Chris Barr

Part of GenTek, Inc., Defiance, Inc. is a fintech asset manager and ETF sponsor focused on income and thematic investing. The company is based in Cleveland, OH. Defiance's disruptive ETFs include Next Gen H2 ($HDRO), the first SPAC ETF ($SPAK), and the first 5G ETF ($FIVG). The company, founded in 2018, offers actively managed options ETFs to enhance income and a suite of first-mover thematic ETFs that allow investors to express targeted views on dynamic sectors leading the way in disruptive innovations, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing, 5G, hydrogen energy, and electric vehicles.

Part of KeyCorp, Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell, Inc. is an investment management firm. The company is based in White Plains, NY. The company was founded by Vince D. Farrell. Spears, Benzak, Salomon & Farrell was acquired by KeyCorp on April 13, 1995.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Victory Capital Management, Inc. (Investment Management) (Victory Capital-IM) is the investment management division of Victory Capital Management, Inc., a financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1894 and formerly known as Key Asset Management, Inc. They are an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCTR). Victory Capital-IM provides specialized investment strategies to institutions, intermediaries, retirement platforms and individual investors.

BP America, Inc. transports crude oil and petroleum products. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, do-business-as Carnegie Investment Counsel (CIC), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pepper Pike, Ohio. The firm was founded in 2009, taking over the former RIA which was registered in 1991 and commenced operations in 1974. CIC provides investment advice and/or management supervisory services to individuals, non-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations or business entities, independent trust companies, and government entities.

Stifel Independent Advisors LLC (SIA) is a broker/dealer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1991 as Century Securities Associates, Inc. and became Stifel Independent Advisors LLC in 2021. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a full-service regional brokerage and investment banking firm that was founded in 1890. SIA offers brokerage services to a variety of individual and institutional clients. The firm executes securities transactions per client instructions through Stifel as their clearing firm.

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.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

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

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

CW Industrial Partners LLC (CW Industrial Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Rob G McCreary. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

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

ABC, Inc. operates as a media company. It owns and operates television networks and radio stations. The company was founded by Leonard H. Goldenson and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP provides legal services. Its areas of practices include corporate, litigation, banking and credit, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, private funds, intellectual property, restructuring and bankruptcy, and tax. The firm serves the energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance and reinsurance, technology, retail, defense, education and transportation industries. The company operates through its offices located in Beijing, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo and Washington, DC. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bluecoats, Inc. provides community and social services. It offers welfare services to the families of Cuyahoga County (Ohio) safety forces employees who lost their lives in the line of duty. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.