Matthew Puglisi

Navy League of the United States is a non-profit organization that supports America’s sea services: the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and US - flag Merchant Marine. It provides local and national programs to educate the public and congress on the importance of sea services. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Nonpareil Corp. grows and ships fresh potatoes, manufactures potato products including hash browns, mashed potatoes and homestyle potato casseroles under the Scratch Match brand. The company was founded by Harold and Robert Abend in 1946 and is headquartered in Blackfoot, ID.

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. designs and manufactures engineered valves, pumps, electronics and related products. Its products manage the flow of liquids and gases, generate power, provide electronic operating systems, and monitor critical functions. The company serves its products to the defense, power, oil and gas and manufacturing industries. The Company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

The American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc. operates as a professional engineering society for engineers, scientists, and allied professionals who conceive, design, develop, test, construct, outfit, operate, and maintain complex naval and maritime ships, submarines and aircraft, and their associated systems and subsystems. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

American Nuclear Society operates as premier professional society serving the nuclear industry. Its offerings include meeting information, nuclear news, publications, member services, a career center, public information and many other resources. The company was founded on December 11, 1954 and is headquartered in La Grange Park, IL.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers operates non-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development for engineering community. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ASM International operates as an association of materials-centric engineers and scientists. It informs, educates and connects the materials community to solve problems and stimulate innovation around the world. The company is headquartered in Materials Park, OH.

San Diego Rescue Mission, Inc. provides support services for the welfare of homeless and poor people. Its programs include housing, hunger relief, mental health, counselling, alumni aftercare, and education. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Maersk Line Ltd. provides transportation, ship management, and maritime technical services to government and commercial customers. It offers end-to-end distribution for U.S. government cargo, from military sustainment and humanitarian aid to complex unit moves, and assorted break bulk items. It operates noncombatant ships for the U.S. government and charters a fleet of tankers. The company was founded by Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller in 1947 and is headquartered in Norfolk, VA.

American Bureau of Shipping engages in the provision of classification services to marine, offshore, and gas industry. It offers government, container certification, rapid response damage assessment, type approval, and maritime training. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Spring, TX.

National Defense Transportation Association operates as a non-political, non-profit educational association. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

The American Economic Association operates as a learned society in the field of economics. The private company is based in Nashville, TN.

Tiandi Energy Ltd. provides geotechnical outsourcing services to oil and gas companies. The firm offers complete petrophysical and well logs analysis services and its petrophysicists are experts in the manipulation and analysis of large data sets with diverse log types, including the integration of open hole and cased hole logging data with core analyses and geologic core descriptions. The company was founded by W. Bob Lockwood and Richard Ward in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Compass Advisers Group LLC provides investment, strategic and financial advisory services. It offers mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, private placements, strategic alliances, joint ventures and partnerships, divestitures, spin-offs, takeover defense, and capital transaction services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Compass Partners Capital, LLC (Compass Partners) is a private equity venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Stephen M. Waters. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Part of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. provides security broker services. The company is based in New York, NY.

U.S. Naval Institute engages in the provision of independent forum for advancing the professional, literary, and scientific understaning of sea power and other issues critical to global security. The company is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

CIP Fund Management LLC (CIP Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Compass Advisers Group LLC founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Compass Partners International LLP (Compass) is a Private Equity subsidiary of Compass Partners Advisors LLP founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in London with an additional office in Connecticut.

Compass Partners Advisors LLP engages in provision of strategic and financial advice. It offers services in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and restructuring, private capital raising, special committee advisory, advice on financings, public offerings, private placements and other strategic transactions, institutional asset management, specialized investment management, independent fiduciary and trustee services, private equity funds management, and multiple investing strategies. The company was founded by Stephen M. Waters in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Trident Capital, Inc. (Trident Capital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Donald Dixon and John Moragne. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

The Poetry Foundation operates as a poetry promoting firm and provides publishing services. The company was founded by Harriet Monroe in 1912 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.