Gary Davis

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 manages the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF) and other state trust funds. The WRS has two funds: the Core Fund, a fully diversified fund; and the Variable Fund, an all-stock fund.

TIAA Real Estate Account is an insurance company, which offers individual and group accumulating annuity contracts. It also offers individual lifetime and term-certain variable payout annuity contracts including the payment of death benefits to beneficiaries. The company was founded on February 22, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America-College provides financial products and services. It offers retirement plans, mutual funds, annuities, life insurance, brokerage and trading services, managed accounts and education savings. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bechtel Group, Inc. provides engineering and construction services. It offers technology, development, financing, ownership, procurement, safety, and environment services for roads, rail systems, airports, seaports, fossil and nuclear power plants, refineries and petrochemical facilities, mines and smelters, defense and aerospace facilities, environmental cleanup projects, telecommunications networks, pipelines and oil and gas field development services. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1876 and offers a full suite of capital markets products and services, including proprietary equity research and a fixed-income trading desk. For institutional asset management clients, the firm provides liquidity, execution, high-quality idea-generating research, and access to corporate management teams. Their institutional coverage includes relationships with over asset management companies all over the world. To corporate clients, they bring access to investor capital, broad distribution capabilities and financial markets advisory. Ladenburg Thalmann is a leader in financing growing middle-market public companies across various industry verticals, including Healthcare & Life Sciences, Yield-Oriented Securities (BDCs, REITs, MLPs), Energy, Power & Infrastructure, and Telecom, Media & Technology.

Part of Ally Financial, Inc., GMAC-RFC Holding Co. LLC provides real estate finance services. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

Bluestem Capital Co. LLC (Bluestem Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Steve T. Kirby. The firm is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Founded in 1985, Green Street Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and broker/dealer located in Newport Beach, California. The firm is affiliated with Green Street Investors and is a subsidiary of Green Street Holdings, Inc. Green Street Advisors' research concentrates on publicly-traded real estate securities including REITs and other publicly-traded real estate companies. The firm provides insight, advice and service to a variety of clients worldwide who seek thorough, timely analysis on private and public commercial real estate markets. Green Street Advisors' clients use their research at the macro, sector, market and company levels to improve their decision-making in many aspects of the real estate capital allocation process.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. distributed and marketed DVDs and VHS releases. The company produced films and TV shows included Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Touchstone Television, Miramax, and Hollywood Pictures. The company was founded by John Cracknell and was headquartered in Burbank, CA.

Microban International Ltd. provides built-in antimicrobial product protection and antifungal solutions. The firm serves consumer, industrial and medical product to avoid the growth of microbes, such as bacteria, mold and mildew that can cause stains, odors and deterioration of a product. It has locations in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Huntersville, NC.

DigitalBridge Operating Co. LLC engages in the provision of real estate investment services. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Checchi Capital Advisers LLC (CCA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The firm was founded by Alfred Checchi and Adam Checchi in 2007. CCA provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, charitable organizations, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations, and other business entities.

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. is an American company that provides an array of industry data prepared by NAREIT staff and other outside sources. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The company specializes in REITs, or real estate investment trusts, which are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate across a range of property sectors. Most REITs trade on major stock exchanges, and they offer a number of benefits to investors. Steven A. Wechsler has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Grosvenor Europe Ltd. is based in London, UK. Part of GGL Group Number Two Ltd., Grosvenor Europe Ltd. is a British company that provides investment management services. The company was founded in 2000. The CEO is Sara Elizabeth Lucas.

Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation engages in the provision of support to young researchers. It focuses in the fields of chemistry and life sciences, broadly interpreted, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that open up new avenues of research and application in these sciences and related disciplines. It offers national programs and local community works. The company was founded by Arnold O. Beckman and Mabel Beckman in September 1977 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

National Academy of Design operates as a not-for-profit organization. It promotes art and architecture through instructions and exhibitions. The company was founded by Thomas Cole, Rembrandt Peale, Ithiel Town, Samuel F. B. Morse, and Asher B. Durand in November 1825 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

U.S. Bank provides investment advice. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Lawrence, KS.

Cargill Financial Services International, Inc. provides financial services. The firm also provides security broker dealer services. The company was founded in 1990 and is located in Minnetonka, MN.

Founded in 1999 by the late Thomas Watson, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (JMS) is a full-service financial services firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of Independence Square Properties LLC, itself a subsidiary of Penn Mutual Insurance Co. Their ultimate parent is Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. JMS is a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm provides comprehensive financial advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional investors. Their primary coverage verticals include the consumer, technology, financials and infrastructure sectors.