Max Stone

D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants.

Partners In Health provides healthcare facilities for the poor. It has operations in Haiti, Rwanda, Peru, Russia, the USA, Malawi, and Lesotho. The company was founded by Ophelia Dahl, Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Todd McCormack and Tom White in 1987 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. provides environmental protection services. It provides solutions to environmental threats such as acid rain, dying rivers, over-logged forests, and ozone depletion. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.