Bill Greiner

Fifth Third Bank engages in the provision of banking services. It offers personal, business, and commercial banking services. The company was founded on June 17, 1858 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. (Johnson) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm was founded by Timothy Johnson in 1965. Johnson provides investment advisory services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business or governmental entities.

The Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS), established September 1, 1957, administers retirement, life insurance and long-term disability benefits to most state employees, including members of the Missouri General Assembly, elected state officials, judges and administrative law judges and legal advisors. Their headquarters are in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Granite Investment Advisors LLC (Granite) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire. The firm was founded in 1983 and formerly known as E. R. Taylor Investments, as Boston Private Value Investors, Inc. and as Granite Investment Advisors, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Mariner LLC, which is owned by Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC. Granite builds and manages customized investment portfolios for affluent individuals, corporations, and non-profit institutions.

Country Club Bank (Kansas City, Missouri) provides banking services. Its personal banking services include checking accounts, direct deposit, overdraft protection, and online banking; savings accounts, including certificates of deposit and health savings. The company was founded by Byron Thompson in 1953 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Mariner Capital Ventures LLC seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of manufacturers, value-added distributors and services with revenues of less than $2 million and between negative to $0.5 million in EBITDA. It provides financing for incubation, seed, early and later stage capital requirements with investment size ranging from $100K to $1 million per investment.

Mariner Private Equity LLC (Mariner Private Equity) is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of Mariner LLC founded in 2006 by Martin Christopher Bicknell and Patrick G. Doherty. The firm is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.

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.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. provides health insurance products and services. The firm offers behavioral health, case, disease, wellness management, preventative health guide and member only services. It also offers health and wellness resources from WebMD and Blue365. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Mariner Wealth Advisors-Oklahoma LLC (MWAO) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is majority owned by Mariner LL, which is owned by Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC. The firm was founded as Adams Hall Wealth Advisors LLC in 1997 and became part of the Mariner family in 2012. MWAO provides personal financial planning, consulting, and investment management services to individuals, including high net-worth individuals and very high net-worth families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

FMR LLC engages in the provision of financial and investment services. It offers financial planning and advice, wealth management, retirement plans, trading and brokerage services, and investment products. The company was founded by Edward C. Johnson II in 1946 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bank of America NA operates as a commercial banking branch office. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1946, the Public School Retirement System of Missouri is a pension fund administered in Jefferson City, Missouri. The fund provides service, retirement, disability, and survivor benefits for more than 130,000 active members and over 63,000 retired Missouri public school teachers, school employees and their families.

The Kansas Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce organization. The non-profit company is based in Topeka, KS.

Medicalodges, Inc. operates skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers. Its services include skilled nursing, long term care, rehabilitation, assisted living and residential care, developmentally disabled, and in home care. The company was founded by S. A. Hann in 1961 and is headquartered in Coffeyville, KS.

Founded in 2008, Convergence Investment Partners LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Grafton, Wisconsin. The firm was formerly known as Mariner Quantitative Solutions LLC and as Quantitative Investment Solutions LLC. They are a subsidiary of Montage Investments LLC and their ultimate parent is Bicknell Family Management Co. Trust. Convergence Investment Partners offers proprietary quantitative investment strategies for individual and institutional investors.

Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City, Inc. produces, presents and promotes in musical theatre and the performing arts for diverse audiences of all ages, with continued programming for families and children. The firm specializes in Broadway shows, concerts, theatre education and munity outreach. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Federal Credit Union is a financial institution that is federally chartered. The CEO of the American company is Gaye DeCesare.

Ned Davis Research, Inc. (NDR) is an institutional investment research firm headquartered in Nokomis, Florida. The firm was founded by Ned Davis in 1980. They are wholly owned by Delinian Holdings US LLC, which is ultimately owned by Delinian Ltd. in Great Britain. NDR produces and publishes independent financial research and offers customized research services. The firm markets its research globally, primarily to registered investment advisers, brokerage firms, asset management firms, hedge funds, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other types of institutional investors. Their approach combines both fundamental and technical research disciplines.

Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC is a wealth management firm that provides 360° advice to clients. The company is based in Overland Park, KS and has subsidiaries in the United States and Luxembourg. Mariner Wealth Advisors focuses on partnering with clients to create a financial strategy that is flexible enough to change along with them. The company offers a range of services from wealth planning to tax planning and insurance, all under one roof. Mariner Wealth Advisors has grown to more than $39 billion in assets under advisement as of 12/31/20. The company was founded in 2006 by Bruce Elliott Kusmin and Marty Bicknell, who has been the CEO since then. Mariner Wealth Advisors was acquired by Leonard Green & Partners LP on April 23, 2021.

U.S. Bank NA (Cincinnati Ohio Investment Management) (USB-IM) is the asset management division of U.S. Bank NA, which is ultimately held by the US Bancorp (NYSE: USB). The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. USB-IM provides tailored investment management services to individuals and institutional investors.