Jake Filoon

Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. (WTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Joseph Robbat and Douglas Biggar in 1979 as Weston Financial Group, Inc. until 2021. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Trust Co. of Westerly, which is wholly-owned by Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: WASH). WTA offers wealth management and holistic financial planning services for institutional and high-net worth clients.

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.

On April 12, 1853, the New York State legislature passed a bill chartering the United States Trust Co. of New York with the mission of serving as manager, executor and trustee of personal and corporate funds. They opened for business in New York City in August of that year. US Trust has divisions in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The firm also owns Campbell Cowperthwait, which manages growth-oriented portfolios for U.S. Trust's institutional clients.

Columbia Management Group, Inc. provides asset management services. The company administers discretionary investment accounts for corporations, foundations, pension and benefit plans and endowments. The company also assists in tax and estate planning and portfolio management for high-net-worth individuals. Columbia Management Group is headquartered in Boston, MA

Part of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., Crown Point Trust Co. is a company that serves as a trustee for retirement plan clients. The company is based in Portland, OR. Crown Point Trust was acquired by Dougherty Petroff Associates, Inc. from Bank of America Corp. on September 30, 2005.

Legacy Holding Co. functions as an investment holding private company. The company is based in Houston, TX.