Heather Holmes

Sterling Fund Management LLC (Sterling Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1983 by Eric Becker, Michael Bronfein, Shoshana M. Vernick, Jeff Elburn. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

The SCORE Association provides resources and strategies for small business growth and success. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company offers funding, expert advice, training, and a community for every stage of a business. SCORE has a library of useful documents, online courses, and experienced mentors to help entrepreneurs with their business journey. The company also provides support for rural entrepreneurs and have a startup roadmap that outlines each step in starting a business. The CEO of the company is Bridget Weston.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is a historically African American Greek-letter organization founded in 1911 on the principle of achievement for black collegiate men. The private company is based in Indianapolis, IN, and has its Alpha chapter on Indiana University's campus. It is the second oldest existing collegiate historically black Greek letter fraternity and the first intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. The fraternity has more than 125,000 members nationwide with 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters in nearly every state of the US, and international chapters in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, Africa, and the Caribbean. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. actively participates in community service activities locally, nationwide, and globally.

The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce is an organization that serves as the voice of business and promotes growth. The non-profit company is based in Phoenix, AZ. The company's diverse membership base includes small businesses and large corporations with a national footprint. The chamber offers multiple opportunities for businesses to invest in order to achieve their goals and objectives. Todd Sanders has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless engages in the provision of housing and health care services especially for the homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

The Rockland County Score is a non-profit organization. The company is focused in assisting emerging and current entrepreneurs achieve business success. Its services include free confidential mentoring, workshops, newsletter, online webinars, and downloadable templates. The company is headquartered in Suffern, NY.

Succeed to Lead LLC provides business consulting services. Its services include budget analysis and budget execution, information technology, information technology portfolio management, cyber security, program project management and human resource management. Succeed to Lead was founded by Byron L. Cherry in June 2007 and is headquartered in Dumfries, VA.

The DC Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce organization based in Washington.

Intelsat US LLC engages in the provision of satellite telecommunication services. It offers commercial aircraft, business jet, and aeronautical connectivity; land mobile; maritime; satellite, fiber, and teleport; consulting; and enterprise networking services. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Enlightened, Inc. provides information technology consulting services. The company's services include cyber security, software development and integration, and management consulting. The company was founded by Antwnye Ford, Andre Rogers, and Thomas Spann in 1999 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Emerging Technology Partners LLC (ETP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Wei-Wu He and Bill Snider. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

American Farm Bureau Federation operates as a voluntary organization with interests in farming industry. It provides leadership programs for women, rural development services, and agricultural leadership activities. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.