John Michael Hall

Equitable Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Equitable Distribution Holding Corp., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Equitable Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks or thrift institutions, corporations and other business entities, and pension and profit-sharing plans.

Integrity Investments International Ltd. provides real investment services. The company was founded in May 2007 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Founded in 1975, Reliance Trust Co. is an investment advisor located in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is a subsidiary of Reliance Financial Corp. and their ultimate parent is Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE: FIS). They provide investment, wealth management and financial services to individual, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. The firm offers a full array of services including: wealth management and personal advisory services, separate account management, money manager consulting, trust and fiduciary services, insurance, financial, estate and tax planning, retirement plans and investments, church and non-profit organization services and outsourcing services to financial intermediaries.

The Interstate Group provides investment banking and research services. It provides integrates trading, sales and support services for institutional clients through a specialized arrangement that allows them to obtain research products and services with commission dollars. The company was founded by Grady G. Thomas, Jr. in 1975 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Founders Federal Credit Union engages in the provision of financial products and services. It also offers auto loans, recreational vehicle loans, credit cards, personal loans, mortgage loans, home equity line of credit, education loans, personal line of credit, and e-payments. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Lancaster, SC.

Aldersgate United Methodist Retirement Community, Inc. operates as a non-profit senior living community. The private company is based in Charlotte, NC. Suzanne Hodge Pugh has been the CEO of the company since 1996.

Carmel Country Club, Inc. operates as country club. The firm offers golf, weddings, events, meeting, tennis and pool complex. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Founded in 1962, Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) is a diversified holding company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm provides services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through their wholly-owned subsidiaries: Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial Services and Raymond James Ltd. Raymond James operates through eight segments: Private Client Group (PCG); Capital Markets; Asset Management; Raymond James Bank (RJ Bank); Emerging Markets; Securities Lending; Proprietary Capital; and Other. The Private Client Group segment provides securities transaction and financial planning services to client accounts through the branch office systems of the company's subsidiaries. The Capital Markets segment's activities consist primarily of equity and fixed income products and services. The Asset Management segment provides asset management services for individual investment portfolios and mutual funds. The RJ Bank segment provides corporate, residential and consumer loans, as well as Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insured deposit accounts, to clients of the company's broker-dealer subsidiaries and to the general public. The Emerging Markets segment operates securities brokerage, investment banking, asset management and equity research businesses. The Securities Lending segment conducts its business through the borrowing and lending of securities from and to other broker-dealers, financial institutions and other counterparties. The Proprietary Capital segment consists of the company's principal capital and private equity activities, including various direct and third-party private equity and merchant banking investments. Raymond James' capital markets reach within the financial institutions segment focuses on community and regional banks and thrifts including equity research, sales, trading and investment banking resources and services. Raymond James is one of the largest research organizations in the brokerage industry and serves institutional investors domestically and abroad. The firm's capital markets activities are based on insightful, timely and comprehensive equity research. They publish research on over 1,000 companies in their core industries. Raymond James seeks attractive niches within broader industries and then covers these sectors deeply to develop differentiated sector expertise and relationships. Although their focus is mid- and small-cap companies, their coverage includes large, medium and small companies across each sector. Raymond James' Institutional Trading division is organized into 3 specialty departments: Sales Trading, Principal trading and Agency Trading. Their Sales Trading division covers over 800 domestic and 1,300 international financial institutions throughout North America and Europe. The firm's Principal Trading division consists of industry-focused teams and their OTC Principal Trading department makes markets in over 680 domestic stocks, 85% of which are covered by Raymond James Institutional Research department. Their Agency Trading department services the trading needs of over 5,500 financial advisors located in 2,500 retail offices across the US.

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (WEAS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wealth Enhancement Group LLC (WEG). In October 2019, private investment vehicles affiliated with TA Associates Management LP (TA Associates) acquired an indirect majority interest in WEG. WEAS provides investment advice to individuals, high net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations, corporations and other businesses, and pension and profit-sharing plans.

Kpmg /Mo/ provides tax preparation services. The private company is based in Kansas.