Michael J. Schultz

Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. (AIP) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. The firm was founded as a Nebraska corporation in 1984 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameritas Holding Co., which is owned by Ameritas Mutual Holding Co. AIP provides investment advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies; pension plans and retirement accounts (including Taft-Hartley Plans); charitable organizations; and registered investment companies of Calvert Variable Products, Inc., The firm also provides investment advisory services to discretionary investment (wrap fee) program accounts including: individuals and high net-worth individuals; pension and profit sharing plans; trusts; charitable organizations; state and local government entities; and small businesses and others.

Summit Investment Partners LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Cincinnati, Ohio with an additional office in Lincoln, Nebraska. The firm is a subsidiary of UNIFI Cos., a mutual holding company. Summit Investment Partners is comprised of three entities: Summit Investment Advisors, Inc, Summit Investment Partners, Inc. and Union Central Mortgage Funding. Summit Investment Partners manages assets for insurance companies, public and private pension funds, endowments, foundations, mutual funds and high net-worth individuals. The firm is also the advisor for the Summit Apex/Pinnacle family of mutual funds.

The Union Central Life Insurance Co. provides insurance services. Its products include individual life and disability insurance, annuities, investment products, and group retirement. The company was founded by Dr. John Pascal Paoli Peck in 1867 and is headquartered at Cincinnati, OH.

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio) is a State-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1919 and manages pension assets for active, inactive and retired Ohio public educators. STRS Ohio operates under the guidelines of Chapter 3307 of the Ohio Revised Code as enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. They are legally separated from and fiscally independent of state and local governments.