Susan Merle Chamberlain

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (Thornburg) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The firm was founded by H. Garrett Thornburg in 1982. Thornburg provides discretionary portfolio management and investment services to several client types, which includes Thornburg Investment Trust, registered investment companies as to which Thornburg is a sub-adviser, separate accounts for institutional clients and private clients, wrap fee accounts of sponsored program accounts, unified managed account programs, private investment funds and other non-SEC registered investment vehicles.

Founded in 1987 by Steven Wishnia and Paul Berz, Highland Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm was formerly known as formerly Highland Capital Management Corp. and as First Tennessee Investment Management, Inc. Until 2011, they were a subsidiary of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN), the holding company for First Tennessee Bank NA. First Horizon sold Highland Capital Management to Steve Wishnia in 2011. In 2013, the firm was acquired by Argent Financial Group Inc. Highland Capital Management firm specializes in managing domestic equity and fixed-income portfolios for individuals, pension plans, profit sharing plans and endowments.

Bow River Capital Management LLC (Bow River Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Blair E. Richardson, Bruno Darré, and Eric B. Wolf. The firm is headquartered in Denver Colorado.

Ultimus Fund Solutions LLC provides investment firms with customizable, full-service administration, accounting, and investor servicing solutions. Ultimus Fund Solutions was founded in 1999 by Bob G. Dorsey, Mark Seger, and John Splain, and is based in Cincinnati, OH. The company's services include portfolio administration and accounting, modern investor servicing tools, comprehensive compliance programs, tax, auditing, and distribution support. Ultimus Fund Solutions helps investment managers launch and operate successful ETFs, and provides tax reporting services to funds, co-investment entities, general partners, and management companies. The company also offers outsourcing management company administration services solutions, which reduce the resources needed to support an in-house accounting team. The company has subsidiaries in the United States and Russian Federation. Gary Tenkman has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Bhakti, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of fresh and craft-brewed tea. It offers iced chai with cashewmilk, concentrates, artisan tea, and iced chai. The company was founded by Brook Eddy in 2002 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

CirrusMD, Inc. develops mobile physician access solutions for large healthcare organizations. Its proprietary technologies allow everyone to access convenient, timely medical care with local physicians in the same way that doctors address concerns for their friends and family through text and video chat. The company was founded by Andrew Altorfer, Wallace Blake McKinney and Elliot Sands in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Crescendo Capital Partners LLC (Crescendo Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Mark Hopkins and Jennifer K Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Hewlett-Packard Financial Services Co. provides financial lifecycle management services. Its customers include small and mid-sized businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and large, multinational corporations. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ.

Ernest Health, Inc. provides healthcare and rehabilitation services. The firm?s services include inpatient rehabilitation, long-term acute care and outpatient rehabilitation services. The company was founded by Darby Brockette and David B. Fuller in 2004 and is headquartered in Mechanicsburg, PA.

Biotix, Inc. develops and manufactures laboratory consumables and liquid handling solutions for life science, clinical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology laboratories. It specializes in pipette tip innovation and engineering tips that improve accuracy, precision, and ergonomics. The firm offers pipettes, tubes, manual and automatic tips for robotic applications, custom engineering, assembly and kitting, reagent reservoirs, and plates. The company was founded by Arta Motadel in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Amerita, Inc. provides complex pharmaceutical products and clinical services to patients outside of the hospital. Its services include infusion services, injectable medications, enteral therapy and parenteral therapy, hospice medications and Synagis. The company was founded in 2006 by Jim Glynn and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Paine Schwartz Partners LLC (Paine Schwartz Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Dexter Paine, Kevin Michael Schwartz and Mitchell S. Presser. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

SDR Ventures, Inc. provides investment banking advisory services. Its services include sell-side and buy-side advisory, capital formulation and strategic consulting. The firm serves manufacturing, healthcare, technology and distribution and logistics customers. The company was founded in January 2002 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

Constitution Capital Partners LLC (Constitution Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Daniel Michael Cahill and John Joseph Guinee. The firm is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Inc. manufactures laser and amplified systems and fiber lasers. Its products include extreme ultraviolet sources, vacuum ultraviolet source, integrated systems, ultrafast TI:s laser, fiber lasers and measurement products. The company was founded by Henry C. Kapteyn and Margaret M. Murnane in November 1994 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Peak Industries, Inc. provides full service, design, and build organization. The company was founded on June 18, 2014 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

InBank provides personal and business banking services. The firm offers checking, savings, money market, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts; personal, credit, mortgage, commercial and business, real estate, construction, and agriculture loans; and debit cards. It also provides Internet banking, safe deposit box, night depository, wire transfer, merchant, and cash management services. The company was founded by Joe DiLisio in 1918 and is headquartered in Raton, NM.

The Women's Fund of Central Ohio is a public foundation that focuses on gender equity. The Women's Fund of Central Ohio is based in Columbus, OH. The non-profit company invests in women and girls through trust-based investments, groundbreaking research, and intersectional advocacy. The company's mission is to transform the lives of women and girls by mobilizing social change. The company has invested over $4.30 million in social change programs that help women and girls build wealth and become leaders. The company was founded in 2001 by Loann Crane, Sally Crane Cox, Ann Pizzuti, Stephanie Hightower, Judy Garel, Jody G. Scheiman, Cathe Chapin Kobacker, Kathy Ransier, Melodee Kornacker, Nancy Jeffrey, Barbara Fergus, Emily Rutherford, Mary Lazarus, Carol Andreae, Sharon Cameron. The CEO is Kelley Griesmer.

Coulton Creek Capital LLC is a private equity firm founded in the year 2013 by Chris Bouck, Andy Limes and Travis Conway. The firm is headquartered in Colorado.

Vestar/Colorado Impact LLC (CIF) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Vestar Capital Partners, Inc. founded in 2014 by James P. Kelley. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Hope Foods LLC manufactures organic hummus. Its products include roasted garlic cashew and almond dip, French onion cashew and almond dip, sea salt and olive oil hummus, Thai coconut curry hummus, spicy green chile guacamole, guacamole spicy mango and green chile guacamole. The company was founded by Robbie Rech and Alek Ramoska and is headquartered in Louisville, CO.

SecureSet Academy, Inc. provides bootcamp model to cybersecurity education with comprehensive, practical programs. The firm specializes in cybersecurity, education, information security, startups, tradecraft and cybersecurity bootcamp. The company was founded by Bret R. Fund and Alex Kreilen in 2014 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Genesis Research LLC provides pharmaceuticals services. It offers medical, scientific writing, simulation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing. The company was founded by Steven R. Arikian and Frank A. Corvino in 2009 and is headquartered in Hoboken, NJ.

Schoolrunner LLC operates as an enterprise technology platform for K-12 schools. It offers teachers a single place for all student data across academics, behavior, attendance and communication—making it for teachers and administrators to interpret and analyze. The company was founded by Charlie Coglianese in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado, Inc. is a charitable organization that helps entrepreneurs in the region by identifying and networking with serials. The private company is based in Denver.

Surge Private Equity LLC (Surge Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

CCO Technology LLC develops technology software to automate repetitive compliance tasks and organize documents. Its products include Securities and Exchange Commission filing manager; compliance calendar; document manager; risk assessment tool; policies and procedures manual; and annual report tool. The company was founded by Bo Howell, Alec Cheung, Dina Tantra, and Mark Baltimore and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.