Steve Bielke

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and natural gas in Kansas. The firm provides electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina, and Hutchinson. The company was founded on December 11, 1909 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Evergy Kansas South, Inc. provides electric services. It provides its services with the electric utility operations of Westar Energy. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

UBS Asset Management (US), Inc. operates as a wealth management firm. It offers portfolio management and advisory services to individuals, institutions, trusts, private funds, charitable organizations, and investment companies. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Recology, Inc. engages in the provision of organics, recycling, and solid waste collection and processing services. It owns and operates composting facilities, transfer stations, materials recovery facilities, and landfills. Its services include residential and commercial recycling; materials recovery; construction and demolition debris recycling; large-scale composting of organic waste; compost sales; waste collection; transfer and landfill operations; and green planning services. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Foley & Lardner LLP engages in the provision of legal services. Its practice areas include employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental, estates and trusts, finance, international tax and transfer pricing, private equity and venture capital, real estate, securities, commodities and exchange regulation, taxation, and transactions. The company was founded by Asahel Finch and William Pitt Lynde on September 8, 1842 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Evergy Metro, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity. It generates electricity from wind, solar, nuclear, biogas and hydro energy. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Jefferson City, MO.

Part of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., MM Ascend Life Investor Services LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Cincinnati, OH. MM Ascend Life Investor Services was acquired by Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. from American Financial Group Ltd. on September 01, 2010.

Part of Macquarie Group Ltd., Ivy Distributor, Inc. is a company based in Overland Park, KS.

Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (TFA) is a dually registered investment advisor and broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1991 and is directly owned by AUSA Holding LLC, ultimately held by AEGON NV (NYSE: AEG, AMS: AGN), an international life insurance, pensions and asset management company based in The Netherlands. TFA provides investment advisory services to individuals, employer retirement plans, corporations or other businesses, trusts, estates and charitable organizations.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Evergy Missouri West, Inc.is engaged in providing integrated electric and gas operation services. The company was founded on March 27, 1987 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

MRIGlobal operates research and development organizations. The firm's programs include environmental research, health, pharmaceutical product development, agriculture & food safety, and national security, defense & energy. The company was founded in 1944 and headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

National Association of Corporate Directors provides online and print information services to directors of public companies. It offers in-boardroom education, evaluation, governance reviews, board composition and succession planning, board recruitment, ongoing advisory, insights, and analytics services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Ivy NextShares is non-diversified open-end management investment company that currently consists of three separate series. The company was founded on July 17, 2015 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

K&L Gates LLP engages in the provision of legal services. The firm represents corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations, and individuals. The company was founded by Kirkpatrick Lockhart in 1946 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Kansas Bioscience Authority LLC operates as a venture investor. It invests its own funds, attracts co-investors, manages its portfolio companies, and calls on its network of partners and experts to generate a return on and of invested capital. The firm focuses on agribusiness, animal health, human health, and life sciences technology sectors. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Olathe, KS.

Emerging Managers Group LP engages in the distribution of offshore asset management products. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Children's Mercy Hospital provides pediatric health care services. It offers abdominal pain program, adolescent medicine, anesthesiology, bioethics, bone marrow transplantation, burn and trauma care, cardiology, child abuse and neglect, cleft palate and craniofacial, dentistry, dermatology, down syndrome clinic, eating disorders center, endocrinology and diabetes, epilepsy center, fetal health center, gastroenterology, genetics, gynecology, hand clinic and surgery, hematology, heart center, imaging, kidney and liver transplant, medical imaging, neonatology, neurology, nutrition services, ophthalmology, pain management, pathology and laboratory medicine, pharmacology, radiology, respiratory care, sexual differentiation treatment, sleep disorders program, surgery, telemedicine, urgent care, urologic surgery, and weight management services. The company was founded in June 1897 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation provides services for the downtrodden and homeless people. It also offers donor-advised funds. The company was founded by Ed Smith in 1978 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Hall Family Foundation operates as a private philanthropic organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of human life. The company was founded by Joyce C. Hall, Joyce C. Hall and Rollie B. Hall in 1943 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.