Jeff L. Higgins

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (MNA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Fairport, New York. The firm was formed in 2011 as the successor to Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., which was founded as a partnership in 1970. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manning & Napier Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Callodine Midco, Inc. MNA provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. The firm also acts as the sub-advisor to affiliated and unaffiliated advisors and to certain registered and unregistered commingled investment vehicles.

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (SBH) is a SEC-registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1994 by Ralph Segall, Charles Bryant and Jonathan Hamill. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Corient Holdings, Inc., which is owned by CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX; OTC: CIXXF) in Canada. SBH provides professional portfolio management of domestic and international equity and fixed income portfolios, and alternative investments, to institutional and intermediary clients. SBH became a signatory of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2017.

Part of Invesco Ltd., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. is a company based in Denver, CO.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the develop of novel compounds for the treatment of schizophrenia and other central nervous system disorders. The firm's drug development efforts are focused on the neurotransmitter glutamate and its critical role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and other disesses. It discovers, develops and markets new drugs for the treatment of important human diseases, focusing initially on developing a new antipsychotic drug to treat schizophrenia. The company was founded by David A. Baker and John Mantsch in 2007 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Reality Shares, Inc. provides investment services. The company was founded by Eric R. Ervin, Michael S. Rosen and Charles Silver in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, Inc. provides fire, marine, and casualty insurance. The private company is based in Columbus, OH.

CUNA Mutual Group engages in the provision of life insurance, investment advisory, and information technology services. It offers credit union protection, retirement solutions, trustage insurance program, and lending services. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

GE Energy Financial Services Inc (GE Energy Financial Svcs) is a private equity subsidiary of GE Energy Services, Inc founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Patriot Rail Co. LLC manages and operates short line railroads. It offers tank railcar cleaning; wastewater treatment; railway track cleaning; railroad construction; transloading and warehousing; contract railcar switching; railcar storage; real estate and track access; and scenic rail excursions. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

The State Bar of California operates as an official attorney licensing agency. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA. Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Rarus Railway LLC provides short line railroad freight services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Anaconda, MT.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a professional organization that provides education, advocacy, and networking opportunities for intellectual property (IP) law practitioners. The organization is based in Arlington, VA and offers a variety of resources for its members, including access to committees focused on specific areas of IP law, continuing legal education (CLE) courses, and publications such as the quarterly journal and Innovate magazine. AIPLA also advocates for policies that support the protection of IP rights and provides resources for students and the public.

Crisp Media, Inc. provides mobile advertising technology, media and services. It offers services to the brand advertisers, agencies and publishers. The firm mobile advertising platform, Crisp Engage, enables the development of engaging media creative units, serves campaigns across all devices and OS types and provides detailed analytics to inform campaign optimization and success. The company was founded by Xavier Facon in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Spectraseis, Inc. provides geophysical surveys and data processing services to oil and gas companies. It provides services to oil and gas exploration and production firms, including a growing customer base among North American unconventional resource operators. The firm provides its customers cutting-edge innovations in surface and borehole passive seismic monitoring, data processing and imaging services. The company was founded by Martin Wagen in 2004 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

MicroSeismic, Inc. provides seismic monitoring, mapping, and imaging services. Its solutions include buriedarray, hydraulic fracture monitoring and mapping, reservoir, fracstar surface, passive seismic emission tomography and seimicity monitoring. The company was founded by Peter M. Duncan and Christopher Neale in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of CGG, CGG Land (US), Inc. is a company that offers aeronautical engineering services. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company focuses on every aspect of aeronautics, from design to maintenance, and aim to provide quality air machineries. In addition to their engineering services, the company also manufactures e-liquids under the brand Candy King. The company's Sour Worms e-liquid is a mixed fruit, sweet and tart, sour flavored blend that comes in different nicotine strength levels. The e-liquid is packed in a black labeled plastic bottle with a childproof cap and can be purchased for $14.99 at eliquid-depot.com. The website offers a wide range of vaping products, including disposable vapes, CBD, vape devices, coils, vape juice, and tanks.

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP engages in intellectual property and technology-related law. Its services include copyrights, entertainment and media, parent post-issuance proceedings and trade secrets. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Paragon Geophysical Services, Inc. provides seismic survey and exploration services. The private company is based in Wichita, KS.

Merchants Insurance Group provides investment advice for Insurance Company Portfolio. It offers property & casualty insurance, commercial lines insurance, liability insurance and small business insurance. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Computers Unlimited, Inc. provides sales and repair services for computer and computer-related products. The private company is based in North Providence, RI.

Onramp Invest LLC is a financial technology company that provides a platform for financial advisors, RIA's, broker-dealers, asset managers, and commercial banks to bridge the gap between traditional and digital markets in a compliant and efficient manner. The company is based in San Diego, CA and was founded by Tyrone Ross and Eric Roy Ervin, with Eric Roy Ervin serving as the CEO since incorporation. The company's flexible technology allows financial professionals to manage multi-asset portfolios for their clients and stay ahead of the curve in the evolving digital asset classes, including NFTs and tokenized real assets. Onramp Invest is committed to state-of-the-art security and provides regular updates to ensure that all partners and users are fully informed.

Talix, Inc. provides software-as-a-service based patient data analytics solutions. It offers Talix HealthData Engine, a patient data analytics platform that combines a medical taxonomy; clinical natural language processing technology and a coding and clinical rules database to enable the deep mining of structured and unstructured patient data buried in electronic medical records. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Savonix, Inc. operates as a digital neuroscience company. It delivers evidence-based assessment of cognitive and emotional function. The company was founded by Mylea Charvat and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Integrated Specialty Coverages LLC provides insurance services. It offers end-to-end insurance products by connecting insurance markets and distribution channels. The company was founded by Matt Grossberg in 2016 and is headquartered in Harrison, NY.

Insure.VC LLC (Insure.VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Chad Nitschke. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Viva Biotech Shanghai Co., Ltd. engages in the research and development of biomedical technology, products, services, and technical consulting. The company was founded on August 14, 2008 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.