J. W. Sikora

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

Energy Transition & Environmental Management LLC acquires industrial properties with environmental challenges and is committed to transitioning from carbon emitting processes to more sustainable alternatives. The company is based in Austin, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company also focuses on accelerating the cleanup of environmental liabilities. The company was founded by Matt Blake, Daniel McDevitt.

Central Rivers Power MA LLC generates and markets electric energy. It serves commercial and residential customers. The firm uses clean-burning natural gas as primary fuel. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Wind Energy Transmission Texas LLC engages in the provision of energy transmission services. It builds and operates high-voltage transmission lines to deliver clean, renewable energy throughout the state. The company was founded on September 11, 2008 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Milepost Power, Inc. is an American company that owns and manages natural gas and dual fuel electric generating plants. The company provides electricity and critical reliability service to the grid. The company's power plants and analytically driven risk management protocols position them to play an increasingly important role as the industry transitions to include more renewable generation resources. Milepost Power is an affiliate of Hull Street Energy.

Founded in 1997, Imperial Capital LLC is a full-service investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of Imperial Capital Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Imperial Capital Group Holdings LLC. Imperial Capital offers a range of proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle-market companies and private equity firms. The firm provides institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, and equities. They also provide middle-market companies and financial sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring and recapitalization advisory services. For their institutional clients, Imperial Capital offers a variety of research products including bank debt, investment grade debt, high yield, distressed and special situations, convertibles and busted convertibles, equities, preferred securities and industry analysis. Imperial Capital's research focuses on the following sectors: aerospace, defense and government services; airlines/transportation; business services; clean energy; consumer; energy; financial services; gaming and leisure; general industrials; healthcare; homebuilding and real estate; media and telecommunications; security and homeland security; and technology.

Hull Street Energy LLC (Hull Street Energy) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Sarah Wright. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Axip Energy Services LP provides oil and natural gas handling equipment. It offers products and services such as wellhead production, compression, processing and treating. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Shell Plc, Shell Capital, Inc. is a company based in Houston, TX.

Petrobridge Investment Management LLC is a capital provider for the energy industry, specializing in upstream financing. It focuses on asset-backed investments in small to midsize companies with capital needs. The company structures flexible investment products tailored to the specific capital needs of each client. The company was founded in April 2003.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.