Melanie Grace

Founded in 1937, WHV Investments, is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm is wholly-owned by Laird Norton Investment Management, Inc., a holding company that is owned by Laird Norton Co. LLC. The firm manages discretionary and non-discretionary accounts that are invested in equity securities for the following types of clients: institutional clients (including proprietary and third-party mutual funds, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, governmental entities, business entities, and private funds) and individual clients; clients in broker-sponsored wrap programs or wrap fee programs; clients in UMA Programs; and sponsors of UMA Programs where they provide the advisory services to the sponsors rather than to the underlying UMA clients.

Hercules Capital, Inc., is a traded business development company invests in middle market companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of life sciences, technology, SaaS Finance and sustainable renewable. It provides equity, debt, loan & mezzanine financing for buyouts, growth capital, and acquisitions capital requirements.

NYSE Euronext operates financial markets and provides trading solutions. It offers an array of products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, clearing operations, market data, commercial technology solutions and carbon trading, all designed to meet the evolving needs of investors, issuers, financial institutions and market participants. The company was founded by Jean-François Théodore in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The State Bar of California operates as an official attorney licensing agency. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA. Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker has been the CEO of the company since 2015.