Curt Launer Managing Director Co-head, Energy investment banking group; Founder, Bakken Energy, developer of clean hydrogen production, transportation and storage applications. Won Institutional Investor Magazine’s first place honors for twelve of thirteen years; Inducted into Institutional Investor’s Hall of Fame in 2011 and named “one of the best analysts of all time.” Equity research

B. Hunt Whitbeck, Jr. Senior Managing Director Senior executive, specializing in corporate banking and institutional investment management  Executive Director, American Foundation for Affordable Housing, Inc. Former Managing Director, Chancellor Capital Management, INVESCO and M.D. Sass Investor Services; former VP, Citicorp Investment Management, Inc. and Citibank, N.A. Harvard College A.B.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.

James F. Munsell Senior Managing Director Senior counsel, experienced in corporate finance Senior counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; member, American, New York State, New York City Bar Associations; overseas member, Commercial Bar Association of London; United States Marine Corps. Cornell University B.E.; Harvard Law School LL.B.; Columbia University Master of International Affairs.

James P. Schadt Senior Managing Director CEO with experience in publishing, software and global beverages; Trustee, Northwestern University; founding member, Northwestern College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board Former Chairman, CEO, President, and COO, Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.; President and CEO, Cadbury Beverages, Inc.; CEO, Mercator Software, Inc; President (Wines and Spirits), PepsiCo, Inc.; Beacon Group

Davis R. Robinson Advisor International trade and investment advisor and arbitrator, corporate governance advisor and international lawyer. International Arbitrator, ICSID & NAFTA; Senior Managing Director, Richard C. Breeden & Co., LLC. Former Senior Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP;  Legal Adviser, United States Department of State; career Foreign Service Officer; Adjunct Senior Fellow

Mary G. Davis Senior Managing Director Organizational consultant specializing in strategy implementation and executive effectiveness. Special focus on post merger integration and strategic directional change. Founder and President of Davis Consulting Group LLC; Managing Vice President of PeopleTech; Vice Chair of Jannota, Bray and Associates; member Board of Trustees of Mount Holyoke College; and President of

Trevor Kidd Executive Advisor Trevor has over 35 years of experience as a business owner, entrepreneur, investor and senior executive specializing in niche manufacturing, telecommunications, enabling technologies, mergers and acquisitions, and specialty financial services product structuring and financing.

Walter H. Morris, Jr. Advisor Former financial services executive in corporate banking, international banking, capital markets, residential/commercial real estate lending and advisory/consulting services Independent director and member of the audit committee for the Federal Home Loan Banks-Office of Finance. Former Partner/Principal in Structured Finance Advisory Services, Ernst & Young; Executive Vice President & Chief Lending

Pamela J. Newman Executive Advisor Pamela J. Newman is the Founder, President, and CEO of PJN Strategies LLC, a boutique strategic consulting firm in New York City. Dr. Newman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and The Cosmos Club. She is on the Board of Directors

Tahnoon A. Murtza Member Entrepreneur specializing in the technology and entertainment sectors; Entrepreneurial Advisor Co Founder of ReComune and Murtza Records Tahnoon Murtza is a serial entrepreneur with successful ventures since the age of 13. Tahnoon has built several businesses in the music industry, developing millions of listeners worldwide. Tahnoon is the Founder and