Lianne A. Merchant

Founded in 1999 by Stephen DeNardo and George Yerrall, RiverOak Investment Corp. LLC is a real estate development company located in Stamford, Connecticut. Through the RiverOak Realty Funds, the firm provides high net-worth individuals, foundations, pension funds, IRAs, self-directed 401(k)s and endowments access to professionally managed real estate investments

The Blackstone Group, Inc. provides marketing research services. It provides custom market research services for clients in industries as consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare and technology. The firm's clients include eBay, Harris Bank and Pfizer. The company was founded by Ashref A. Hashim in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Founded in 2005, Park Hill Real Estate Group LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with an additional office in Chicago. The firm is registered with FINRA and they are an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Park Hill Real Estate Group serves as a placement agent that executes a variety of capital-raising mandates within the debt and equity markets on a global basis. Their mandates vary with respect to size, scope and orientation. The firm employs strategies across the risk/return spectrum and focuses on managers that have proven their ability to create value. Park Hill Real Estate Group, and their affiliate, Park Hill Group, provide fund placement services for corporate private equity funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. They primarily provide placement services to unrelated third-party sponsored funds. The firm also assists the Blackstone Group raise capital for their investment funds and provides research regarding new alternative asset products and trends.