Ron Lawrence

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

The Heinz Endowments is an independent, private foundation headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are affiliated with the Heinz family but not with the HJ Heinz Co. or the HJ Heinz Co. Foundation. The foundation was founded in 1986 with combined support from the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment. The firm’s mission is to help Southwestern Pennsylvania prosper economically, ecologically, educationally, and culturally, and to advance the state of knowledge and practice in the fields in which they work. The Heinz Endowments’ fields of emphasis include philanthropy in general and the disciplines represented by the foundation's five grant-making programs: Arts & Culture; Children, Youth & Families; Education; Environment; and Innovation Economy.

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.