Mary Gay

Legg Mason, Inc. is a holding company. It engages in the provision of investment management and related products and services to institutional and individual clients, company-sponsored mutual funds, and other investment vehicles. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. is a closed-end mutual fund. It engages in generating long-term capital appreciation. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. is a closed-end equity investment fund, which specializes in energy and natural resources stocks. Its objectives include the preservation of capital, attainment of reasonable income from investments, and an opportunity for capital appreciation. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (Delaware) owns and operates footwear specialty retailer stores in the Western Hemisphere with 4,605 retail stores. The stores offer fashionable, private and branded label footwear and accessories for women, men and children in a self-selection shopping format. Their stores sell a broad assortment of footwear, including athletic, casual and dress shoes, sandals, work and fashion boots, slippers and accessories, such as handbags and hosiery. The company's retail stores in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Japan sold over 182 million pairs of footwear. The company is headquartered in Topeka, KS

ClearBridge LLC is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Bill Miller in 1982 as Legg Mason Capital Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). ClearBridge provides investment advice to high net-worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicle, charitable organizations, endowments, foundations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other tax-exempt entities.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

Western Alliance Bank engages in the provision of banking services. The company was founded on August 26, 2002 and is headquartered in Phoenix AZ.