Patricia Melcher

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (Louisiana) engages in the provision of marine transportation services to exploration and production, oilfield service, offshore construction, and military customers. It owns and operates fleets of offshore support vehicles and multi-purpose support vehicles. The company was founded by Todd M. Hornbeck and Larry D. Hornbeck in June 1997 and is headquartered in Covington, LA.

Founded in 1974, Simmons & Company International is an independent investment bank headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm is a subsidiary of Piper Jaffray & Co. and their ultimate parent is Piper Jaffray Cos. (NYSE: PJC). Simmons & Co. specializes in the entire spectrum of the energy sector. They also provide services related to M&As and divestitures, public offerings, institutional research and sales and trading.

Petrocom Energy Ltd. provides coal mining and electrical generation services. It makes use of its proprietary CBF technology to precisely blend different off-specification coals to make compliant coal, which helps reduce polluting emissions from power stations and improve their efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint. The company was founded by Howard Au on September 8, 2005 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Sandefer Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm, founded in 1995 by Jeff D. Sandefer. The firm headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Allegretto Ventures LLC operates online portal to encourage healthy eating habits. It is and information source on preparing nutritious meals, using whole natural foods. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SCF Partners LLC (SCF Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of SCF Partners, Inc. founded in 1989 by L.E. Simmons. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.