations, employee benefit plans, foundations, trusts and high net worth individuals.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. (WTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Joseph Robbat and Douglas Biggar in 1979 as Weston Financial Group, Inc. until 2021. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Trust Co. of Westerly, which is wholly-owned by Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: WASH). WTA offers wealth management and holistic financial planning services for institutional and high-net worth clients.

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.

Founded in 1999 by the late Thomas Watson, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (JMS) is a full-service financial services firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of Independence Square Properties LLC, itself a subsidiary of Penn Mutual Insurance Co. Their ultimate parent is Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. JMS is a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm provides comprehensive financial advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional investors. Their primary coverage verticals include the consumer, technology, financials and infrastructure sectors.

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.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

HighTower Advisors LLC (HighTower) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has offices throughout the US. The firm was founded in 2008 by Elliot Weissbluth, Peter (Todd) Lyon, and Eugene Lerner. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightower Holding LLC. HighTower provides investment advisory services to institutions (which include ERISA), and ultra-high and high net worth individuals.

LiveOak Management Services LLC (LiveOak Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Venu Shamapant, Krishna Srinivasan, and Ben Scott. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

PREDEX Capital Management LLC (PCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in El Segundo, California. The firm was founded in 2013 and was acquired in 2023 by Union Square Capital Partners LLC, a subsidiary of USQ Holding Co. LLC. PCM serves as an investment advisor to the PREDEX Fund, an interval fund designed to provide an institutional-quality real estate investment to investors.

FloorFound, Inc. is a Resale-as-a-Service that manages the returns and re-sale of big and bulky items for the ecommerce retailers. The company was founded by Christopher Lee Richter and Ryan Matthews and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Global Trade Specialists, Inc. operates as an international trading platform. It acquires products responsibly, manage imports, and reduce costs across entire supply chain. The company was founded by Rob Garrison and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

BHC PL II Co-Invest LP operates as an investment holding company. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

SSC Manager LLC (SSC Manager) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Ian J. Berg and Wayne D. Kimmel. The firm is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Part of Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., Pavilion Alternatives Group LLC is an alternative investment manager. The company is based in El Dorado Hills, CA. Pavilion Alternatives Group was founded in 2001.

Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP is a private company that provides legal services. The company is based in Boston, MA.

Raven Capital Management LLC (Raven Capital Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of MetLife Investment Management LLC founded in 2008 by Josh Green and Jeremy Tucker. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Economy League of Greater Philadelphia is a non-profit organization that provides research and analysis of challenges and opportunities in Greater Philadelphia. It offers education and talent development, business growth, and infrastructure. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.