Jon Morgan

Crawford Investment Counsel, Inc. (CIC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1980 by John H. Crawford III. CIC provides investment advice on a discretionary basis to individuals, which include high net worth, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, municipalities, Taft-Hartley plans, corporations, and other business entities. The firm also manages client accounts using wrap-fee programs sponsored by unaffiliated brokers/dealers.

Founded by John L. Duffy, Municipal Portfolio Managers, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was formerly a unit of Lehman Brothers that became an independent firm in 2002. The firm manages the municipal bond portfolios of the ultra high net-worth clients of the brokers at Bank of America, Barclays Capital and UBS. Municipal Portfolio Managers generally provides investment advice to high net-worth individuals and entities that benefit such individuals, such as trusts, estates, LLCs, etc.

SunTrust Bank engages in the operations as a state chartered commercial bank. The company was founded on September 21, 1891 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

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.