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Fisher Asset Management LLC, dba Fisher Investments (FI), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plano, Texas. The firm was founded in 1979 by Ken Fisher and is a subsidiary of Fisher Investments, Inc. FI manages the assets of a diverse global client base which includes corporations, public and multi-employer pension funds, foundations and endowments, insurance companies, health-care organizations, governments and high net worth families.

Rice, Voelker LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Covington, Louisiana. The firm serves customers such as hedge funds. They specialize in private placements. The firm was funded in 1995.

Union Bank (North Carolina) engages in the provision of banking and financial services. It offers personal banking, business banking, mortgage services, personal, and business loans. The company was founded by Robert Lee Burrows, Jr. on November 09, 1998 and is headquartered in Greenville, NC.

Founded in 1987, Johnson Rice & Co. LLC is an institutional research and brokerage firm located in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, the firm began offering investment banking services. Johnson Rice & Co. focuses primarily on the energy and specialty retail sectors

B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc. (B. Riley), formerly Wunderlich Securities, Inc., is a full-service brokerage firm headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1996. The firm is a subsidiary of Wunderlich Investment Co., Inc. B. Riley provides comprehensive wealth management and brokerage services to individuals and families, corporations and non-profit organizations, including qualified retirement plans, trusts, foundations and endowments. In 2001, they expanded their business to include investment advisory services. The firm is duly registered with the SEC.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Stout Risius Ross, Inc. engages in the provision of financial advisory services. It specializes in investment banking, valuation and financial opinions, and dispute advisory and forensic services. It offers services such as mergers and acquisitions, private market financings, distressed transaction advisory, fairness opinions and solvency opinions, securities and value analytics, succession and shareholder planning, real estate valuation, bankruptcy related valuation, antitrust disputes, commercial disputes, family law valuation, and fraud and forensic services. The company was founded by Craige L. Stout in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northland Securities, Inc. (NSI) is a dually registered, full-service broker dealer and investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2002 and is owned by Northland Capital Holdings, Inc., which was acquired by First National of Nebraska, Inc. (OTCMKTS: FINN) in 2023. NSI is actively engaged in buying and selling securities for its own account as well as for clients.

MRE Consulting Ltd. provides information technology services, business consulting and staffing solutions. It offers information technology (IT) consulting services, such as architecture and technical applications design and integration, custom applications development, systems integration, disaster planning, recovery, development of Websites and Web services. The company was founded by Michael K. Short and Shane J. Merz in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (LASERS) was created in 1946 to provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries.

Resource Environmental Solutions LLC provides ecological offsets to local government and corporate clients. The firm offers restoration and maintenance of wetlands, streams, and habitats. It supplies species of native coastal grasses and plants, such as giant cut grass, black mangrove, seaoats, and marshlay cordgrass. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

Audubon Engineering Co. LLC provides engineering consulting services with expertise in process design, detail engineering, automation and project management in the upstream, midstream and downstream markets. It offers the advantage of single-source efficiency throughout the entire project and along the entire vertical, from the wellhead to the refinery. The company was founded in 1997 by Ryan Hanemann, Robert Rosamond and J. Denis Taylor and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Dentgroup Group LLC, do-business-as Dent Wealth Advisors (DWA), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The firm was founded by Fred Dent III in 1997. DWA provides advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations and corporations or other businesses.

Covey Park Energy LLC engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas. It focuses on the acquisition and exploitation of reserves in the ArkLaTex, Permian, and MidContinent regions. The company was founded in June 2013 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Founded in 2009, IBERIA Financial Services LLC is a broker/dealer located in Lafayette, Louisiana. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBERIABANK Corp. (NasdaqGS: IBKC). The firm offers securities and other financial products to IBERIABANK Corp.'s clients' needs. Through their own subsidiary, Finesco LLC, IBERIA Financial Services offers insurance premium financing to retailers and other commercial customers.

The RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy (CMEPP) provides expertise on the Middle East. Their analysts focus on political, social, economic and technological developments in and around the region. Through research and analysis, CMEPP helps public and private decision makers solve problems, tackle challenges and identify ways to make society safer, smarter and more prosperous. The firm is located in Arlington, Virginia.

VoterVoice LLC engages in grassroots advocacy and community engagement activities. The company was founded on February 2, 2000 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

WPZ GP LLC owns, operates, develops and acquires natural gas gathering systems and other midstream energy assets. The company is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

The International Society of Automation operates as an international, nonprofit, educational organization that promotes the advancement in the theory, design, manufacture, and use of sensors. The non-profit company is based in Durham, NC and has subsidiaries in the United States.