James H. Hoppel

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

First Reserve Management LP (First Reserve) is a private equity firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

T-3 Energy Services, Inc. designs, manufactures, and repairs custom-machined well control performance parts and components for oil and gas industry installations. Its products include valves, chokes, actuators, blow out preventers, manifolds, and wellhead equipment. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

CHC Helicopters Canada, Inc. operates medium and heavy helicopters and provides transportation services. It specializes in providing transportation to offshore oil and gas platforms, and helicopter maintenance repair and overhaul. The firm has locations in Aberdeen and Richmond. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

TPC Group, Inc. engages in production of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials such as C4 hydrocarbons. It sells products into a specialty and intermediate markets, including synthetic rubber, fuels, lubricant additives, plastics and surfactants. Its products include butadiene, butane-1, fuel products, polyisobutylene, isobutylene derivative, propylene tetramer and pentamer. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PBF Energy Co. LLC owns and operates oil refineries. It identifies and executes investment opportunities in the petroleum sector. The firm also offers refineries, including gasoline, ULSD, heating oil, jet fuel, lubricants, petrochemicals, and asphalt. The company founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

CHC Helicopter SA provides helicopter transportation services to the offshore oil and gas industry. It operates through the following segments: Helicopter Services; Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO); and Corporate and Other. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America operates as a charitable organization. It serves child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition. The company was founded by Allan Schmidt, Kathy McMorris, and Tommy Austin in 1980 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Cobalt’s business model is uniquely designed to create maximum value from the asset by doing more with less while competitively accessing, discovering and producing deepwater hydrocarbon resources on a scale similar to the super majors. It starts with its small core team – flexible, decisive and fast moving using Cobalt’s proprietary, state-of-the-art data and proven, leading-edge technology. Non-core activities are sourced to outside partners and specialty providers, leveraging relationships it has forged over many years in the industry to reduce costs and compress delivery time. Utilizing industry best practices, standardized designs and strong project management throughout, The company is able to move quickly through the E&P supply chain, maximizing value for its investors and its partners.

MAPI, Inc. is a non porift organization that connects manufacturing leaders. It offers education programs and manufacturing-specific business research. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The Business Council operates as an organization of business leaders. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Thermon Holding Corp. provides engineered thermal solutions. Its services include design optimization, engineering, installation, and maintenance. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Marcos, TX.

TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. engages in the provision of lifting services. It offers recurring industrial facility maintenance; large scale turnaround projects; erection, fabrication, and construction projects; installation of commercial machinery and equipment; wind farm construction and maintenance; well completion and production; compressor installation; and power, paper mill, and mining outages. The company was founded by Randy Dobbs and Troy L. Lambert in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SCF Partners LLC (SCF Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of SCF Partners, Inc. founded in 1989 by L.E. Simmons. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Part of Energy Transfer LP, Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC is a company that processes natural gas and natural gas liquids. The company is based in Fort Worth, TX. Robert G. Phillips has been the CEO of the company since 2010. Crestwood Gas Services GP was acquired by Crestwood Equity Partners LP, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer LP from Crestwood Holdings Partners LLC on June 19, 2013 for $843.53 million.

Diamond S Management LLC provides commercial management, administrative support, technical, crewing, and marine operation services for vessels. The company was founded on January 23, 2008 and is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

Kwm Advisors LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Doral, FL.

TPC Phoenix Fuels LLC is engaged in oil and gas field exploration services. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

The Business Roundtable advocates public policies that ensure economic growth. It considers public policy issues which contains groups like the construction users anti-inflation roundtable, a group devoted to containing construction costs; and the labor law study committee, made up of labor relations executives of major companies. The Business Roundtable was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.