Neil Z. Auerbach

Silicor Materials, Inc. manufactures solar silicon and multi crystalline solar cells. It operates as a supplier to the solar photovoltaic industry as well as other industries who use aluminum-based products. The firm purifies silicon, casts the silicon into ingots, cuts the ingots into bricks using diamond saws, cuts the bricks into wafers using wire saws, and converts the wafers into solar cells through a series of steps to form the photovoltaic junction. The company was founded by Kamel Ounadjela, Fritz Kirscht, and Eicke Weber in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

SoloPower Systems, Inc. manufactures and commercializes thin-film photovoltaic cells and modules. The firm’s proprietary electrochemical process for CIGS solar cell formation is differentiated from Si-based PV and alternate thin film PV technologies. Its products include SP1, SP3L and SP3S. The company was founded by Bulent M. Basol and Homayoun Talieh in 2005 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include antitrust, bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate governance and investigations, crisis advisory and management, employee benefits, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, media, real estate, tax, and trusts. The company was founded by Joseph P. Cotton, George S. Franklin, William G. McAdoo and Francis McAdoo in 1919 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

McDermott Will & Emery LLP provides legal services. The company's practices include corporate, employee benefits, health law, intellectual property, private clients, regulation and government affairs, tax, and trial. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Shearman & Sterling LLP provides legal services. It specializes in appellate litigations, capital markets, corporate governance, environmental, finance, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, real estate, and tax. The company was founded by Thomas Shearman in 1873 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Council on Competitiveness is a nonpartisan organization that has been advocating for a competitiveness agenda for over three decades. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The organization aims to attract investment and talent, spur the commercialization of new ideas, and enhance productivity to raise the standard of living for all Americans. The council's members include CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and national lab directors who provide real-world perspective to policymakers. The council believes that with the right policies, the strengths and potential of the economy far outweigh the current challenges the nation faces on the path to higher growth and greater opportunity for all Americans. Deborah L. Wince-Smith has been the CEO of the American company since 1993.