Michael Guy Blackmon

Founded in 2006 by Peter Raimondi, Banyan Partners LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. In 2011, the firm acquired the assets of Earl M. Foster Associates. Banyan Partners provides advisory and wealth management services to a variety of clients including individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities and pension and profit sharing plans.

Cypress Capital Group, Inc. (CCG) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida. Formerly known as Palm Beach Investment Advisors LLC, the firm was founded in 1988 when a Chicago firm headed by Barry Hoyt bought Palm Beach Investment Advisors, which had earlier absorbed Cypress Trust. CCG provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients throughout the US.

Merrill Lynch Private Client Group is a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). The firm is headquartered in Pennington, New Jersey.

Blackmont Capital, Inc., formerly First Associates Investments, Inc., is an investment advisor located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Group Ltd. (MCQEF.PK), a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services to institutions, corporations and individuals. Blackmont Capital manages the Resolute Growth Fund, an open-end mutual fund and the Blackmont Corporate Bond Fund.

SVB Wealth LLC (SVBW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2006 as BP Wealth Management LLC and changed their name to Boston Private Wealth LLC in 2015 and SVB Wealth LLC in 2022. In 2023, they became a wholly owned, non-bank subsidiary of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., which in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA). SVBW offers a comprehensive and customized set of wealth management and investment management services to high net-worth individuals, families, trusts and organizations, including foundations and endowments.

Cumberland Advisors, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Sarasota, Florida (with a branch office in Vineland, New Jersey). The firm was founded by David R. Kotok in 1973. Cumberland Advisors provides investment advisory services to high net worth individuals, institutions, investment companies, public and corporate retirement plans, corporations, foundations and government entities (direct clients as well as managed money through financial advisors).