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Thomas J. McInerney has been their President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since January 2013. Before joining their company, Mr. McInerney had served as a Senior Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group from June 2011 to December 2012, providing consulting and advisory services to leading insurance and financial services companies in the United States and Canada. From October 2009 to December 2010, Mr. McInerney was a member of ING Groep’s Management Board for Insurance, where he was the Chief Operating Officer of ING’s insurance and investment management business worldwide. Prior to that, he served in a variety of senior roles with ING Groep NV after serving in many leadership positions with Aetna, where he began his career as an insurance underwriter in June 1978. Mr. McInerney is a member of the Board of the American Council of Life Insurers, and the Financial Services Roundtable. Mr. McInerney received a B.A. in Economics from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Chad Abraham serves as the chief executive officer of Piper Jaffray and is a member of the firm's board of directors. Abraham joined the firm in 1991 as an investment banking analyst. He spent the next 13 years on the West Coast as a banker in the company's technology investment banking group. He was promoted to managing director and head of technology investment banking in 1999. In 2005, Abraham was promoted to head of capital markets and in 2010, he became the global co-head of investment banking and capital markets. Under the leadership of Abraham and co-head Scott LaRue, the firm's investment banking division grew revenues from approximately $150 million to more than $500 million. They established coverage in energy and financial services, expanded debt capital markets capabilities and added key offices and personnel. Abraham serves on the board of trustees of the Nature Conservancy’s Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota chapter and the board of trustees of The Blake School. He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science.

Glenn is a strategic business / real estate lawyer and founding member of Williams, Graffeo & Stern, LLC. Previously, Glenn served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel to a global technology and communications company where he was instrumental in growing the company, which went public, established strategic alliances with industry notables Yahoo, Microsoft, AT&T, AOL, LG and Cisco, and raised $2 billion in capital in a series of public and private transactions before successfully going private via a merger transaction. He was responsible for the company's legal, human resources and real estate departments. Glenn previously served as Associate General Counsel to its affiliated parent company, a multifaceted global communications and entertainment company. Glenn has also held senior positions in commercial real estate involving consulting and brokerage services and with owner/operator/developers of franchised hotels, restaurants, and large-scale shopping centers, where he contributed to the successful expansion of real estate holdings and commercial operations via business and real estate acquisitions and development. Prior to going in house, Glenn represented the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority and Warren County Community College as outside general counsel. He was involved in a number of deals involving professional sports franchises Giants, Jets, Nets and Devils and sponsors Phillip Morris, Anheuser Busch and Coca-Cola, as well as the naming of Continental Airlines Arena, one of the first naming rights deals of the time, the expansion of Giants Stadium and development of the first college campus for Warren County Community College.Prior to becoming a lawyer, Glenn led business development for a commercial contracting firm where he was responsible for projects such as the Bridgewater Commons Mall, Morristown Memorial Hospital and Federal Express.Specialties: Business & Corporate Law, Real Estate

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.

GORAN JURKOVIC joined the Board of Directors on June 29, 2012. Mr. Jurkovic is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Delta Dental of Michigan. Prior to that, he served as controller, where he has overseen the organization’s financial operations since 2004. Mr. Jurkovic began his career at Delta Dental in 1999 and was responsible for directing the operations of the Accounting and Finance department. Before joining Delta Dental, Mr. Jurkovic was an audit associate with Plante & Moran, PLLC, a public accounting firm headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. He received a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Michigan State University and became a certified public accountant in 1996. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Steve Olson is a President and Chief Underwriting Officer at Great West Casualty. He has worked as Senior Executive Vice President at Great West Casualty and Assistant Actuary at Preferred Risk Mutual. Steve attended Gustavus Adolphus College between 1982 and 1986.