Michael Brooks Bender

Corning Natural Gas Corp. provides natural gas transportation and storage. It also provides natural gas, transportation, storage and other unbundled energy services to residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers in the Corning, Hammondsport and Virgil, New York areas and to two other gas utilities which service the Elmira and Bath, New York areas. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Corning, NY.

The Dayton Power & Light Co. engages in the provision of electricity and natural gas. Its business include the sale, transmission, and distribution of electricity to residential, commercial, industrial and governmental customers. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Dayton, OH.

First Reserve Management LP (First Reserve) is a private equity firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. provides electrical services. It engages in generating, transmitting, distributing and selling electric energy. The company operates through the following segments: utility and nonutility. IPALCO Enterprises was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. distributes natural gas and electric energy. It provides natural gas service and transportation for residential, commercial and industrial customers. The firm also generates and distributes electricity and provides wholesale transactions. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Merrillville, IN.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

GEP Bison Holdings, Inc. provides oil and gas exploration services. The company is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Group (Global Energy & Power) is a private equity subsidiary of BlackRock Real Assets founded in 1992. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Caliber Midstream Partners LLC provides midstream and infrastructure services. It offers crude oil, natural gas gathering, transportation, treating, and processing services. The company was founded on October 1, 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Cornerstone Research, Inc. provides testimony, economic and financial analysis to attorneys. Its services include consulting to attorneys, developing case strategies, supporting expert witness, conducting research and analysis, consulting on internal and regulatory inquiries, consulting in motion practice and preparing for deposition and trail. The company was founded by James K. Malernee Jr. and Cynthia L. Zollinger in May 1989 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

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.

EnerJex Kansas, Inc. provides electronic utility services. It also ngages in on-shore oil exploration and production. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hays, KS.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

First Caribbean Power & Midstream operates as a holding company with interests in providing electrical power services. It offers power generation and midstream assets. The company is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

The Ohio Society of CPA's operates as an association for Certified Public Accountants.

Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. distributes and sells natural gas. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It offers Customer CHOICE program that offers residential and small commercial customers the opportunity to reduce energy costs by purchasing natural gas from non-utility suppliers. The company is headquartered in Columbus. OH.

Part of The AES Corp., Indianapolis Power & Light Co. is a company that provides retail electric service to over 500,000 customers in Indianapolis, IN, as well as other central Indiana communities. The company, founded in 1927, has a long history of supplying customers with low-cost and reliable power. The CEOs of the company are Kristina Lund and Kenneth J. Zagzebski.

Part of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chester Willcox & Saxbe LLP provides legal services. The company is based in Columbus, OH.