Kenneth W. Calligar

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

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.

CoreCommodity Management LLC (CoreCommodity) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Adam de Chiara and Bradford Klein in 2003 as Jefferies Asset Management LLC and changed their name to CoreCommodity Management LLC in 2012. They are a subsidiary of CoreCommodity Capital LLC, which is owned by CoreManagement LLC. CoreCommodity provides investment management services to sovereign wealth funds, public and corporate pensions, endowments and foundations, and other prominent institutional clients seeking commodities exposure.

Fireaway, Inc. manufactures and distributes fire-suppressing aerosol systems. The firm’s product units include electrical, thermal, and manual units. It serves elevator machine room, electrical vaults, marine, mining, power utility, flammable liquid storage, transportation, wind turbine, and rolling stock industries. The company was founded by James F. Lavin in 2005 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Bain Capital Ventures LP (Bain Capital Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in New York and California. The firm is wholly owned by Bain Capital LP.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Astra Capital Management LLC (Astra Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Kevin Beebe, Todd Crick, Mark Johnson, William Kennard and Matt Murphy. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Crescent Capital Group (Private Equity) is a private equity arm of Crescent Capital Group LP founded in 1991 by Jean-Marc Chapus. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Sonfarrel, Inc. supplies aerospace components. It offers plastic injection, rubber and silicone molded parts, and metal machined parts. The company was founded by Joseph Kerley, Joseph M. Kerley, Ronald J. Kerley, and Harvey J. Allstead in 1955 and is headquartered in Anaheim, CA.

Founded in 2007 by William Gross, Commerce Street Capital LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Duluth, Georgia. The firm is wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerce Street Holdings LLC. Commerce Street Capital specializes in municipal and high-yield corporate bonds.

Founded in 1993 by Thomas Trkla, Brookwood Financial Partners LP is a private equity firm located in Beverly, Massachusetts with an additional office in Temecula, California. The firm specializes in acquiring and managing real estate and corporate securities for private individual and institutional investors.

Cedarview Capital Management LP (Cedarview) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative asset management firm headquartered in Woodmere, New York. The firm was founded by Burton Weinstein in 2004. Cedarview serves as the investment manager of privately offered alternative investment funds and separately managed accounts.

Greystone & Co., Inc. provides real estate lending, investment and advisory services. It offers mortgage finance solutions across multiple platforms, including FHA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, USDA, CMBS, bridge, mezzanine and other proprietary loan programs. The company was founded by Stephen Rosenberg in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Service Equity Management LLC (Service Equity Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Commerce Street Capital LLC founded in 2004 by William Dudley Gross. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health insurance products and related services. The company's services include individual & family plans, group health insurance plans, and prescription drug list. It offers its services in Kansas and Northwest Missouri. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.