Michael Mauzé

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Founded in 2007, Moelis & Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to corporations, institutions and governments. Moelis & Co. LLC provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Berkeley Research Group LLC provides business consulting and advisory services. It offers disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and strategy and operations services. The company was founded by David J. Teece in February 2010 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

BarkBox, Inc. engages in the provision of customized box of themed toys and treats for dogs-every month. Its products include Bark-Box, Super Chewer, Bark-Shop, Bright, and Bark-Eats. The company was founded by Henrik Werdelin, Matt Meeker and Carly Strife in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Jobalign Com, Inc. develops mobile and bilingual cloud based recruiting technology and marketplace for hourly jobs. It engages in the development and design of recruitment software platforms for web and mobile devices. The firm’s features include candidate pre-screening, social media publishing, search engine discoverability, text message job application. It creates print ads and flyers for job fairs and classified ads. The company was founded by Brian Hilgendorf, Luis Salazar, Miki Mullor, and William Davidheiser in 2012 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

Suja Life LLC provides nutritional supplements. It offers organic, cold-pressured juices, and smoothies to food markets, sprouts, and other selected grocery stores. The company was founded by Jeffrey Dean Church, James W. Brennan, Eric M. Ethans, and Annie Lawless in May 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bell-Carter Foods, Inc. manufactures canned olives and olive spreads. Its products include ripe, spanish, stuffed, Kalamata, and Silican olives. It serves the retail, grocery, club stores, and mass merchandisers in the United States. The company was founded by Arthur Bell and Henry Bell in 1912 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Fresh Express, Inc. provides and distributes fresh-cut products. Its salad products include salad blends, garden salads, salad kits, cabbage and cole slaw. The company offers its products to grocery retailers, foodservice providers and quick-service restaurants. Fresh Express was founded by Bruce Church in 1926 and is located in Salinas, CA.

Tennyson West LLC provides financial advisory services. The private company is based in Campbell, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Snack Factory LLC manufactures and distributes snack products. Its products include bagel chips, pita chips, funnel cakes and pretzel crisps. The firm sells its products under the brand name Pretzel Crisps. Its products are distributed nationally in grocery, mass merchandisers, club stores, and other channels. The company was founded in 2004 by Warren J. Wilson and Sara H. Wilson and is headquartered in Skillman, NJ.

Humm Holdings LLC operates in the manufacturing industry. The company is headquartered in Bend, OR.

14W Venture Partners (14W) is an venture Capital firm founded in 2010 by Alejandro Zubillaga-Ortiz. The firm is headquartered in New York.

HotChalk, Inc. provides web-based collaborative software solutions to educational institutions to put their degree programs online. It serves online audience of educators, parents, and students. The company was founded by Edward M. Fields in 2004 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Lexington Partners LP (Lexington Partners) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Franklin Resources Inc founded in 1994 by Brent R. Nicklas. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

AlpInvest Partners, Inc. (AlpInvest) is the New York City private equity subsidiary of Netherlands-based AlpInvest Partners BV, ultimately held by The Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG). Established in 1999 as NIB Capital Private Equity, the firm became AlpInvest Partners in 2004. They were the first exclusive private equity manager for a public pension fund and invest worldwide across primary funds, secondaries, and direct investment (co-investment) channels, covering the entire private equity spectrum. In addition to the New York office, AlpInvest has offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong and London. They are a socially responsible investor which works to promote sustainability and governance as an important factor in investment choices. They are a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investments and exclude direct investments in companies that are directly involved in the manufacturing or distribution of products that clearly violate Dutch and relevant international conventions. They also explore sustainability-themed investments.

Centerview Partners Holdings LLC (Centerview Partners Holdings) is a private equity subsidiary of Centerview Partners LLC founded in 2006 by David M. Hooper and James Marshall Kilts. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Korea Investment Corp. is the South Korean government investment management firm which enhance sovereign wealth and contribute to the development of the Korean financial industry by managing assets entrusted by the Korean government and the Bank of Korea. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

The Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants offers various benefits to advance the careers of CPAs, including continuing professional education and networking opportunities. The non-profit company is based in Bellevue, WA. Additionally, the WSCPA has compiled mental health resources for employees and managers to help them adjust their business operations and serve clients during the Coronavirus pandemic.