Matthew Kavan

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.

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.

Osborn & Barr Communications, Inc. provide marketing communications services. Its services include brand management, strategic planning, event planning and marketing, creative services, public relations, media services, digital marketing, and channel marketing services. The company was founded by Stephen D. Barr and Joe Osborn in 1988 and is located in St. Louis, MO.

PECO Pallet, Inc. engages in the provision of pallet rental and management services. It offers pallet repair and maintenance services. The company was founded in June 1997 and is headquartered in Irvington, NY.

RepEquity, Inc. provides online brand management services. It specializes in search, social media, web and mobile development, and analytics. The firm develops digital tools and programs to build and protect different brands in the sports, entertainment, finance, healthcare, advocacy, and non-profit arenas. The company was founded by Tripp Donnelly in 2008 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Thompson Street Capital Managers LLC (Thompson Street Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Thompson Street Capital Partners LLC, founded in 2000 by James A. Cooper and Peter Finley. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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

Prospect Mortgage LLC provides mortgage loans. The firm offers a variety of home loan solutions including first-time homebuyer programs with down-payment assistance, FHA and VA, conventional, jumbo and super jumbo, new construction and renovation. The company is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA.

GridApp Systems, Inc. provides database automation and management services. It offers GridApp Clarity, which provides a solution that manages the database infrastructure through various stages of the life cycle, and manages various task automation and arbitrary scripts on hosts and databases in the database environment within a view console. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

SOMS Technologies LLC develops, manufactures and commercializes proprietary and private label automotive filtration products. It offers the microGreen Extended Performance Oil Filters, a patented engine oil filter for extending oil drain intervals. The firm develops and produces private label automotive filters for brands throughout North America. The company was founded by Miles Flamenbaum in November 2006 and is headquartered in Valhalla, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.