Ruth Wiederecht

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Information Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise market information solutions and services. Its solutions include market performance and strategy, consumer and shopper intelligence, analytics and in-market execution, media, and technology. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

New Aurora Corp. provides communication software solutions. The company was founded on April 11, 1994 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. provides insurance brokerage and risk management consulting services. It offers consulting, analysis, and management solutions for captive, property, casualty, environmental liability, and employee benefit plans. The firm provides provides commercial insurance brokerage services to clients in the energy, healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, and real estate industries. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Lion Street, Inc. is engaged in providing financial services. It provides elite life insurance advisors access to the financial products, intellectual capital, and specialized resources to meet the sophisticated needs of high-net-worth and corporate clients. The company was founded by Robert Carter in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

First Advantage Background Services Corp. provides employment screening services including checks and drug screening. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Alliance Consulting Group, Inc. provides e-business strategy consulting. The firm offers services in the areas of business process redesign, customer needs and segmentation analysis, innovation and new product development, market and competitive analysis. The company was founded by Hans Michael Norkus in 1986 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

First Advantage Tax Consulting Services LLC provides tax consulting services. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Tritium Partners LLC (Tritium Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

DCS Global Systems, Inc. provides software and solutions to help hospitals maximize revenue and reduce inefficiencies throughout the revenue cycle. The company was founded by Manoj Chhabra and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

AVP Management Services, Inc. (AVP Management Services) is a private equity/venture capital firm firm founded in 1979 by Joseph Charles Aragona, Ken Paul DeAngelis and Jeff C. Garvey. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Kastle Systems International LLC provides managed security solutions. It offers access control, video security, fire and life safety, intrusion detection, and environmental control solutions. The company serves the commercial real estate, portfolios, businesses, law firms, education, government and outdoor industries. The company was founded by A. Gene Samburg in 1972 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

Friends of the National Zoo is a non-profit organization that operates to raise funds to support the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute save animal species. It also offers educational programs. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Five Star Alliance LLC provides online luxury hotel booking services. It focuses on luxury hotels. Its Web site offers recommendations, information, and photographs of their collection of luxury hotels in North America, Europe, Bermuda and the Caribbean, Africa, and internationally. The firm enables travelers around the world to find and book luxury hotels. It also provides luxury hotel marketing, luxury travel deals and special offers, and online advertising services; and enables hoteliers to promote their properties, hotels, and Websites to their clients. The company was founded by Cal Simmons in May 2005 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Asset International, Inc. provides data, business intelligence, and information services to the investment management industry. The company was founded by James A. Casella and Charles Ruffel in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PPC Investment Partners LP (PPC Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Tony N. Pritzker and Jay Robert Pritzker. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Inbenta Holdings, Inc. provides technological services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

AVRON Partners, Inc. operates as a supply chain and logistics investments. The company was founded on June 01, 2008 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Qwick, Inc. operates as a hospitality staffing platform. The company was founded by Jamie Baxter and Blaine Light and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive provides online news publishing services. Its principal sites include washingtonpost.com, Newsweek.com, Slate, and BudgetTravelOnline. The company was founded in 1996 and is located in Arlington, VA.