Kathleen A. Bramlage

HighTower Advisors LLC (HTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and has offices throughout the US. The firm was founded in 2008 by Elliot Weissbluth, Peter (Todd) Lyon, and Eugene Lerner. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Hightower Holding LLC. HTA provides investment advisory services to institutions (which include ERISA), and ultra-high and high net worth individuals.

Loop Capital Markets LLC is provider of a broad range of integrated capital solutions for corporate, governmental, and institutional entities. They serve clients in public and corporate finance, equity, taxable and tax-exempt securities sales and trading and municipal research. Since their founding in 1997, they have served as managing underwriter on financings, participated in corporate bond underwritings, served as an underwriter in IPO and other equity offerings, and earned a reputation as a dedicated, resourceful partner with new ideas and new avenues of distribution. Loop Capital Markets is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, They serve clients on a national basis.

Founded in 1973, BMO Asset Management Corp. is a registered investment advisor located in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp. and their ultimate parent is Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO). They were formerly known as Harris Investment Management, Inc. BMO Asset Management provides investment management services to pension, profit sharing, institutional and personal portfolios.

Based in New York City, Value Line Asset Management (VLAM) manages assets for individual, corporate, government and the Value Line family of mutual funds. VLAM is the asset management division of Value Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: VALU) Founded in 1931 by Arnold Bernhard, Value Line's products and services include print and electronic data and analyses, asset management and a family of mutual funds.