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Steve Booth is Baird’s Chief Operating Officer and the Director of Investment Banking overseeing Baird's global corporate finance and M&A activities. Steve also co-manages Baird's Equity Capital Markets Group and is a member of the board of directors and Executive Committee of Robert W. Baird & Co. Steve has extensive experience originating and directing M&A and equity financing transactions in a wide variety of industries. Before heading Baird's Investment Banking Group, Steve had previously led its Global M&A business and prior to that, its Industrials Group. Prior to joining Baird in 1994, Steve was at Kidder, Peabody & Co. in its Chicago Corporate Finance Office. Steve received his MM degree, with distinction, from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a BBA in Finance and a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from Southern Methodist University.

John R. Ettelson became president of William Blair in 2003 and has been CEO since 2004. Under his leadership, the investment banking and asset management business has grown to more than 20 offices globally and annual revenues have tripled to over $1 billion. During his three decades at William Blair, Mr. Ettelson has held various leadership positions within the firm, including; head of mergers and acquisitions, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer. Mr. Ettelson has a deep commitment to his community and is a respected civic leader. He is the past chairman of the board of trustees for Lincoln Park Zoo and of the Economic Club of Chicago. He currently sits on the boards of the Northwestern Medical Group, Francis Parker School, the Executives’ Club of Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is a member of Commercial Club of Chicago, and is a member of its Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Additionally, he is also involved in industry trade organizations where he is on the board and executive committee of SIFMA and on the board of the American Securities Association. Mr. Ettelson received his Sc.B. from Brown University and his JD/M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Robert 'Bob' Broeksmit is a President/CEO at Mortgage Bankers Association and Managing Director at Treliant and is based in Washington, D.C.. He has worked as Board Member at Treliant; President, B.F. Saul Mortgage Company at Chevy Chase Bank; and Executive Vice President, Mortgage Lending at CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. Robert studied at Yale between 1981 and 1985.

Shirl is the founder of Dynasty Financial Partners and serves as President and CEO. He is formerly Director of Business Development for Global Wealth Advisory Services at Citi Smith Barney and previously served as Head of Executive Financial Services and Director of Private Wealth Management at Smith Barney. During his tenure at Citi Smith Barney’s High Net Worth Group, which catered to the firm’s clients with $50 million or more investable assets, the group was named High Net Worth Platform of the year for 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006 by Private Asset Management, the private client research arm of Institutional Investor. Shirl is a graduate of Bates College and serves as President of the Clarence E. Townsend Foundation, which supports various individuals and groups in need in his home state of Maine.