Hallie Ross

Wilmington Trust Corp. provides banking and financial services. It also creates a relationship management company that helps individual and institutional clients increase and preserve their wealth. The firm operates through four segments in three core businesses: Regional Banking, Corporate Client Services and Wealth Advisory Services. The Regional Banking Services serves commercial clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region and consumer clients in the state of Delaware. The Wealth Advisory Services serves high-net-worth clients throughout the United States. The Corporate Client Services serves institutional clients. The company was founded by T. Coleman duPont on July 8, 1903 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Royce & Associates LP, dba Royce Investment Partners (Royce), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Charles Royce in 1972 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason Royce Holdings LLC, which is ultimately owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). Royce offers investment advisory services to US registered investment companies, non-US investment companies, collective investment trusts, two separate series of a privately offered limited liability company, and institutional separate accounts managed for a pension plan and a charitable organization.

Swander Pace Capital LLC (SPC) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Andrews Richards and J.B. Handley. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Digitas, Inc. provides digital and interactive marketing services to the Internet-based and e-commerce companies. The company also provides cross-channel communications to clients. Its services include customer acquisition, cross-sell, loyalty, affinity and customer care operations. The company was founded by Robert L. Cosinuk in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Alterity Partners LLC provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to the healthcare and technology industries. The company was founded by Sean McDevitt and Philip B. Harris and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded by Chris Shumway in 2002, SCP III LP, dba Shumway Capital Investments, is a family office and growth equity investment firm located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Aden & Anais, Inc. manufactures and sells infant and toddler accessories. Its offers swaddles, sleeping bags, towels and washcloth sets, skin and laundry care products, blankets, crib sheets, changing pad covers, bibs and burp cloths and gift products. The company was founded by Reagan Moya-Jones in 2004 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Gemspring Capital Management LLC (Gemspring Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Bret Weiner. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

Searle & Co., Inc. provides investment advisory services. The business continuity plan addresses data back up and recovery, all mission critical systems, financial and operational assessments, alternative communications with customers, employees, regulators, alternate physical location of employees, critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact, regulatory reporting and assuring their customers prompt access to their funds and securities if they are unable to continue their business. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Greenwich, CT

Founded in 2008, WallachBeth Capital LLC is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is an institutional, inter-market-broker providing non-conflicted trade execution and connectivity to the broad spectrum of professional trading market participants and an expansive menu of exchanged-traded products. They specialize in ETFs, listed equity options and index products, OTC derivatives, listed and OTC equities and non-US equities.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Backerhaus Veit Ltd. manufactures and markets breads, rolls, and pretzels. Its products include table loaves, multigrain and whole grain, rye, crusty, sliced panini, ciabatta and focaccia breads. The company was founded by Sabine Veit in 1987 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Compass Point Research & Trading LLC (Compass Point) is a registered broker-dealer and full-service investment banking firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded by Scott Dreyer in 2007 and is owned by Sooner Holdings LLC. Compass Point provides investment banking, research, and sales and trading services to institutional investors. Their clients include investment advisors, mutual funds, hedge funds and other institutional accounts located in the US, Canada and Europe.

Great Hill Partners LP (Great Hill Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Christopher S. Gaffney, Steve F. Gormley and John G. Hayes. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

PWC Corp. is a private company that wholesales steel water pipes and plumbing and heating equipment. The company is based in Santa Ana, CA.

Starwood Capital Group Global LLC (Starwood Capital Group Global) is a private equity real estate subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group Holdings LP founded in 1991 by Barry Stuart Sternlicht. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. (WTIA) is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm was founded as MTB Investment Advisors, Inc. in 1995 as the result of a merger between Allied Investment Advisors and M&T Asset Management. In 2012, their name was changed to WTIA. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. (M&T Bank), which is owned by M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB). WTIA principally provides investment management services to institutional clients. They also serve as sub-advisor to the Wilmington Funds, a family of mutual funds.

G.research (formerly known as Gabelli & Co., Inc.) is a registered institutional research and brokerage firm headquartered in Rye, New York and was founded in 1976. The firm is a subsidiary of Gabelli Securities, Inc. and their ultimate parent is GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL). G.research has an emphasis on small and mid-cap ideas. Their core competencies include aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket, food and beverage, gaming and lodging, industrials, media, specialty chemicals, telecom and utilities. They publish daily research notes and full reports utilizing their proprietary Private Market Value (PMV) with a Catalyst methodology.

DA Capital LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jack DiMaio and Nasser Ahmad in 2004 as DiMaio Ahmad Capital LLC. They are owned by DA Management LP, which is owned by DA Companies LP. DA Capital provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis primarily to US domestic and non-US collective investment vehicles sponsored by the firm or its affiliates.

Dunes Point Capital LLC (Dunes Point Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Tim J. White. The firm is headquartered in Rye, New York.

Green Bay Advisors LLC (Green Bay Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Richard Kramlich and Anthony Schiller. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Ltd. (SNEL) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1999 and do-business-as Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ltd. (KBW). They are a subsidiary of Stifel Europe Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) in the US. SNEL provides Pan-European equity research and sales and trading products for their institutional clients.

Bowery Capital Management LLC (Bowery Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Michael Charles Brown, Keegan Forte and Nic Poulos. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AOL Ventures, Inc.(AOL Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Version Media founded in 2009 by Michael C. Brown and Chris Danzig. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ABC Radio Network Inc. owns and operates radio stations. It also distributes sports programming from ABC Sports and ESPN, music and entertainment shows including family-friendly pop music from Radio Disney. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of GE Aerospace, GE Capital Services is a diversified manufacturer of high-tech products. The company is based in Fairfield, CT.

Hyde Park Holdings, Inc. (Hyde park holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 1987 by Laurence Levy. The firm is headquartered in New York.