Nicole Klock

Part of NTFN, Inc., North American Mortgage Co. originates, acquires, sells and services mortgage loans. The company is based in Santa Rosa, CA. North American Mortgage was acquired by Dime Bancorp, Inc. on October 15, 1997 for $460.79 million.

TIAA Real Estate Account is an insurance company, which offers individual and group accumulating annuity contracts. It also offers individual lifetime and term-certain variable payout annuity contracts including the payment of death benefits to beneficiaries. The company was founded on February 22, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America-College provides financial products and services. It offers retirement plans, mutual funds, annuities, life insurance, brokerage and trading services, managed accounts and education savings. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Holt Group, Inc. provides engineering, planning, and surveying services. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in El Centro, CA.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

Paymap, Inc. develops, markets and services electronic payment products. The company enables consumers who pay a monthly fee for service, can map a financial plan by setting up a system of automatic payments from bank accounts on either a payday-to-payday or monthly basis. Its equity accelerator offers its customers the ability to make mortgage payments and prioritize other forms of debt. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bechtel Group, Inc. provides engineering and construction services. It offers technology, development, financing, ownership, procurement, safety, and environment services for roads, rail systems, airports, seaports, fossil and nuclear power plants, refineries and petrochemical facilities, mines and smelters, defense and aerospace facilities, environmental cleanup projects, telecommunications networks, pipelines and oil and gas field development services. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

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.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. distributed and marketed DVDs and VHS releases. The company produced films and TV shows included Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Touchstone Television, Miramax, and Hollywood Pictures. The company was founded by John Cracknell and was headquartered in Burbank, CA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

KPMG LLP (United Kingdom) provides audit, advisory, and tax services. Its audit and assurance services encompass accounting advisory, financial reporting publications, financial state audit, internal audit, and revenue recognition. The firm's tax and pension services include statutory residency test, pension, personal tax investigations, tax management consulting, tax technology, legal services, tax value chain, employment issues, indirect tax, and tax policy cycle. KPMG was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kigdom.

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, together with its subsidiaries it provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients, and alternative asset management products and services to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. The company operates its business through five segments: Broker-Dealer, Asset Management, Corporate Credit, Investment Income, Eliminations and Corporate Costs. The Broker-Dealer segment includes a broad range of services, such as underwriting and acting as a placement agent for public and private capital markets raising transactions and financial advisory services in M&A, restructuring and other strategic transactions. The Broker-Dealer segment also includes institutional brokerage services and equity research services to institutional investor clients. The Asset Management segment includes the management of a broad range of pooled investment vehicles, including the company's hedge funds, hedge funds of funds. The Corporate Credit segment includes the management of collateralized loan obligations and small business loans. The Investment Income segment includes income from the company's principal investments in public and private securities, as well as any other net interest and income from investing activities. The Corporate Costs segment includes expenses related to JMP Group Inc., the holding company, and JMP Group LLC, and is mainly comprised of corporate overhead expenses and interest expense related to the company's credit facility with City National Bank. JMP Group was founded by Joseph A. Jolson and Carter D. Mack in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales ensures that its members, students, and affiliates maintain the highest standards of professional competency and conduct to protect the public interest. The non-profit company is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. With over 150,000 members, the institute provides technical information, helplines, and communities to its members.

Harvest Capital Strategies LLC (Harvest) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1999 and formerly known as JMP Asset Management LLC. They are wholly owned by JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Harvest provides discretionary investment advisory services to a number of private investment funds that operate as private investment funds.