Dianne Dawes

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Corixa Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops and manufactures oncology and immunology products. The firm offers vaccines, immunotherapeutic, monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics, adjuvant and antigen delivery systems, toxin-conjugated, and antigen-specific diagnostic products. The company was founded by Steven H. Gillis and Mark McDade in 1994 and is headquartered in Hamilton, MT.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC (Bel Air) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of HighTower Holding LLC. Bel Air serves the specific needs and interests of wealthy individuals, families, and foundations.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Melodeo, Inc. offers mobile podcasting solutions. The firm delivers music and other media via mobile phones and web. It also provides wireless customers with music, comedy, news, sports, and entertainment programs, including radio shows. The company was founded by Bill Valenti, Donald Davidge and Loreen Milbrath in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

InSite Medical Technologies, Inc. manufactures and sells medical devices that focus on the delivery of epidural anesthesia. Its services include facilities for the research, development and maintenance of new and upcoming devices in the field. InSite Medical Technologies was founded by Malchano Zach, Wu Ken and Eichmann Steve in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Transphorm, Inc. provides power conversion modules. It simplifies the design and manufacturing of motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. Transphorm designs and delivers its power conversion devices and modules from material technology and device fabrication to circuit design and module assembly. The company was founded by Umesh K. Mishra and Primit A. Parikh in 2007 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Akoustis, Inc. engages in the development and provision of acoustic wave filters for use in mobile and wearable devices. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Huntersville, NC.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Wolfspeed, Inc., Nitres, Inc. is a company that develops and commercializes nitride-based semiconductor materials and device technologies. The company is based in Westlake Village, CA. The company was founded by Steven P. DenBaars, Umesh K. Mishra. Nitres was acquired by Wolfspeed, Inc. on May 02, 2000 for $219 million.

DLA Piper LLP provides legal services to clients. It offers services in the areas of corporate and securities, venture capital and emerging companies, litigation. The company was founded in 2005 and it is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

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

LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc. provides engineering services. The firm engages in incubating startups, developing new technologies, and providing sophisticated engineering services. The company was founded by David Paden, Brad E. Paden, and Alvin R. Paden in 1992 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Transworld Investment Holdings LLC operates as an investment holding company. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, IL.

Clearlake Capital Group LP (Clearlake Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Steven Chang, Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Lexington Biosciences Holdings Corp. engages in the development and commercialization of non-invasive cardiovascular health monitoring products to allow predictive diagnosis of future cardiovascular events. The company was founded by Bradley Hoeppner on April 12, 2016 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Newton Investment Management North America LLC (NIMNA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2021 and is a subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately owned by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). NIMNA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advice to institutional clients, including US and global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, trusts, central banks, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, registered mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles and other institutions.

The Washington State Bar Association operates the state bar association.

Pacific Community Ventures LLC (PCV) is a private equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Bank of New York Mellon is a state chartered bank. It offers asset servicing, issuer services, treasury services, broker-dealer, and advisor services and bank-advised business of asset management. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Beacon Law Advisors PLLC provides legal services. It focuses on assisting emerging technology firms from both legal and business perspectives. The firm offers corporate and LLC structuring and formation, seed, angel and venture financing, trademark and copyright protection, mergers and acquisitions, technology and intellectual property development, protection, distribution, transfer, and licensing matters, HR matters, employment matters, and counseling services. Beacon Law Advisors was founded by Christopher J. Hurley and Van Katzman in November 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ParaPatch, Inc. provides investment services. The private company is based in Campbell, CA.

Atia Vision, Inc. provides medical device services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.