Stephen Michael Romney

BellSouth LLC operates as a telecommunications holding company. It provides wire line communication services including local exchange, network access, intra local access, and internet services. The firm also offers print and online directory advertising. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Romacorp, Inc. owns, operates, and franchises a chain of casual dining family restaurants. It offers baby back ribs, steaks, seafood, chicken, salads and soups, sandwiches, burgers, desserts, boneless bites, and onion loafs. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

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.

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

NGP Energy Capital Management LLC operates as a private equity firm in the natural resources industry. It considers investment in companies specializing in the oil and gas acquisitions and exploitation; oil and gas development drilling; midstream acquisitions and development opportunities; and oil and gas minerals and royalties. The company was founded by Kenneth Alfredo Hersh and David Russell Albin in 1988 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Denham Capital Management LP (Denham Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Stuart Denham Porter, Riaz Qamar Siddiqi and Carl John Tricoli. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Council on Competitiveness is a nonpartisan organization that has been advocating for a competitiveness agenda for over three decades. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The organization aims to attract investment and talent, spur the commercialization of new ideas, and enhance productivity to raise the standard of living for all Americans. The council's members include CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and national lab directors who provide real-world perspective to policymakers. The council believes that with the right policies, the strengths and potential of the economy far outweigh the current challenges the nation faces on the path to higher growth and greater opportunity for all Americans. Deborah L. Wince-Smith has been the CEO of the American company since 1993.

Trive Capital LLC (Trive Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Conner Searcy and Chris Zugaro. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Hasura, Inc. engages in the provision of data access and data flow tools and services via GraphQL APIs. The company was founded by Tanmai Gopal and Rajoshi Ghosh in July 2018 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

HC Capital Management LLC (HC Capital Management ) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Menlo Ventures Management LP (Menlo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by DuBose Montgomery. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Tusk Ventures Management LLC (Tusk Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bradley Tusk and Jordan Nof. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Novita Nutrition LLC operates as an animal protein nutrition company. It offers NovaMeal, a protein supplement for dairy and beef cattle. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Brookings, SD.

Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd (Vertex Venture) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Singapore technologies pte Ltd founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Benefit Street Partners LLC (BSP) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Tom Gahan in 2011 and became solely owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2019. BSP provides investment advisory services to private funds including the sub-advised funds for both institutions and high-net-worth investors.

Jolt Capital SAS (Jolt Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2011 by Jean Schmitt. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Cisco Investments Inc (Cisco Investments) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Altai Ventures Advisors LLC (Altai Ventures Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Oleg Ilichev. The firm is headquartered in Weston, Connecticut.

Renovo Capital LLC (Renovo Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Mark Barbeau, Donald W. Jungerman and Scott Lavie. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Oilfield Water Logistics LLC provides midstream water infrastructure and services to the energy industry. It offers water gathering, water disposal, water re-use, and solids and landfill operations. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.