Elizabeth Parks

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fraser McCombs Capital Management LLC (FM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Chase Fraser. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Phunware OpCo, Inc. operates Multiscreen as a Service (MaaS) platform. It develops applications that allow clients to engage, manage, and monetize users on mobile devices. The firm offers TapIt, a mobile advertising platform. The company was founded by Alan S. Knitowski, Luan D. Dang and Alan Michael Kane in February 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

eSupply Systems LLC operates an e-procurement and spend management platform for the multi-family industry. It is a cloud-based procurement and spend management platform for the property management industry enhanced with Purchasing Intelligence tools. The company was founded by Mortimer Singer and Keu Zafar in 2008 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Part of SCI Ltd., MarketQuiz, Inc. provides marketing solutions. The company is based in San Antonio, TX. The company was founded by Chase Fraser. MarketQuiz was acquired by SCI Ltd. on August 07, 2008.

SCI Ltd. provides communications connectivity platform that orchestrates the timing, packaging and pricing of communications and marketing programs, measures their effectiveness and then executes the program elements. The firm serves the automotive, telecommunications/cable, health-care, insurance and government markets. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered Markham, Canada.

Aurora Labs develops self healing platform for connected cars. Its services include onguard, remote inspection and delta compression installer. The company was founded by Ori Lederman and Zohar Fox and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Aviles Engineering Corp. provides engineering, construction testing, management and inspection and consulting services. Its services include geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and inspection services, environmental consulting, site assessment services and construction management. The company was founded by Dionel Emilio Aviles in 1981 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank NA (Jakarta Branch) is a company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The CEO of the Indonesian company is Khondoker Rashed Maqsood.

Simplir, Inc. operates as an integration platform as a service for the automotive industries. The company was founded by Alan Michael Kane in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Car Capital Technologies LLC provides financing and regulatory support to car dealers. The company is headquartered in Carrollton, TX.

East Texas Food Bank Foundation, Inc. provides food, support and education services. The firm donates food like overproduced or discontinued items, frozen foods, dairy products, mislabeled goods, dented cans, day-old breads and pastries and odd-sized produce. The company was founded in October 1988 and is headquartered in Tyler, TX.

AUTOPAY Direct, Inc. develops technology enabled service platform that systematically matches consumers with existing lenders. It specializes in auto refinance and new purchase finance. The company was founded by Jeffrey Thomas Hutcheson in 2016 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Springdale Ventures LLC (Springdale Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Daniel A. Graham and Gilbreath G. Genevieve. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Brookshire Grocery Co. owns and operates a chain of supermarket and grocery stores. It offers bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, fuel center, grocery, health and beauty, household, meat market, organics, pet, pharmacy, photo labs, and seafood products. The company was founded by Wood T. Brookshire on September 1, 1928 and is headquartered in Tyler, TX.

Diesslin Group, Inc. (DG) is an asset management firm headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The firm was founded by David Diesslin in 1980. DG provides fee-only financial advisory services and wealth management to individuals, closely held businesses, private foundations, and endowments.

Aquasana, Inc. manufactures water filtration products. Its products include whole house water filters, whole house water conditioners, under sink water filters, countertop water filters, and shower filters. The company was founded by Wes Russell, Charles D. Strand and Brian Luenser in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.