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Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. (MFIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was established in 1986 and their sole shareholder is Mesirow Financial Services, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., a Chicago-based financial services firm that was founded in 1937. MFIM provides advisory services to individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, non-qualified plans, state or municipal government entities, and charitable organizations.

Vanguard Airlines, Inc. began services in December 1994 as a passenger airline. The airline provides convenient all-jet service to 15 cities: Atlanta, Austin, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, Chicago-Midway, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas (beginning April 1), Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, New York-LaGuardia, Pittsburgh and San Francisco (beginning April 1). The company currently operates a fleet of 12 Boeing 737s. The company uis located in Kansas City, MO.

Founded in 1997, Aviva Investors Americas LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was also previously known as Aviva Capital Management, Inc. Aviva Investors Americas is a subsidiary of Aviva USA Corp. and their ultimate parent is London-based Aviva Plc (LSE: AV). The firm manages assets for life insurance and annuity companies, re-insurance companies and other institutional clients.

Pardus Capital Management LP is an independent hedge fund management firm which was founded in 2005 by Karim Samii and Joseph Thornton. Headquartered in New York City, the firm manages the assets of high net-worth individuals and institutional clients.

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.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Asset Allocation & Management Co. LLC (AAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1982 and is principally owned by Securian AAM Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Minnesota Mutual Cos., Inc. AAM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advice to insurance companies across all business segments of the industry including Property and Casualty, Life, Health and Captive insurers.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

San Diego Padres Baseball Club operates as an American professional baseball franchise. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP provides legal services. It is a business and litigation firm with a diverse client base, includes business, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations, government entities and individual clients. The firm represents business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. The company was founded by Robert D. Klingler in 1873 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

United Way of Greater St. Louis raises and allocates funds for charities. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Värde Partners /Private Equity/ is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Värde Partners, Inc founded by George G. Hicks and Marcia Lynn Page in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with additional offices in London, New York, Singapore, Luxembourg and Mumbai.

Rice Park Capital Management LP (Rice Park Capital Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Rice Park Capital Management LLC, founded in 2018 by Nick Smith. The firm is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota.

TaiAn Technologies Corp. operates as a technology advisory company. It specializes in commercializing intellectual properties in the life sciences. The firm identifies and transfers promising technologies from the portfolio companies of the fund into Taiwan and to help catapult the local healthcare related industries up to the global competitive levels. The company was founded in February 2002 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Stanley Consultants, Inc. provides engineering, environmental and construction consulting services. The firm?s services include consulting and planning, engineering and design, urban design and landscape architecture, construction administration and design-build. Its services are used in the areas of power generation, potable water, roads and bridge, and multimodal systems. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Muscatine, IA.

The Illinois Road & Transportation Builders Association is an organization that provides training, education, business services, and positive experiences to its members. The non-profit company is based in Itasca, IL. The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is designed to develop and prepare emerging leaders from member firms for active participation in the industry. The program educates individuals about transportation issues of today and the future.

Cotter Consulting, Inc. offers project controls, program management, construction, field inspection and sustainability services. It serves aviation, commercial, education, healthcare, public, residential and transportation markets. The company was founded by Anne Edwards-Cotter in 1990 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

International Franchise Association is a non-profit organization, which represents and protects the interests of the franchise community. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

SWM International, Inc. is an American leading performance materials company that designs and manufactures highly engineered films, adhesive tapes, foams, nets, nonwovens, and papers for various industries and specialty applications. The private company is based in Alpharetta, GA. The company collaborates with industry leaders to develop and manufacture innovative skin-friendly medical device fixation and topical solutions. The company's state-of-the-art facilities enable them to offer customers the whole spectrum of production services from inception through to market delivery. SWM International and its subsidiaries manufacture on four continents, conduct business in over 90 countries, and employ approximately 5,000 people worldwide.