Kevin R. Milkey

Barings LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1940, the firm is direct subsidiary of MM Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). MassMutual?s affiliated companies include financial services companies that provide investment management services and individual protection insurance to clients worldwide. Barings provides a broad range of investment advisory and management services to institutional clients, registered investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.

PNC Bank, NA (Investment Management) (PNC-IM) is the asset management division of PNC Bank, NA, a banking company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is ultimately held by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). PNC-IM manages assets for institutions and high-net worth individuals and provides tailored investments, wealth planning, trust and estate administration and private banking to high-net-worth families and individuals.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (Wealth Management) (BNY Mellon Wealth Management) is the wealth management division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), an investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. The firm was formed from the merger of The Bank of New York and the Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007. BNY Mellon Wealth Management provides investment management, wealth management and banking services to individuals, families, family offices, charitable gift programs, endowments and foundations.

NLG Capital, Inc. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. It was founded in 1968 and formerly known as Sentinel Asset Management, Inc. They became NLG Capital, Inc. in 2022. The firm is wholly-owned by NLV Financial Corp., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Life Holding Co. NLG Capital offers discretionary investment advisory services to various types of institutional clients, focusing on fixed income investments.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (Vermont Center Emerging) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by John Evans. The firm is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont.

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.

Founded in 1990 by Liam Dalton, Axiom Capital Management, Inc. is a full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm offers traditional fixed-income and equity services including separately managed accounts through mutual funds, hedge funds, fund of funds and exchange funds. They serve high net-worth individuals, pension plans, profit sharing plans and other institutions. Axiom Capital Management is member of FINRA/SIPC. Axiom assists start-up and transitional hedge funds in selecting the prime broker best suited for their funds. The firm's services include: soft dollar reimbursements, execution of foreign market derivatives, turnkey information technology infrastructure solutions. Axiom can meet the needs of hedge funds worth up to $1 billion. Axiom is an experienced soft-dollar broker. The firm works their large, diverse institutional customer base to arrange equitable and compliant soft-dollar agreements. The firm's trading desk adheres to the highest compliance standards combining state-of-the-art technology and experienced traders to deliver quality executions in most domestic and international products.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Cowen Prime Services LLC (CPS) is a broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is directly owned by Cowen PB Holdings LLC, which, in turn, is primarily owned by Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: COWN). CPS is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC and FINRA, and as a an introducing broker with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association. CPS was formed in 2015 following Cowen Group’s acquisition of Concept Capital Markets LLC. Concept Capital was established in 2010 following the spin-off of the Concept Capital division of Sanders Morris Harris Inc., whose origins date back to 1995. CPS' offering includes world-class custody and clearing options, multi asset class capabilities, leading execution and order management systems, a seasoned execution desk, a range of financing options, a highly professional operations and customer support team, comprehensive portfolio reporting capabilities, capital introduction, and live, intraday and post-trade risk and performance analytics.

Algorithm Sciences, Inc. engages in the business of technology services. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cingulate Works, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company which operates drug delivery platform technology to build and advance a pipeline of next-generation pharmaceutical products. Its products designed to improve the lives of patients suffering from burdensome daily dosing regimens and suboptimal treatment outcomes. The company was founded by Shane J. Schaffer, Matthew N. Brams, Raul R. Silva & Craig Steven Gilgallon in 2013 and is headquartered in Kansas City, KS.

Aerwave Medical, Inc. is a company that is developing a unique alternative to traditional medications used to treat pulmonary diseases such as asthma and COPD. The company is based in New York, NY, and the CEO of the company is Jeffrey Francis O'Donnell. These diseases are characterized by an unmet medical need, with up to 15% of asthma patients and 25% of COPD patients being unresponsive to treatment. Additionally, around 50% of long-term inhaler users discontinue use within the first year due to compliance issues and multiple side effects. Aerwave Medical's revolutionary approach involves an interventional method to treat these diseases.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

Voltron Therapeutics, Inc. develops the vaccine and immunotherapy center. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pd Theranostics, Inc. develops algorithms for prostate cancer and diabetic foot ulcers patience. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cingulate Therapeutics LLC operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the development of new products for the treatment of central nervous system and neurobiological disorders. The company was founded by Shane J. Schaffer, Patrick Joseph Gallagher, Matthew Brams, Arthur B. Sthraughn, Craig S. Gilgallon and Raul R. Silva and is headquartered in Kansas City, KS.

Part of Laidlaw Holdings Ltd., Laidlaw & Co. (UK) Ltd. is a British company that provides investment advice. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 1842. Matthew D. Eitner has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Inc. (Credit Agricole Securities USA) is a full service broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Calyon Securities USA, Inc. and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Global Partners, Inc., which is owned by Rue la Boétie SAS’s Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Credit Agricole Securities USA provides investors’ customized solutions to ensure they achieve their execution objectives in the tradition of service excellence and product innovation.

Boston Development Associates, Inc. develops building projects. The private company is based in Norwood, MA.

BioTek Instruments LLC provides microplate instrumentation and software for the drug discovery, genomics and proteomics and life science research fields. Its products include automated microplate detection systems for absorbance, fluorescence and chemiluminescence measurements, along with a complete line of automated washers, dispensers and pipetting systems, microplate stackers and robots, and data analysis software. BioTek Instruments was founded by Norman Alpert in 1968 and id headquartered in Winooski, VT.