Jeffrey Faenza

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance, annuities, and employee benefits programs. It operates through the US, and MetLife Holdings segments. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Royce & Associates LP, dba Royce Investment Partners (Royce), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Charles Royce in 1972 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason Royce Holdings LLC, which is ultimately owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). Royce offers investment advisory services to US registered investment companies, non-US investment companies, collective investment trusts, two separate series of a privately offered limited liability company, and institutional separate accounts managed for a pension plan and a charitable organization.

Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc (Bear Stearns) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Cos LLC founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in the US.

Citibank NA engages in the provision of banking services. It offers retail and commercial banking; credit cards; banking, capital markets, and advisory; markets and securities services; private banking; and treasury and trade solutions. The company was founded on June 16, 1812 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BNP Paribas operates as an investment advisor. It provides capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions. The firm’s services are provided via four core business lines: Global Markets, Securities Services, Financing Solutions and Advisory. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Algorithmic Implementations, Inc. provides computer access solutions for the vision impaired. Its products include ZoomText, ZoomText USB, the ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard, and ZoomText Express. The company was founded by Benjamin D. Weiss in 1985 and is headquartered in Manchester Center, VT.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Oxford Funds LLC provides investment advisory services. The private company is based in Greenwich, CT and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (HKAM) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of Horizon Kinetics LLC in the US. The firm was founded in 1994 as Horizon Asset Management LLC by Murray Stahl, Steven Bregman, Peter Doyle, Tom Ewing, and John Meditz. Headquartered in New York City, HKAM manages separately managed accounts, open-ended and closed-ended investment companies, an exchange traded fund and private funds for a wide variety of clients.

Irradiant Partners LP (Irradiant Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Irradiant Partners LLC founded in 2021 by John John Eanes, Jon Levinson and Michael Jeffrey Levitt. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Altmore BDC, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company. It invests in senior secured term loans to cannabis operators in the United States, including cultivators, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. The company was founded in July 2021 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

The Gladstone Cos., Inc. operates as an alternative asset manager and provider of other administrative and financial services. Its funds invest in a diverse range of alternative strategies, including private debt, private equity, real estate and natural resource real assets. The company was founded by David Gladstone and Terry Lee Brubaker on December 7, 2009 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. provides markets for the trading and clearing of crude and heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and electricity. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Enhanced Capital Partners LLC (Enhanced Capital Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Andrew Paul. The firm is headquartered in New York.

WeSpire, Inc. provides technology-based engagement programs. The firm specializes in employee engagement, behavior change, sustainability for people, gamification, positive impact, interactive technology and responsible companies. The company was founded by Susan Hunt Stevens and Jason Butler in 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Level Equity Management LLC (Level Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Benjamin Levin, George W. McCulloch and Sarah Sommer. The firm is headquartered in New York.

SIH ACA Topco LP is a governance, risk, and compliance advisor in financial services. SIH ACA Topco is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company empowers clients to reimagine GRC and protect and grow their business by integrating advisory, managed services, and distribution solutions with their ComplianceAlpha® regulatory technology platform. The company has a team of former regulators and practitioners with a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape. The company was founded in 2002, and Patrick Michael Olson has been the CEO of the company since 2023.