Ronald L. McCarthy

Part of The Brink's Co., The Pittston Co. provides freight transportation and logistics management services.

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

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Phillips Lytle LLP is a full-service law firm with practice areas including banking, business, environmental, labor, personal injury, and real estate. Phillips Lytle is based in Buffalo, NY, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The private company advises clients on state and federal securities laws, tax rules, employee benefits, executive compensation programs, startups, emerging growth companies, entrepreneurs, not-for-profits, and government operations. The company also has a team-based approach to assist clients with nanotechnology and maintaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Meridian Gold, Inc. provided gold, silver and metal mining services. It was engaged in the mining and exploration of gold and other precious metals. The firm developed and processed gold from three properties in the United States and one in Peru. The company was founded in 1996 and was headquartered in Reno, NV.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.