J. Lavia Thomas

Nuveen (Private Equity) (Nuveen) subsidiary of TIAA founded in 1898 by John Nuveen. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Founded in 1996, Relational Investors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in San Diego, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Relational Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Relational Investors Group LLC. They manage investments in U.S. and Canadian publicly-listed stocks and, as well as a variety of hedge funds.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

Founded in 1998, Harlingwood Capital Management, formerly CapitalWorks Investment Partners LLC, is a hedge fund manager located in San Diego, California. They are a subsidiary of Berkeley Capital Management LLC