Bill R. Berger

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management LP (Vaughan Nelson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1970 and formerly known as Vaughan, Nelson, Scarborough & McCullough LP. They are wholly-owned by Natixis Investment Managers LLC, which is ultimately owned by BPCE SA, a banking group in France. Vaughan Nelson provides investment management services for equity and fixed income portfolios to taxable and tax-free clients such as foundations, endowments, corporations, pensions, public entities, insurance companies, mutual funds and high net-worth individuals.

Securities Management & Research, Inc. (SMR) is a registered investment adviser and registered broker/dealer founded in 1964. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ONE Financial, Inc. Headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, SMR serves as the investment manager and advisor for the equity and fixed-income portfolios of ONE Financial, Inc. and its affiliated companies. They also serve as an investment advisor for registered investment companies, retirement plans, bank trust funds, non-profit foundations and private client portfolios throughout the US.

Founded in 1974, OFI Global Institutional, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is also a commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association. OFI Global Institutional is a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (OFI), which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (OAC). Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual), through its subsidiary, is the indirect primary shareholder of OAC. The firm provides investment advisory services to various types of clients, including trusts, pension plans, insurance company separate accounts, foundations, corporations, ERISA qualified retirement plans, governmental plans, foreign entities (including governmental entities, corporations, investment companies and pension plans), mutual funds, private funds, and bank sponsored collective investment trusts.

Sentinel Trust Co. is an independent wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1997 by the Flowers and Fruehauf families by combining their complementary strengths—real estate, oil and gas, and public and private equities for the Flowers family; hedge funds and private equity for the Fruehauf family—and administration of complex wealth planning structures by both families, they would be able to attract top professionals to serve them as well as other similarly situated families. Sentinel Trust provides individualized investment management and trust administration services to very high net-worth families.