Jennifer Paquette

The Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (Colorado PERA) is the State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded by state law in 1931. Colorado PERA provides retirement and other benefits to current and former teachers, State Troopers, snowplow drivers, corrections officers, and other public employees who provide valuable services to all of Colorado. It is a substitute for Social Security for most of these public employees.

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. operates as a mutual fund closed-end investment trust. The company owns a portfolio of master limited partnership investments in the energy infrastructure sector. Its objective is to provide its stockholders a high level of total return with an emphasis on current distributions. The company was founded on October 29, 2003 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

Tortoise Power & Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. operates as a close-end investment company. The firm engages in the provision of current income, with an objective of capital appreciation. It intends to invest in fixed income and dividend-paying equity securities of power and energy infrastructure companies that provide stable and defensive characteristics throughout economic cycles. The company was founded on July 5, 2007 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund. The firm engages in the natural gas infrastructure master limited partnerships. It also owns and operates a network of pipeline and energy-related logistical infrastructure assets with an emphasis on those that transport, gather, process, and store natural gas and natural gas liquids. The company was founded on April 23, 2010 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. operates as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It invests in equity securities of pipeline companies that transport natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, and refined products, as well as energy infrastructure companies. The company was founded on July 19, 2011 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. is a close end investment fund. Its objective is to provide shareholder a high level of total return with an emphasis on current distribution. It seeks to invest in a portfolio of equity securities of companies that promote energy independence through the development of the North American energy landscape. It intends to focus on North American energy companies that engage in the exploration and production of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas. The company was founded in July 2012 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.