Ernest Rady was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and attended the University of Manitoba, where he earned degrees in Commerce and Law. In 1966, he moved to San Diego to pursue entrepreneurial, business, community and philanthropic ventures. Mr. Rady's entrepreneurial zeal is centered on American Assets, which he founded in 1966 and took public in 2011 as American Assets Trust. In 1971, he founded Insurance Company of the West and Westcorp, where he was Chairman and CEO. He has held ownership positions in beverage wholesaling, radio station/telecommunications towers, oil and gas, professional soccer and Major League Baseball, in addition to affiliations with many Canadian and American companies. Mr. Rady was the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Financial Services Award winner.

William A. Sanger is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Emergency Medical Services Corporation. Prior to his role at EMSC, he was President and CEO of AMR and EmCare. Mr. Sanger is a co-founder and Managing Partner of BIDON Companies. He served as President and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Inc. and was a co-founder and Executive Vice President of PhyMatrix Corp. Mr. Sanger serves as Chairman of Vidacare Corporation and Chairman of EMCA, a Cayman-based insurance company, and is a Director of Carestream, an international technology and imaging company. Mr. Sanger was the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Healthcare & Life Sciences award winner in the Rocky Mountain region.

Barry Silbert is the Founder and CEO of SecondMarket, the largest marketplace for alternative assets. Since 2009, more than $700 million in private company stock has traded over SecondMarket in companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Groupon. SecondMarket was recently honored by the World Economic Forum as a 2011 Technology Pioneer. In 2009, Barry was a category winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Award, a winner of Crain's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and included on Treasury & Risk's list of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance. SecondMarket has been featured in the world's leading financial publications.

Hal Yoh is Chairman and CEO of Day & Zimmermann, a leader in industrial, defense and workforce solutions for commercial and government customers. Ranked as one of the largest private companies in America by Forbes, the company provides engineering, construction and maintenance services and staffing services to the commercial sector, and munitions products, security services, and equipment maintenance and facilities management services to the defense sector. Mr. Yoh is a graduate of Duke University, holds an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and serves on numerous boards, including the National Defense Industrial Association and the Construction Industry Institute. Mr. Yoh won the 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Master Achievement Award in the Greater Philadelphia Region.

Mike Selfridge is head of regional banking of Silicon Valley Bank. In this role, Selfridge is responsible for leading SVB's core commercial banking teams in the early-stage and middle-market technology and life science practices throughout SVB's 26 U.S. offices. Selfridge joined SVB Financial Group in 1994 and has held increasingly senior leadership positions in areas such as sales, credit, global expansion, and lending, with a focus on companies in the technology, life sciences and venture capital industries.