Liz E. Milz

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Heller Financial, Inc. provided mercantile financing. It was acquired by GE Capital Corp. The company was located in Chicago, IL

Frontier Technology LLC provides technology solutions and infrastructure services. The firm offers data center, virtualization, networking, storage, security, mobility, telecom and software solutions. It provides services to health care, financial, legal, education, retail, construction and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Jeff McKeever in 1976 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

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.

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.

A subsidiary of Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., Mesirow Financial, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Chicago with an additional office in New York City. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Mesirow was founded in 1937 by Norman Mesirow.

Merit Service Solutions LLC. provides exterior facilities management services. It provides snow and ice management, landscape maintenance and parking lot services enhancements to retail, corporate and industrial markets. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Alpha Capital Partners Ltd (Alpha Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Andrew H Kalnow. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Kroll LLC provides global advisory services. It offers valuation advisory; governance, risk, investigation, and disputes; kroll cyber risk, corporates finance, and compliance and regulatory consulting. The company was founded by William Duff and George Phelps in 1932 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Citigroup Private Equity LP (Citigroup Private Equity) a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sock & Accessory Brands Global, Inc. designs hosiery and accessories. Its brands include Bearpaw, Boo, Doctor's Choice and Fiddlesticks. The company was founded by Jeff Arnold in 1999 and is headquartered in Advance, NC.

NewSpring Mezzanine Partners LLC (NewSpring Mezzanine) is a private equity subsidiary of NSV II Management Co. LLC founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Beacon Manufacturing Group LLC is a company that specializes in providing highly engineered solutions to complex manufacturing problems. The company is based in Alexandria, MN and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company has two subsidiaries, Beacon MedTech Solutions and Beacon Engineered Solutions, which offer customized engineering solutions and help customers introduce new products respectively. Robert May has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Fabulous Floors, Inc. provides flooring services. It serves the education, healthcare, and corporate industry. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Carrollton, TX.

The Joneca Corp. is a manufacturer and distributor of food waste disposers in the North American market. Joneca Company, LLC in cooperation with Anaheim Marketing International are leaders in the worldwide distribution of environmental products. The company is based in Anaheim, CA and their retail partners include Costco, Amazon, Home Depot, Menards, Lowes, and more. The company offers quality, reliable, and state-of-the-art product features that are surprisingly quiet and use little electricity and water. The company started as an international marketing company pioneering and distributing disposers to over 50 different countries in 1985.

Lor-Mar Mechanical Services LLC provides mechanical contract services. The company is based in Pennsauken, NJ.

Star Plastics, Inc. is a company based in Ravenswood, WV. The company specializes in helping its customers rework their by-products through their recycling center, which converts recycled materials into usable assets. The company also creates custom compounded plastic materials to meet their customers' performance, property, and price requirements. Since 1988, Star Plastics has grown from a recycling company to one of the highest-quality producers of custom compounds. The company is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, making them a one-stop-shop for identifying their customers' material types and providing high-quality custom polymer compounding, material sourcing, tolling, blending, repackaging, and much more. Donald K. Wiseman has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

AEG Partners LLC provides business advisory firm specializing in strategic business transformation, capital markets, and corporate turnarounds and restructuring. It provides detailed assessment of the strategic options available to the lenders, and assistance in negotiations. The company was founded by Lawrence M. Adelman and Michael Goldsmith in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Calamos Investments LLC is a global investment firm headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. The firm was founded by John P. Calamos in 1977 and is a subsidiary of Calamos Partners LLC. Calamos Investments offers a range of global investment solutions through separately managed portfolios, mutual funds, closed-end funds, private funds, and UCITS funds. Their clients include major corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations and individuals, as well as the financial advisors and consultants who serve them.

Parkway Capital Investors LLC (Parkway Capital Investors) is a private equity subsidiary of Calvert Street Capital Partners, Inc. founded in 2000 by J. Drexel Knight, Christopher A. Pope and Scott Franzblau. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Founded in 1976, American National Bank & Trust is an independent locally-owned bank located in Wichita Falls, Texas. The bank is a direct subsidiary of AmeriBancShares, of Delaware, Inc. Their ultimate parent is AmeriBancShares, Inc.