Gary T. Dvorchak

The Blueshirt Group provides senior level investor and media relations counsel to a select group of public and private companies. They offer their clients an in-house level of service with all of the benefits of an outsourced approach. Blueshirt's team is comprised of professionals with years of Wall Street, investor relations and media experience. This experience, coupled with their proactive approach, allows them to provide the clients with a unique blend of strategic counsel and tactical support via full service or project-based programs.

ICR LLC provides public relations and financial communications consulting services. Its practice areas include investor relations, corporate communications, transactions and special situations, crisis and issue management and capital advisory. The firm serves aerospace, defense and intelligence, building materials and home-builders, clean technology, energy, financial services and investment management, food and beverage, healthcare, professional services, restaurants, and technology sectors. The company was founded by Chad A. Jacobs and Thomas M. Ryan in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Sit Investment Associates, Inc. (Sit Investment) is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Eugene Sit in 1981. Sit Investment manages client assets on a discretionary basis for several types of clients, which includes public and private institutional investors, pension funds, Taft-Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, corporations, insurance companies, municipalities, registered investment companies, private investment companies, collective investment trusts and high-net-worth individuals.

Falcon Point Capital LLC (Falcon Point) is an independent investment manager headquartered in Orinda, California. The firm was founded in 1986 and formerly known as Emerging Growth Management LLC and EGM Capital LLC. Falcon Point serves as the general partner of investment limited partnerships and serves as the investment adviser to other accounts.

Founded in 1951, 300 North Capital LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Pasadena, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Carriage House Capital LLC. 300 North Capital provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, foundations, endowments, municipalities, private funds, and other U.S. institutions. 300 North Capital evolved from a predecessor firm, Provident Investment Counsel, founded in 1951. Effective January 1, 2013, 300 North Capital's management team acquired its existing business from Old Mutual in a transaction providing the 300 North Capital management team with ownership of all 300 North Capital's shares and providing Old Mutual with economic interest in 300 North Capital that will will terminate over time.

Founded in 2006 by Christian Bertelsen, Gary Dvorchak, Michael Dixon and Edward Bertelsen, Aviance Capital Management LLC is a registered, institutional investment advisor located in Sarasota, Florida. The firm's clients generally include investment companies, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations.