J. Dennis Cawte

EMD Millipore Corp. engages in the provision of laboratory materials, technologies, and services to the life science industry. The company was founded by Jack Bush in 1954 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Pentair, Inc. manufactures water treatment systems. The company's products include water & wastewater pumps, filtration & purification, components & systems, storage tanks & pressure vessels and pool. Its applications include industrial machinery, data communications, networking, telecommunications, test and measurement, automotive, medical, security, defense and general electronics. The company was founded on August 31, 1966 by Murray Harpole, Vern Stone, Vincent Follmer, Leroy Nelson and Gary Ostrand and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Spartech LLC engages in the manufacture of plastic products for packaging solutions. It offers thermoformed packaging and rollstock, custom sheet and rollstock products. It serves the healthcare, packaging, transportation, building and construction industries. The company was founded on April 23, 1968 and is headquartered in Maryland Heights, MO.

Titanium Metals Corp. produces titanium sponge, ingot, and slab. Its activities include all phases of titanium manufacturing and sales, from converting rutile ore into sponge, to production of ingot and slab and mill products. The firm's products include titanium sponge, melted products, mill products and industrial fabrications. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

Headquartered in Portland-OR, Fred Meyer is one of the nation's largest grocery retailers.

CQuotient, Inc. provides software for a customer prediction and optimization platform. The company was founded in July 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Aalberts integrated piping systems Americas, Inc. manufactures and supplies valves and flow control products. It sells all of its products under the Apollo Valves brand. The company's products and services include butterfly valves, check valves, fire protection system solutions, gates and globes, marine, medical gas valves, mixing valves, pipeline strainers, plumbing and heating, safety relief valves, water pressure reducing valves and gage caliberation. Conbraco Industries was founded by Clarence Mosack in 1927 and is headquartered in Matthews, NC.

Hollingsworth & Vose Co. engages in manufacture advanced materials used in filtration, battery, and industrial applications. Its products include filtration media, battery separators, and industrial products. The company was founded in 1728 and is headquartered in East Walpole, MA.

Northern Power Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and installs wind turbines. It offers project planning and installation, monitoring and maintenance, and feasibility studies and technical consultations services. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Barre, VT.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

TransMedics, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. It offers a portable warm blood perfusion system designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body during transport from organ donor to recipient. The firm’s products are used in heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants. The company was founded by Waleed H. Hassanein in August 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Watts Regulator Co. manufactures valves, seals and other plumbing products. Its offerings includes backflow preventers and accessories, ball valves, butterfly valves, flexible connectors, gauges, pressure regulators, automatic control valves, relief valves, PEX plumbing, tempering valves, and water heater installation products. The company was founded by Joseph E. Watts in 1874 and is headquartered in North Andover, MA.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Global Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. wholesales hardware products. The company is headquartered in Florence, KY.

Northmark Bank operates as a locally owned and managed full service commercial bank. Its services include personal, business and online banking. The company was founded by Daniel J. Murphy III and Jane C. Walsh in 1987 and is headquartered in North Andover, MA.

Trane, Inc. manufactures, manages and services heating, ventilation, air-conditioning equipment systems. It offers air conditioning systems, dehumidifying and air cleaning products, service and parts support, building controls and financing solutions. The company was founded by James Trane in 1885 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.

Dead River Co. distributes petroleum products. Its products include home heating oil, kerosene, diesel fuel, propane, and gasoline. The firm offers credit privileges, budget plans, automatic delivery, and price protection plans. The company was founded by Charles Hutchins in 1909 and is headquartered in South Portland, ME.

SPS Technologies, LLC designs and manufactures high performance fasteners and precision components. The firm’s products include blind rivets and bolts, shear pins, rivetless nutplates, and cherry max. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Excelitas Technologies Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of photonic solutions for the lighting, detection, and optical technology. It offers energetics, high energy switches, global positioning system locks, power supplies, lamp and lamp systems, light emitting diode components and systems, UV curing system, UVC disinfection light sources, avionic displays, defense optronics, dismounted soldier, space optics, optical elements and components, integrated original equipment manufactured optical systems, optomechanical components, laser optics, imaging lenses and systems, photonic detectors, and thermal infrared sensors. The firm serves the biomedical, scientific, semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, safety, security, consumer products, defense, and aerospace sectors. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

PetVet Care Centers LLC engages in operation of a specialty veterinary hospitals and general practice veterinary clinics. Its services include medical care, examinations, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries, vaccinations, surgery, dentistry, radiology, and in-house diagnostic laboratory tests. The company was founded by Gino Volpacchio in 2012 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.