Martin P. Cournan

Essex Investment Management Co. LLC (Essex) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Michael Hazard and Joseph McNay in 1976. Essex provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to institutional clients, such as employee benefits plans, endowment funds, foundations, religious organizations, and mutual funds. The firm also provides investment management services to individuals (private clients), limited partnerships and limited liability companies.

ASB Capital Management, Inc. (ASBCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1983 and is owned by Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Chevy Chase Holdings LLC. ASBCM provides investment management services to qualified individual and institutional clients that include Taft-Hartley plans, pension and retirement programs, separate accounts, endowments and foundations, corporations and other types of accounts, and private investment vehicles.

Ewing Capital, Inc. is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Washington, DC. It was founded by Samuel Ewing in 1981. The firm manages assets of individual and institutional clients.