Sarah Noronha

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. SWIB was founded in 1951 and is responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF) and other state trust funds. The WRS includes the Core Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Core Fund) and the Variable Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Variable Fund).

Northern Securities, Inc. is an independent investment bank headquartered in Toronto with additional offices in Calgary and Vancouver. They provide a full range of investment banking services including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring, retail and institutional distribution, equity research, online trading, online public offerings and online private placements. Northern Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northern Financial Corp. (TSX: NFC). They are a member of the CIPF and the IDA.

Founded in 1982, Buckingham Research Group, Inc. is an institutional brokerage firm located in New York City. The firm provides services to portfolio managers and research analysts for mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, foundations and other institutional investors. The employ fundamental, bottom-up research with a focus on U.S. small- to mid-cap emerging growth companies in the retail, consumer non-durables, finance and technology sectors