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Montana Board of Investments is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Helena, Montana. The firm was founded by the Montana legislature in 1972. Montana Board of Investments provides prudent investment management of state and local government funds. They work with financial institutions, state agencies, and local governments to enhance and expand Montana’s economy, assist new and expanding Montana businesses, and lend low-interest funds to eligible governments for a variety of projects.

Schwab Charles & Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment products and services to retirement and other benefit participants. It offers trading, banking, small business solutions, investment tools and research. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. engages in the development and production of bio-based chemicals and fuels. The company was founded by Ryan T. Gill, Peter Long, and Michael Lynch in 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

BSW Wealth Partners LLC (BSW) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The firm was founded by Debi Baydush in 1992. BSW provides investment management services primarily to high net-worth individuals and families.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

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.

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.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include corporate and business, energy and natural resources, gaming, government relations, intellectual property, litigation, pro bono legal and community services, and real estate. The company was founded by Stephen W. Farber in 1968 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

The Denver Bar Association is a professional organization that promotes justice in the legal community. The Denver Bar Association is based in Denver, CO. The private company offers a variety of resources and benefits to their members to assist them in their legal practice. The association provides opportunities for new lawyers to network with other professionals through their Young Lawyers committee. Additionally, they offer public legal clinics and pro bono legal assistance to those in need.

Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC (WFCS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded 1852 and formerly known as Wells Fargo Advisors LLC. They are a subsidiary of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings LLC, a non-bank indirect subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a financial and bank holding company. Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC. WFCS provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, governmental entities and educational institutions, as well as banks or thrift institutions. They also act as portfolio manager for certain wrap fee advisory programs.

Premier Pacific Vineyards, Inc. produces, markets and distributes wine and wine-related beverages. It offers new vineyard leasing, vineyard sale-buyback financing and other capital-based solutions. The company was co-founded by William F. Hill and Richard G. Wollack in 1998 and is headquartered in Napa, CA.

Waud Capital Partners LLC (Waud Capital Partners) is an Independent Private Equity firm. The firm is founded in 1993 by Reeve Byron Waud. It is headquartered in Chicago,US.

The Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. ASRS was founded in 1953 to provide retirement security to State of Arizona’s public servants, which includes teachers, municipal workers and other government employees. They administer a pension plan, long-term disability plan, retiree health insurance plans and other benefits to qualified government workers.

Gen 1 Capital Management LLC (Gen 1 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Julian Cheng. The firm is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

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

Promus Equity Partners LLC (Promus Equity Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Promus Holdings LLC founded in 2010 by J. Zachary Musso and Andrew W. Code. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Creation Investments Capital Management LLC (Creation Investments Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Patrick Thomas Fisher and Kenneth D van der Weele. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Bangalore, Dallas, New York, and Mexico.

California Independent System Operator Corp. transmits and distributes electricity. It provides long-distance, high-voltage power lines that deliver electricity throughout California, and part of Nevada. The firm manages transmission lines and supervises maintenance. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Folsom, CA.

LS Power Development LLC engages in the provision of electric distribution services. It specializes in power generation, electric transmission, energy infrastructure, environmental stewardship, and investment management. The company was founded by Mike Segal in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Element Power US LLC develops, acquires, builds, and operates utility scale solar and wind power projects. The company was founded by Ty P. Daul and Raimund Grube in 2008 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides a comprehensive range of equity execution services exclusively to institutional clients worldwide. Their clients include private banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, independent asset managers and investment advisors and other brokers.

Digital Evolution Group LLC engages in the provision of digital marketing services. It offers creative digital content, demand generation, data management, content studio, portal and collaboration, customer experience marketing, web content management, direct marketing, social media, mobile, eCommerce, analytics and insights, and paid media services. The company was founded by Neal Sharma, Jasvindarjit Singh and Dale Hazlett in 1999 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

The District of Columbia Bar provides legal services. The private company is based in Washington.

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.

Food Bank of the Rockies, Inc. provides food distribution services. It is a non-profit organization that provides food collection and distribution services for emergency, community development and hunger-relief programs. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.