Ryan A. Secrist

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

College Raptor, Inc. operates an online platform that simplifies the college application process. It allows users to estimate and compare net price and academic fit at colleges and universities to find the perfect school. The company was founded by William E. Staib and Scott Blodgett in 2014 and is headquartered in Iowa City, IA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CHP Management Inc (Cardinal Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by John K Clarke, Brandon H Hull and John J Park. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

NCA Partners, Inc (NCA Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Bradford N. Creswell and Don L. Tisdel. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Financial Executives International enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications and special reports, and research. Its members include Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Treasurers, and Controllers. The company was founded in December 1931 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health insurance products and related services. The company's services include individual & family plans, group health insurance plans, and prescription drug list. It offers its services in Kansas and Northwest Missouri. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Prealize Health, Inc. engages in the development of machine learning solutions for improving healthcare focusing on predicting impending medical conditions. It specializes in data sciences and healthcare. The company was founded by Arnold Milstein and Nigam Shah in 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Trailblazer Insurance Technology, Inc. is a company that modernizes insurance technology for small and midsized insurers. The company is based in Goldens Bridge, NY. The company offers a complete product suite or individual components that can integrate with existing third-party tools. The company was founded by Aaron Shapiro, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Primed Management Consulting Services, Inc. operates as a physicians consulting firm. The CEO of the American company is David Joyner.

Premera Blue Cross provides health, life, vision, dental and long term care insurance services. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, WA.

Pappajohn Capital Resources provides venture capital investment services. The company was founded by John Pappajohn in 1969 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

ConnectRN, Inc. operates as a mobile technology company connecting hospitals with available nurses. Its platform provides various tools to connect healthcare providers to qualified and available staff via an alert system that is sent to their mobile devices. The company is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Manchesterstory Group LLC (ManchesterStory Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Matthew P. Kinley and David Wayne Miles. The firm is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.

American Heart Association, Inc. operates a voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. The organization offers services for coronary heart diseases and strokes, high blood cholesterol & physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Tributary Capital Management LLC (Tributary) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of First National Bank of Omaha, which in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, Inc. (OTCMKTS: FINN). Tributary and First Investment Group (formerly a department of First National Bank of Omaha) merged in May 2010. The event constituted a change in ownership only, as the investment strategies and personnel remained the same for each of the prior firms. Tributary provides investment management services to institutional and individual investors and to registered investment companies. The firm also participates in wrap fee programs and provides model-based offerings.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.

Health Velocity Mgmt LLC (Health Velocity Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

MedPartners provides staffing solutions for the healthcare industry. It offers total revenue integrity solutions, case management and quality care, clinical documentation improvement, coding compliance audit services, coding services, education and training, and registry services. The company was founded by Marci Wilhelm and Bob Bradley in 2006 and is headquartered in Coral Spring, FL.

Echo Health Ventures (EHV) is a venture capital firm. The firm is launched by Cambia health solutions Inc and mosaic health solutions Inc in 2016. The firm headquartered in Seattle, with other offices located in Durham and Portland.

Vim, Inc. engages in operation of a booking platform that provides healthcare services. It connects customers to healthcare providers through an app called VIM. The company was founded by Asaf David and Yael Peled Adam in 2015 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.