Founded in 1975, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management is a privately owned investment advisory firm established in the Pacific Northwest. We serve union and corporate retirement plans; endowments and foundations; and separately managed accounts for individuals and families with portfolios of $4 million or more. Click here to sign up to receive Ferguson Wellman's blog via email: http://eepurl.com/vt63z

RVK is a national firm with headquarters in Portland, OR and regional offices in Boise, ID; Chicago, IL; and New York, NY. We provide unbiased general investing consulting services to approximately 200 institutional clients. Our clients include corporations, public retirement systems, Taft-Hartley funds, nonprofit organizations, non-pension operating funds, and high-net-worth individuals and families. The heart of RVK is our team-centered approach to client service, provided by our experienced team of consulting professionals. RVK is committed to an independent business model and to its express no conflicts of interest policy.

Trend Capital is a leader in list management and lead generation. We offer high-conversion landing pages and generate a large volume of traffic. Our revolutionary platform allows us to run effective and profitable campaigns. Our team is a group of experienced professionals infused with talent and commitment who continuously develop new strategies to excel in the industry. Our clients and partners are our biggest asset.

Paulson Investment Company, LLC is a highly esteemed investment banking firm focused on the small to mid-cap markets. For over 50 years, we have been committed to leveraging our capital markets capabilities to aid our clients in achieving their strategic and financial objectives. We've built our firm on long term relationships and enduring values, establishing a national reputation for vision, integrity and innovation. Founded in 1970 in Portland, Oregon, Paulson Investment Company has earned national distinction as a premier boutique investment bank. Since 2014, we have focused on the small to mid-cap markets and have participated in over 175 public and private offerings while raising approximately $1 billion in financings in that time. We are a full-service broker dealer with a full range of financials products and services with a main focus on investment banking concentrating on private equity and syndicate offerings. We assess all prospective opportunities utilizing our management team's combined 100+ years of experience. When considering Paulson, please evaluate us on our depth of experience, our diligence, and our unwavering commitment to the future.

Westlake Consultants, Inc. provides a range of professional services to private and public clients in the built environment. Headquartered in the Portland metro area, we provide civil engineering, land surveying, land use planning, industrial measurement, 3D laser scanning and construction management services. Our surveyors are licensed throughout the western US, and our engineering team is licensed in several states around the country. We are a federally-recognized small business, and as such, can meet the vendor diversity needs of corporate or public agency clients. We have built a solid reputation for responsive service and a collaborative, team approach. Westlake was founded on the idea that creativity and innovation, coupled with solid expertise and good communication, creates a valuable experience for clients. As we’ve grown, our strict commitment to quality assurance and control has helped us develop into a highly-capable firm of committed professionals. We join state-of-the-art technologies with responsive service, to help our clients achieve their objectives. Our guiding phrase, ‘Begin with the end in mind’, reminds us that our clients’ goals become our goals each time we take on a new project. We believe that the commitment we maintain toward each other results in better service to our clients. Westlake culture reflects: Teamwork: We are, as an organization, a single team. We are competent and qualified professionals, each with unique talents and skills, united by the common understanding that we are each responsible for accomplishing our mission. Trust: We strive to understand each other’s roles and challenges. We trust each other’s work and support each other in collaborative efforts to learn about what we do not know. Creativity: We embrace ideas that are better and apply new technologies and methods to fit project needs. Growth: We build each other up to maintain an environment in which we are all constantly challenged and learning.