Brian Regan

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Liberty Dental Plan Corp. engages in the provision of dental care insurance and benefits. It offers medicaid, medi-cal, commercial, healthcare exchange, and individual and family plan programs. The company was founded by Amir Neshat in 2001 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Springstone, Inc. owns and operates a psychiatric hospital. Its services include psychiatric counseling, medication management, group therapy, family therapy, computer-aided therapy, detoxification, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, twelve-step programs, support groups, after-care meetings and post-discharge wellness checks. The firm also offers Stress management, Sleep enhancement, Art, music, Yoga and relaxation therapy, Exercise, recreation and Nutritional counseling. The company was founded by W. Earl Reed in 2010 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Health Management Academy LLC is a private company that has been cultivating a community of healthcare's most influential changemakers since 1998. The company is based in Alexandria, VA. The company provides peer groups, leadership development programs, and market insights to over 2,000 health system senior executives and 200 industry organizations. The Health Management Academy was founded by Sherrie Jones, Gerald E. Bisbee, and Renee DeSilva has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. provides practice management services to anesthesiologists. The firm offers chronic pain management, monthly operating reports, billing and claims processing, human resources services, legal and regulatory compliance, credentialing, physician support, collaboration tools, and scheduling and resource planning. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Abzena Ltd. engages in the provision of proprietary technologies and complementary services to enable the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products. It offers antibody discover and candidate screening, immunology and immunogenicity assessment, antibody and protein engineering, bio conjugation, custom synthesis of cytotoxic payloads, reagents, and other small molecules, manufacture of payload linkers, development of manufacturing cell lines, and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. The company was founded by Sunil Shaunak in 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

US Radiology Specialists provides radiologist services. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.