Brian E. Chiappinelli

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (EUSA Pharma USA), Inc. develops and markets biopharmaceutical products. The company was founded on November 7, 1980 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (dba GMO) is a privately-held, registered global investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. GMO was founded was founded in 1977 and provides investment advice to a wide variety of clients.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Opus Investment Management, Inc. (Opus) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts. They began as the asset management division of the former State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America (State Mutual), incorporated in 1844 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1985, doing business first as SMA Financial Corp. and then as Allmerica Asset Management, reflecting corporate parentage. In 2003, their name was changed to Opus Investment Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) (previously Allmerica Financial Corp.). Opus generally offers discretionary investment advisory services on fixed income products to institutional investors such as insurance companies, self-insurance groups and other financial institutions. For some of their clients that wish to have equity market exposure, the firm also offers advisory services related to mutual funds and exchange traded funds.

Kosan Biosciences, Inc. develops drugs for cancer therapeutics. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Prentiss Smith & Co., Inc. (PSC) is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Brattleboro, Vermont. The firm was founded by Prentiss C. Smith in 1982. PSC provides investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm also provides portfolio management services to some accounts enrolled in a wrap fee program with their broker.

LPL Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1989 as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. They are a direct subsidiary of LPL Holdings, Inc., owned by LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA). LPL Financial offers various types of advisory services and programs to individual and institutional clients.

Tafkak, Inc. provides genome sequencing and analysis solutions. It offers tools and solutions to researchers, drug developers and clinicians determine the genetic basis of human disease and drug response. The firm provides knomeCLINIC a software suite that helps medical researchers and clinicians interpret human genomes for biological relevance; kGAP a cloud-enabled genome informatics engine that automates the process of standardizing, distilling, annotating and comparing sequence data. It also offers knomeVARIANTS, a discovery-supportive interpretation tool, which helps researchers to find causal variants and genes. The company was founded by Jorge Conde and George M. Church in 2007 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

Federal Home Loan Bank System provides funds to financial institutions for home mortgage and small business. It offers member with reliable source of funding for housing finance, community lending and asset-liability management as well as liquidity for members’ short-term needs. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Rothstein, Kass & Co. LLC provides accounting and business consulting services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Roseland, NJ.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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.

CAI Software LLC engages in the delivery of on-demand enterprise resource planning and management systems, software, network integration and business consulting services to market companies in the building materials, food processing, precious metals and discrete manufacturing distribution industries. The company was founded by James H. McCooey in 1978 and is headquartered in Smithfield, RI.

IHS Global Insight (USA), Inc. (IHS Global Insight USA) is an investment research firm headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2001 and is owned by S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI). IHS Global Insight USA provides economic and financial analysis, market forecasting and market intelligence to a variety of clients in the industry, finance and government sectors. The firm provides coverage for over 170 industries in over 200 countries. Their coverage area includes North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Research focuses on the following industries: agriculture, automotive, commerce/transportation, construction, consumer goods, energy, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, lending and payment services, manufacturing, steel, technology, telecommunications and travel/tourism.

Solace Capital Partners LP (Solace Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Solace Capital Partners LLC founded in 2013 by Christopher S. Brothers and Vincent J. Cebula. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Samsung Asset Management (New York), Inc. (SAMNY) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SAM CO), itself a subsidiary of Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (KRX: 032830) in South Korea. Founded in 1994, SAMNY provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to Korean institutional clients, which includes its parent company, SAM CO, a Korea-based and Korean registered investment adviser, which is also registered with the SEC.