Bernard Joseph Buckley

Philadelphia Board of Pensions & Retirement (Board of Pensions & Retirement) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Board of Pensions & Retirement is vested with the exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the retirement funds for the City of Philadelphia Public Employees' Retirement System. The City Home Rule Charter requires that the pension fund is always able to cover current and future payments to people who have paid into the fund. To do this, the Board oversees all pension contributions from current employees and all benefit payments made to eligible people who have left City service. The Board also makes sure that decisions are made to keep the pension fund healthy.

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.