Michael McNamara

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions manufactures switches, sensors and control solutions. The firm offers The Round thermostat (a temperature control system) which can maintain temperature within one degree of the setting. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

ITRenew, Inc. provides information technology (IT) asset disposition, data security and data center decommissioning services. Its services include onsite data erasure and media destruction, IT asset remarketing, IT lifecycle management, and R2 certified e-waste recycling services. The company was founded by Mostafa Aghamiri in 2001 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.