Tom Biffle

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Capital Advisors, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1978, Capital Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, investment companies and corporations and other business entities.

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.

Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. (Cavanal Hill) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They firm was founded in 1991 and formerly known as Axia Investment Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of BOKF, NA, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BOK Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: BOKF), a financial holding company. Cavanal Hill provides professional investment management services to a broad and diverse client base that includes trusts, retirement plans, and banking institutions. The firm offers their strategies through separately managed accounts. They also serve as investment advisor to the Cavanal Hill Funds.

Cain Brothers & Co. LLC delivers solutions to mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic and financial advisory clients. Its services include strategic and financial advisory, direct bank placements, tax-exempt bond underwriting, joint ventures and affiliations, fairness opinions and valuations, leverage finance, swaps and derivatives, and growth equity. The company was founded by Daniel M. Cain and James E. Cain in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Evensky & Katz LLC, do-business-as Evensky & Katz/Foldes Financial Wealth Management (EK-FF), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth manager headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. EK-FF was founded by Harold Evensky in 1985 and generally provides investment advice to individuals, including high net-worth individuals, 401(k), pension and profit-sharing plans, 403(b), trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, corporations or business entities.

Frost Investment Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The firm was founded in 1868 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Frost Bank, itself wholly owned by Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE: CFR). Frost Investment Advisors offers a family of diversified mutual funds and provides investment advisory services designed to meet the goals of their institutional, family office and individual clients.

SFMG LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plano, Texas. The firm was founded by Greg Morgan in 1992 and do-business-as SFMG Wealth Advisors. SFMG provides investment advisory services to individuals and their families, high net-worth individuals, pension plans, trust, estates or charitable organizations, and corporations and other business.

Juniper Resources LLC engages in the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and gas assets. The company was founded by Ian Delahunty, Steve Thibodeaux, and Matt Strickler in 2015 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

FCA Corp. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Robert W. Scharar in 1975 and is wholly owned by First Commonwealth Holding Corp. FCA provides portfolio management, financial planning and consulting services to individuals, managed entities and open-ended mutual funds.

Lee Financial Corp. (LFC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Richard R. Lee in 1975 and they are a subsidiary of LFC Holding Co. LFC offers personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals and high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, private equity, 401(k) and defined benefit plans (investment selections only), and corporations or other business entities.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

McLane International LLC provides international trading and solution services. Its services include consolidating export containers worldwide, multi-llngual stickering program, expert logistics management, international trade show participation and the lady liberty brand. The company was founded by Drayton McLane in 1958 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PlainsCapital Bank (Investment Management) is the investment management division of PlainsCapital Bank, an investment bank headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTH). PlainsCapital Bank primarily serves the private sector including in middle-market commercial businesses and high net-worth individuals.

Unitex Oil & Gas LLC engages in exploration and production of oil and gas properties. The company was founded by David C. Wilson in 2003 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.

Astoria Strategic Wealth, Inc. (ASW) is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Conroe, Texas. ASW was founded in 1996 and provides fee-only, fiduciary, financial planning, and investment management services to families and affluent individuals in Austin, Texas, and surrounding areas.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPFS provide investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

Seed Sumo Management LLC (Seed Sumo) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Bryan Bulte, DJ Monteilh, Doss Cunningham, and Manish Patel. The firm is headquartered in Bryan, Texas.

Brand Foundry Ventures LLC (Brand Foundry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Andrew C. Mitchell in 2013. The firm is headquartered at Austin, Texas.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Palm Harbour Capital LLP (Palm Harbour) is a private investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded by Peter Smith in 2018. Palm Harbour serves as the investment manager of the COBAS LUX SICAV Palm Harbour Global Value Fund.

Tailwater Capital LLC (Tailwater Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Edward Herring and Jason Downie. The firm headquartered in Texas, US.

Crane Venture Partners LLP (Crane Venture) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Krishna Visvanathan and Scott Sage. The firm is headquartered in London.