Steven L. Pepper

Engaged Capital LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded by Glenn Welling in 2012 and is a subsidiary of Engaged Capital Holdings LLC. Engaged Capital provides continuous and regular investment management services on a discretionary basis to private investment funds which they organized.

Novant Health, Inc. engages in the operation of hospitals and provides healthcare services. It is a medical group consisting of physicians as well as numerous outpatient surgery centers, medical plazas, rehabilitation programs, diagnostic imaging centers, and community health outreach programs. Its services include breast health, pediatrics, orthopedics, surgery, and sleep health. The company was founded on July 1, 1997 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

BDP International, Inc. engages in the provision of logistics and transportation solutions. Its services include transportation, analytics and optimization, visibility tools, export and import facilitation, project logistics and warehousing and distribution. It serves the chemical, life sciences and healthcare, oil and gas, and retail and consumer sectors. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Viant, Inc. provides healthcare payment solutions. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

Vixxo Corp. provides integrated facility management services for the restaurant, retail, convenience store and supermarket industries. It offers asset management and analytics, integrated facilities management, energy and sustainability, business analytics and strategy, project and trade services, and total life cycle management. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Learning Care Group, Inc. operates child care centers. The firm specializes in infant, toddlers, early preschool, preschool, pre-k, junior kindergarten, private kindergarten, school age and summer camp. It provides early education and care services to children between the age of six weeks and 13 years under their five brands. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Novi, MI.

Learfield IMG College operates as a collegiate sports marketing company. It offers multimedia rights, licensing, digital, publishing, ticketing, seating, fundraising, and consulting services to the collegiate market. The firm holds rights in intellectual property, experiential and promotional assets, event signage, digital, tickets, hospitality, live event radio, and shoulder programming, including coaches’ TV and radio shows. The company was founded in November 2007 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Mayfield Fund LLC (Mayfield Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 by Mark Jay Levin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks provides television broadcasting, information and musical online content services. Its services encompass films, television shows, video streaming and music videos. The company was founded in 1984 is headquartered in New York, NY.

Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Highland Capital Partners LLC (Highland Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1987 by Paul A. Maeder and Bob F. Higgins. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, US.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Populus Financial Group, Inc. provides financial services. Its services include payday loans, installment loans, auto insurance, bill payments and money orders. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Jockey International, Inc. manufactures and sells undergarments and other clothing products. Its products include underwears, t-shirts, sports wears, socks, bras, bottoms, gifts, and tops. The company was founded by Samuel T. Cooper in 1876 and is headquartered in Kenosha, WI

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. owns and manages ambulatory surgical facilities. It operates short-stay surgical facilities which are licensed as ambulatory surgery centers, specialty hospitals, and hospitals. The company was founded by Donald Steen in February 1998 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

Task Force X Capital Management LLC (Task Force X Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Brandon Shelton. The firm is headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Exeter Finance LLC provides auto finance services. It offers purchasing and servicing subprime auto finance contracts from select franchised auto dealers in the United States. The firm also provides consumer auto loan portfolios for sale, including consumer loan pool program for a variety of institutions and entities. The company was founded by Samuel M. Ellis, Richard G. Frunzi, Daniel A. Parry and Kenneth E. Wardle in 2006 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Dioko Ventures (Dioko Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Clayton Associates Holdings LLC. The firm is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North California.

Zurich American Insurance Co. provides insurance products and services. The firm’s products and solutions include absence, health and productivity, accident and health, captives, casualty, environmental, life and absence management solutions, international, management liability, political risk, private equity, professional liability, programs, property, security and privacy, strategic risk solutions, surety, trade credit, umbrella and worker’s compensation. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL.