Donald J. Glidewell

Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. is an investment banking company, which engages in the provision of investment banking, brokerage, equity research, and asset management services. Its services include brokerage services, tax and estate planning strategies, investment management consulting, alternate investments, and corporate client services. The company was founded by Thomas W. Weisel in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Vestaron Corp. develops and markets bioinsecticides derived from naturally occurring peptides. It offers the following brands: Spear-T for the treatment of thrips, Spear-P controls Colorado Potato beetle, and Spear-C protects crops from lepidopteran pests. The company was founded by Glenn F. King in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Dow AgroSciences LLC engages in the provision of agrochemical and biotechnology solutions. It offers pest management and biotechnology products to improve the quality of the food supply and contribute to health. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC (SPIAS) is investment research firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPIAS’ advisory services are generally offered to institutions (e.g., broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and other financial institutions). SPIAS does not generally provide its advisory services directly to retail clients, but its services may be used by its clients in advising their own underlying clients, which may include retail clients. SPIAS also provides advisory consulting services to institutional clients and investment managers-of-investment funds, and investment sub-advisory services for registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and other institutions. S&P Global's operations consist of three reportable segments: S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Platts, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research and analytics to investors, issuers and market participants. It includes the NRSRO and certain other ratings-related businesses. S&P Global Platts provides essential price data, analytics, and industry insight that enable commodities markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a global index provider that maintains a wide variety of indices to meet an array of investor needs. In 2016, CFRA acquired S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Equity and Fund Research business (formerly known as S&P Capital IQ and SNL) from S&P Global, Inc.

Part of Applied Biosystems, Inc., Zoogen, Inc. provides genetic analysis services to owners of domestic and exotic animals. The company is based in Davis, CA. Zoogen was acquired by Applera Corp. on April 05, 1996.

Thomas Weisel Capital Management LLC is a venture capital/private equity firm founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. The firm is an affiliate of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG). Their ultimate parent is Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF).

The National FFA Organization operates youth organizations. It is engaged in promoting agricultural education through chartered chapters in high schools and other programs. The organization was founded in 1928 and is located in Indianapolis, IN.

Suterra LLC produces sound pest control products for agricultural crop protection and commercial pest control sector. The firm offers CheckMate agricultural products which utilizes pheromones to disrupt the mating behavior of pests. The company was founded on July 18, 2001 and is headquartered in Bend, OR.

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.

Bayer CropScience, Inc. manufactures crop protection products. Its products include agricultural insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and seed systems for the crop protection, biotechnology, and seed markets under the brand names InVigor, Admire, and Decis. The company offers integrated product portfolio of seed treatment technologies and plant biotechnology. Bayer CropScience is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Part of Shell Plc, Shell Chemicals LP is a company that develops, manufactures, and supplies bulk chemicals. The company is based in Deer Park, TX.

Rise, Inc. provides employement services. It supports people have disabilities and other barriers to employment in attaining their personal measure of safe and affordable housing, vocational achievement, self-sufficiency, and belonging in their communities. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Spring Lake Park, MN.

Umpqua Bank provides personal and business banking solutions. The firm's service include savings, money markets, online banking and billpay, mobile banking, debit card, and overdraft services. It also offers home loans, express deposits, fraud prevention, merchant and overdraft services. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Spokane, WA.

CropLife America is an organization that helps ensure growers and consumers have the technologies they need to protect crops, communities, and ecosystems from the threat of pests, weeds, and diseases in an environmentally sound, safe, and sustainable way. The private company is based in Arlington, Virginia and has subsidiaries in other locations. The American company focuses on innovative conversations, regulatory integrity, and sustainability. The CEO of the company is Jay Vroom.

Citizens Network For Foreign Affairs, Inc. is a non profit organization that engages in the development and provision of agribusiness services. It promotes agricultural development in developing countries from training farmers and members of farmers organizations at the grass-roots level to facilitating joint ventures between American and foreign agribusinesses. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Dalian Sumika Jingang Chemical Co., Ltd. was founded in 2009 and is based in Dalian, China. The Chinese company engages in the business of chemical, pharmaceutical, and mechanical products.

BioEclipse Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of curative immune-oncology therapeutics for patient with cancer. Its patented immunotherapy is the CRX-100, which delivers potentially curative treatments to patients over a broad range of tumor type. The company was founded by Pamela R. Contag, Christopher Contag, and Robert Negrin and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.