Gene A. Hoots

CornerCap Investment Counsel, Inc. (CornerCap) is an independent registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded by Thomas Quinn and Gene Hoots in 1989. CornerCap provides guidance and tailored portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals, group retirement plans, foundations, endowments, and other types of clients. The firm is also investment adviser to The CornerCap Group of Funds and to CornerCap Fundamentrics® Large Cap ETF.

Founded in 1970 by Joseph Reich and Oscar Tang, Reich & Tang Asset Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management SA, Reich & Tang Asset Management and their wholly-owned subsidiaries, Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc. and Reich & Tang Services, Inc., are collectively referred to Reich & Tang.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. manufactures and markets tobacco products. The firm has tobacco-sheet manufacturing operations and a research-and-development facility in Winston-Salem. Its brands include Camel, Kool, Pall Mall, Winston, Doral, Barclay, Lucky Strike, and Monarch. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. manufactures and markets cigarettes and tobacco products. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.