Richard R. Gardner

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Foley Hoag LLP provides legal services. It offers international litigation and arbitration services, and counsel in the evolving field of corporate social responsibility. The firm offers practices in industries such as life sciences, health care, technology, energy and renewable, investment management, and professional services. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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

DC Central Kitchen, Inc. develops and operates social ventures targeting the cycle of hunger and poverty. The firm's program is to prepare adults facing high barriers to employment for careers in the food service industry. It serves homeless shelters, schools, and nonprofits. The company was founded by Robert Egger in 1989 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

International Finance Corp. (IFC) operates as a global development institution. It is an organization that fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. The firm operates through three segments: Investment Services, Treasury Services and Advisory Services. The Investment Services segment offers loans, equities, debt securities, trade and supply chain finance and client risk management services. The Treasury Services segment consists of the borrowing, liquid asset management, asset and liability management, and client risk management activities. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Lumni, Inc. operates a financial technology firm. It provides human capital financing solutions for students. The company was founded by Miguel Palacios and Felipe Vergara and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

Dentons US LLP provides legal services. The firm provides its services for businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Its practice areas include civil, common, Sharia and Chinese law. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

MicroVest Capital Management LLC (MicroVest Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of DAI Global LLC founded in 2003 by Gill Crawford and W. Bowman Cutter. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

ShiftCentral, Inc. provides outsourced competitive intelligence and market research services. Its services include market intelligence briefings, platform and on-demand research. The firm serves banking and financial, health, and life sciences, professional services industries. The company was founded by Mario Thériault in 2000 and is headquartered in Moncton, Canada.

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (dba Schwab Asset Management®) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW). Schwab Asset Management is the investment adviser for Schwab Funds, Schwab ETFs, and separately managed account strategies.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides a comprehensive range of equity execution services exclusively to institutional clients worldwide. Their clients include private banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, independent asset managers and investment advisors and other brokers.

Founded in 2000, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein-Grantchester, Inc. is a security broker dealer that is part of Commerzbank AG. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (UK) (Crédit Agricole CIB-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment division of Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, ultimately owned by Credit Agricole SA (XP: ACA, ADR: CRARY) in France. Formerly known as Calyon, created in 2004 by the transfer of assets from Crédit Lyonnais' Corporate and Investment Banking division to Crédit Agricole Indosuez, the firm changed their name to Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in 2010.[ Crédit Agricole CIB-UK is headquartered in London and provides a range of investment services to large companies and financial institutions.

AEW Capital Management LP (AEW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1981, the firm is a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LP, ultimately held by BPCE SA in France. AEW provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients through a broad platform of separately managed accounts and open- and closed-end funds.

Peabody & Arnold LLP operates as a law firm. It provides services related to employment law and litigation, general litigation, business litigation, and drug and medical device litigation. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP operates as a full-service, corporate law firm that advises private and public clients. Its services include business transactions, government relations, intellectual property, and commercial litigation. The company was founded by Robert M. Calfee in 1903 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Bluecoats, Inc. provides community and social services. It offers welfare services to the families of Cuyahoga County (Ohio) safety forces employees who lost their lives in the line of duty. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association operates as an organization for legal professionals. The non-profit company is based in Cleveland, OH.

Gestalt Diagnostics LLC engaged in developing and implementing the Gestalt PathFlow software platform designed for digital workflow to pathologists and pathology laboratories. Its services include implementation, integration, support and SAAS hosted solution. The company was founded in 2015 is headquartered in Spokane, WA.

Part of Soluna Holdings, Inc., EcoChain, Inc. develops and operates ultra low-cost green data centers focused on crypto currency mining. The company is based in New York, NY. John Belizaire has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

MTI Instruments, Inc. manufactures precision instrument solutions. It offers precision measurement instruments, such as laser displacement sensors, fiber optic measurement systems, capacitance sensor systems, tensile, compression and bending systems, precision signal source and function generators, current and inductive sensors, and calibration and fixturing products. The company is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Clean Energy Generation LLC operates as an American energy generation services company.

Part of Duke Energy Corp., DATC Path 15 Transmission LLC is an American company that provides electric services.

CWL Investments LLC provides financial planning services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Birmingham, MI.

New York Transco LLC develops a portfolio of transmission upgrade projects. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.