Martin E. Cearnal

Berkshire Asset Management LLC (Berkshire) is an independent registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1986, the firm was acquired by Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM) in 1999 and they operated as its wholly-owned subsidiary until 2007. The firm is now employee owned and operated. Berkshire provides portfolio management and investment supervisory services to individuals, foundations, endowments, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension and profit-sharing plans and private pooled investment vehicles.

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.

Aetos Technologies, Inc. is a technology development company. The firm offers funding and management services to commercialize and market technologies developed at research institutions. The company services include evaluation, product, process development, business management, and financing. Aetos Technologies was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Auburn, AL.

Part of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Health Care Council operates as an association of health care industry leaders. The private company is based in Nashville, TN. The company was founded by Philip M. Hertik.

CytoViva, Inc. provides optical microscopy-imaging systems. Its products include hyperspectral micropscopy, enhanced darkfield micropscopy and three dimensional enhanced darkfield microscopy. The company was founded by Samuel M. Lawrence and John O. Lawrence in 2005 and is headquartered in Auburn, AL.

Novartis Corp. manufactures pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health products. It manufactures drugs for oncology, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NashvilleHealth provides health and wellbeing services. The non-profit company is based in Nashville, TN. The company was founded in 2015 by William H. Frist.

Life Science Tennessee operates tennessee biotechnology association. It conducts business and economic development activities. The firm advocates on behalf of the industry. It provides a network for the exchange of ideas, information and opportunities. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Nashville Entrepreneur Center is a non-profit organization that serves as the center for entrepreneurship in Nashville, TN. The private company supports entrepreneurs from all backgrounds and industries by connecting them to critical resources and championing their desire to change the world. The company was founded in 2010 by business leaders who wanted to support the next generation of entrepreneurs and to celebrate the spirit and tenacity of the entrepreneurial community. Sam Davidson has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Center for Nonprofit Management, Inc. provides education and management consulting services. It connects nonprofits and other stakeholders through thought leadership, management expertise, evaluation consulting and outcomes technology services. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Frist Cressey Ventures Management LLC (FC Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by William H. Frist and Bryan C. Cressey. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hint Health, Inc. operates membership management and billing platform for direct care, direct primary care and concierge medicine providers. Its platform comprises tools that streamline membership administration and billing for providers and their patient, employer, and health plan clients. The company was founded in 2013 by Graham Melcher and Zak Holdsworth and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Argent Trust Co. (Tennessee) is a trust management firm headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm became a flagship subsidiary of Argent Holdings, Inc. in 2009. Argent Trust serves individuals, families, businesses, and institutions to ensure their legacy and safeguard their wealth through trust administration and estate planning, investment management, and other fiduciary services.

Epiphany Dermatology PA operates as a dermatology company that provides skin care services. The firm offers treatments for acne, eczema, hair loss, itching, psoriasis, rashes, actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, sun spots and suspicious moles. The company was founded by Cary L. Dunn and Gheorghe Pusta in 2014 and is headquartered in Waco, TX.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Surgical Alliance Corp. acquires, develops and manages specialty surgical hospitals. The company was founded by Edward W. Alexander in 2001 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Altor BioScience Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer. Its product candidates include ALT-801, a T-cell receptor-targeted immunotherapeutic for cancer and ALT-836, a monoclonal antibody-based tissue factor antagonist treatment of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury. The company was founded by Hing C. Wong in 2002 and is headquartered in Miramar, FL.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center operates as a academic medical center. It provides patient care, research, and biomedical education services. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is the investment bank and brokerage subsidiary of CFS CF & Co. I Holdings LP, which is owned by Cantor Fitzgerald LP in the US. The firm was founded by Bernie Gerald Cantor and John Fitzgerald in 1945. Headquartered in New York City, Cantor Fitzgerald offers clients a global, multi-asset prime brokerage platform with a focus on the quality middle market.

AQR Capital Management LLC (AQR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of AQR Capital Management Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is AQR Capital Management Group LP. The firm was founded by Clifford Asness, David Kabiller, and John Liew in 1998. AQR provides investment management services to institutional clients through managed accounts. Their investors may include investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, other investment advisers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions, corporations or other businesses entities.