Paul Gary Liebman

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

UTEC Inc. is a technology company based in southeast Kansas, and a global leader in the development, testing, manufacture and management of hazardous chemicals, commercial and munitions grade energetic materials, highly reactive materials, and engineered products. The firm operates through Energetic Materials, Specialty Chemicals and Raw Materials and Hazardous Chemicals and Biologicals Waste Destruction Units. The Energetic Materials unit focuses on the commercial and military explosives markets, providing testing services, product development, technology licensing, and custom manufacturing services. The Specialty Chemicals and Raw Materials unit distributes chemicals that are used in commercial explosives. The Hazardous Chemicals and Biologicals Waste Destruction unit provides commercial solutions for the processing of chemical and biological wastes into carbon dioxide and water. The firm serves the needs of commercial explosives producers in the coal. The company was founded on November 8, 1993 and is headquartered in Norman, OK.

Founded in 2009, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) is a registered investment adviser, a registered broker-dealer, a registered futures commission merchant, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Purchase, New York, MSSB is one of the largest financial services firms in the US with branch offices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The firm was initially owned by a joint venture company which was indirectly owned 65% by Morgan Stanley and 35% by Citigroup, Inc. On June 28, 2013, Morgan Stanley purchased Citi’s 35% interest in MSSB. As such, the firm is now a direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC and they are a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).

Allied World Assurance Co. Ltd. provides property and casualty insurance services. The firm offers property, casualty, healthcare, professional liability insurance and reinsurance products. The company operates offices in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, London, New York, and San Francisco regions. Allied World Assurance was founded in November 2001 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.