Patrick James Mason

Cairn Investment Group, Inc. (Cairn) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Vancouver, Washington. The firm was founded by James “Jim” Parr and Timothy “Tim” Mosier in 2007. Cairn provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services for individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities.

NewFocus Financial Group LLC (NewFocus) is a SEC-registered independent investment adviser headquartered in Vancouver, Washington. The firm was founded by Chad Burton in 2004 and they are a subsidiary of EP Wealth Advisors LLC, which is owned by EPWA, Inc. NewFocus provides comprehensive financial planning and investment management services to individuals, families, business owners, and professionals as well as trusts, retirement and pension plans.

Schwab Charles & Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment products and services to retirement and other benefit participants. It offers trading, banking, small business solutions, investment tools and research. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC (TCIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC, ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. TCIM provides investment management and certain administrative services necessary for the operation of the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), a diversified open-end registered investment management company that consists of eight accounts, that issues individual, group and tax-deferred variable annuity contracts.

Columbia Funds provides investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Shrewsbury, MA.