Clifton N. Orme

Concorde Financial Corp. (Concorde) is an independent registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Gary Wood in 1981 as Concorde Investment Management, Inc. Concorde offers investment management services to separately managed accounts and serves as an investment advisor to one mutual fund.

eOriginal, Inc. provides ecommerce services. Its services include management of electronic contracts, mortgages, leases, and electronic transferable assets. The company was founded by Gray Bent Wood and Stephen F. Bisbee in 1996 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.