Bill Brookshire

Piedmont Investment Advisory LLLP (dba PIA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded by William "Bill” Brookshire, Jr. in 1989. PIA provides advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, hedge fund and pooled investment vehicles. The firm is also the advisor to the Piedmont Partners LP Fund.

White, Weld & Co. LLC provides financial services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

For both individual and institutional customers, Dominick & Dominick Advisors LLC (DDA) offers a range of financial services, including equity and fixed-income management, private equity, hedge funds and structured notes. A division of investment bank Dominick & Dominick, the firm is headquartered in New York City.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.