Charles A. Etherington

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

The Investment Company Institute is an association of mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The American company operates to support and represent these types of investment vehicles. The CEO of the company is Paul Schott Stevens.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

American Century Investments Value Yield LLC provides asset management services. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

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 Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Boston Financial, Inc. is a private company that specializes in low income housing tax credits syndication. Boston Financial was founded in 1969 and acquired by ORIX Corporation USA in 2016. The company is based in Boston, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company manages a portfolio of almost 1,800 properties worth $16.20 billion. The company's vision is to create a future where everyone has a home, one investment at a time.

ANDE Corp. provides rapid DNA analysis solutions. It develops a series of enabling microfluidic and molecular biology technologies and products for sample preparation and DNA purification, rapid thermal cycling, multiplexed amplification, focused DNA sequencing, optical detection of DNA sequences, and nucleic acid separation and detection. The company was founded by Paul Matsudaira in 2000 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

BUCON, Inc. provides design-build general contracting and subcontracting services focusing on design and construction of large industrial and commercial buildings for corporations. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Stowers Institute for Medical Research is a non-profit organization that conducts foundational research to uncover the secrets underlying fundamental biological processes. The institute is based in Kansas City, MO, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The institute has a unique funding model that provides ongoing support for research through the annual dividends from American Century Investments. The institute is dedicated to encouraging motivated individuals to pursue science or science-related professions, from their accredited graduate school to their training programs for post-docs, post-bacs, and undergrads.

Cantor Fitzgerald LP provides brokerage services. It offers capital market, investment banking and portfolio business services. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Precidian Investments LLC designs and develops financial products and tools for the mutual fund industry. It specializes in product development, trading, clearance, sales, technology, and securities law. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Bedminster, NJ.

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas is a ministry of the Archdiocese of in, which offers a wide range of specialized programs and services to help people in need throughout their 21 county service area. The non-profit company is based in Overland Park, KS. The company helps people get on their feet and maintain stability so that they don't have to face hard situations like choosing between buying food or paying rent. The Kids Summer Food Program is one of their programs. The CEOs of the company are Michael Williams, Lauren Solidum.

Star Mountain Fund Management LLC (Star Mountain) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Brett A. Hickey. The firm is headquartered in New York.

BioMed Valley Discoveries, Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops therapies for cancer, inflammation, and infectious disease. The private company is based in Kansas City, MO. The company was founded by Saurabh Saha.

Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research operates a pharmaceutical research organization. The private company is based in Emeryville.