Howard A. Hance Halligan

LB Hercules Holdings LLC provides investment management and broker dealer services. It offers tax and financial planning, fiduciary services, financial advocacy and trust services to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, banking and thrift institutions, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations and state government entities. The company manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, balanced portfolios, no-load equity, fixed income mutual funds, closed-ended municipal bond funds, real estate funds and hybrid funds. Neuberger Berman Holdings was founded by Roy R. Neuberger, Robert Berman and Howard Lipman in 1939 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

The National Association of Investment Cos. is a trade association and the largest network of diverse- and women-owned alternative investment firms. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company has been advocating for more than 52 years and has 194 diverse-owned alternative investment firms as members. These firms collectively manage over $389 billion in assets under management and invest with over 3,100 portfolio companies. The company consistently generates superior returns that help fuel the growth of the retirement and asset management industries. Robert L. Greene has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, 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

Connecticut Children's Medical Center provides medical care for children. It is the pediatric primary care service for children between Boston and New York. The neonatal intensive care unit cares for critically ill or premature newborn babies a year and some children who weigh one pound at birth. The hospital was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

University of Connecticut Health Center provides healthcare services. It is an organization, which composed of the school of medicine, John Dempsey hospital, the UConn medical group & health partners, and university dentists. It offers services for cardiovascular, cancer, behavioral, ambulatory, and neonatal intensive-care. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Progress Investment Management Co Inc (Progress Investment Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Ed Callan and Marx L Cazenave. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Pratt & Whitney Co., Inc. designs, manufactures, and services aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. It offers commercial engine, military engine, and auxiliary power units. The company was founded by Frederick Rentschler in 1925 and is headquartered in East Hartford, CT.

Connecticut Science Center owns and operates museum. It exhibits, a state-of-the-art 3D digital theatre, plus daily programs and events at the center. Its events and programmes include vacation exploration camps, teen program, women in science, movies, and stage shows. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

Hartford HealthCare Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers behavioral and mental health, bone and joint, cancer care, cardiology and heart care, centers for surgical weight loss, diabetes and endocrinology, emergency services, neurosciences, pain treatment, physical rehabilitation, senior services, and women's health. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

Liberty Bank engages in the provision of consumer and commercial banking services. It offers personal and business checking and savings accounts, lending, and credit cards; home mortgages; life insurance; and investment services. The company was founded in 1825 and is headquartered in Middletown, CT.

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts operates as theater for community programs. It offers Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, travel films and children's theater. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

Cambridge Associates LLC is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1973 by James Bailey and Henry Lewis. Cambridge Associates provides investment management and advisory services to colleges and universities, foundations and other non-profit institutions. They also act as an investment adviser to private clients, family offices, corporations, healthcare institutions, insurance groups, pension plans and ERISA pools and public and government-related groups.

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.

National Association of Securities Professionals is a Non-Profit Organization, which assists people to achieve inclusion in the financial services industry. The company was founded by Maynard H. Jackson, Felicia Flowers-Smith, Joyce M. Johnson & Donald Davidson in 1985 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Founded in 1992 by Cleveland Christophe and Duane Hill, TSG Capital Group LLC is a private equity firm located in Stamford, Connecticut

Syncom Venture Management Co LLC (Syncom Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 by Terry L. Jones. The firm is headquartered located in Bethesda, Maryland.

Princeton University Investment Co. (dba PRINCO) is the investment management arm of Princeton University, a private Ivy League research university headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. PRINCO was founded in 1987 and manages Princeton University’s Endowment through a global network of over 65 investment firms. The purpose of the Endowment is to provide steady support for the University’s current and future operating needs, while preserving real value for future generations. This mission requires an expected return that exceeds the sum of the annual rate of spending and University inflation.

Webster Bank, NA provides banking services. It offers investment management, financial planning services, banking and lending solutions, fiduciary services and institutional services. The company is headquartered in Waterbury, CT.

The Institute of International Education, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides educational and training programs for participants, sponsors and donors. It promotes educational relations, strengthen and link learning institutions. The firm?s programs are focused on the advancement of academic freedom, leadership skills development and capacity enhancement of individuals and organizations to address educational challenges. The organization was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Polaris Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Stephen D. Arnold, Jonathan A. Flint and Terrance G. McGuire. Polaris Partners is headquartered in Waltham.

Advion BioSciences, Inc. provides bioanalytical contract services to the pharmaceutical industry. Its clients include academic institutions, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical companies. Advion is the partner of choice for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and research customers requiring scientific excellence in their bioanalytical services and microfluidic chemistry systems. Its deep scientific expertise drives a product and services portfolio characterized by exceptional data quality, flexibility, speed, and regulatory compliance. Advion's excellence in method development provides a tremendous advantage in establishing reliable bioanalytical assays in a timely and cost-effective manner. Its expertise in technology development provides more information, better synthesis and mass analysis, higher yields, and substantially greater throughput. The company was founded in 1993 and is located in Ithaca, NY.