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Ronald \'Ron\' Kruszewski is a Chairman and CEO at Stifel Financial Corp and is based in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Indiana University Bloomington between 1977 and 1981 and Indiana University Bloomington between 1997 and 2001.

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.

Seth P. Bernstein was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein (AB) in 2017. In 2018, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Equitable Holdings. Prior to his appointment at AB, Bernstein had a distinguished 32-year career at JPMorgan Chase, most recently as managing director and global head of Managed Solutions & Strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In this role, he was responsible for the management of all discretionary assets within the Private Banking client segment. Among other roles, Bernstein served as managing director and global head of Fixed Income & Currency for 10 years, concluding in 2012. Prior to that, he held the position of chief financial officer at JPMorgan Chase’s Investment Management and Private Banking division. Bernstein holds a BA in political science and economics from Haverford College, and is a member of the Board of Managers of Haverford College. Location: New York.

Mortimer J. "Tim" Buckley (born 1969) is an American executive at The Vanguard Group. The Vanguard Board elected him unanimously to succeed F. William McNabb III as chief executive officer upon McNabb's retirement at the end of December 2017.

Lance F. Lonergan is the Chief Executive Officer of Weeden & Co. LP. Lance joined Weeden in 2007 after 15 years at Citigroup where he worked in various capacities — first as a salesman in the Institutional equity sales and trading group, and then as a Managing Director and Head of NASDAQ sales trading. In 2002, Lance was promoted to Head of U.S. sales and trading for all NYSE, NASDAQ, and international sales with responsibility for a team of over 150 people. At Weeden, Lance is responsible for leading the firm’s strategic direction, while managing all aspects of client relationships and risk management. Currently, Lance also serves on both Weeden & Co’s and Pragma Securities Board of Directors.

David Harold McCormick (born August 17, 1965) is an American business executive. He is the CEO and a member of the Management Committee at Bridgewater Associates, a global macro investment firm with over $160 billion in assets under management. He was formerly Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.

President and CEO at Putnam Investments and Chair of Great-West Lifeco U.S., author of "From Here to Security"