Jennifer Thayer

Barings LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1940, the firm is direct subsidiary of MM Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). MassMutual?s affiliated companies include financial services companies that provide investment management services and individual protection insurance to clients worldwide. Barings provides a broad range of investment advisory and management services to institutional clients, registered investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. provides financial life insurance services. It offers annuities, disability income insurance, investments, long term care and wealth management, and retirement plans. The company was founded on May 15, 1851 and is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

Safeco Corp. provides insurance products and services. It offers property, casualty, surety, life and health insurance services. The firm provides contract and commercial surety bonds for construction, performance, and legal matters, such as appeals, probate, and bankruptcies to contractors and businesses. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Jobble, Inc. operates online portal to post jobs and select workforces. It serves gig economy, food and beverage, delivery, retail, and light industrial. The company was founded by Zachary Smith and Corey Bober on September 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

McGriff Insurance Services, Inc. provides life, health, title, and business insurance brokerage services. It offers commercial and personal insurance products. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis operates as a regional wholesale bank. It operates through following two segments: Traditional and Mortgage Loans. The Traditional Loans segment consists of credit products, investments, and correspondent services and deposits. The Mortgage Loans segment consists substantially of mortgage loans. The company was founded on October 12, 1932 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Baystate Health Systems, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the operation of hospitals and medical centers. It offers ancillary medical services such as respiratory care, infusion therapy, visiting nurse, hospice, and emergency transportation services. The firm also offers children healthcare, emergency, healthcare programs, and radiology and imaging services. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

Lambert & Co. engages in providing strategic public relations counsel, including public affairs, digital, marketing and business consulting. It specializes in investor relations, communications strategy, crisis communications, public policy, media coaching, branding, interactive social media and strategy, and issues management. The company was founded by Jeffrey T. Lambert in 1998 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.

National Investor Relations Institute operates as an association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. The company was founded by DeWitt C. Morrill in 1969 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters is a nonprofit organization, which offers educational, research, networking, and career resource solutions. It provides introductory and foundational courses and programs; functional-area courses and designation programs; management and business courses and programs; CPCU designation program; executive education; online courses and programs; and management education. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts operates as a economic development agency. The firm helps businesses to expand, relocate and succeed in Western Massachusetts. It provides support for real estate searches, manufacturing supply chain, visitation programs, data and demographics. The company is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

Citizens Bank NA provides commercial banking services. It offers credit cards, borrowing services, student lending solutions, retirement plans, and wealth management and investment services. The company is headquartered in Providence, RI.

NxtStar Ventures LLC is a consulting and venture company. The firm provides CEO-level advice and consulting to clients in the life insurance and retail financial services businesses. It also helps launch new ventures, such as start-ups, acquisitions, and new initiatives, and for existing companies. The company is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Nippon Wealth Life Insurance Co., Ltd. engages in life insurance business that provides long-term care insurance, annuities, retirement plans, savings products and mutual funds to individual and institutional customers. It operates through a network of independent brokers and franchised agents. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Massmutual International LLC provides insurance services such as life insurance, health benefits and accident insurance as well as asset management and pension products. The company is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

Part of Truist Financial Corp., BB&T Insurance Holdings, Inc. is a large insurance broker with over 200 offices worldwide. The company operates through several subsidiaries, including McGriff Insurance Services, Inc., McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc., CRC Insurance Services, Crump Life Insurance Services, and AMRISC, LLC. BB&T Insurance Holdings is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. John M. Howard has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

The Institutes provides educational activities related to risk management and property-casualty insurance services. Its solutions include introductory, foundational courses programs, functional-area, designation, management, business course, chartered property casualty underwriter designation program and executive, management educations; The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

The FinTech Sandbox, Inc. is a non-profit organization that offers free access to important datasets and resources to help entrepreneurs build their early-stage fintech products through its data access residency program. The non-profit company is based in Boston, MA and was founded by David Jegen. The program has already helped over 310 startups, who in turn collaborate with current and past residents to share knowledge and advancements. Additionally, the company oversees initiatives such as Fintech Week and Mass Fintech Hub, which are aimed at making the Commonwealth a leader in fintech.

Sun Consulting Group LLC provides information technology consulting services. The private company is based in New York. The American company was founded by Elaine Ann Sarsynski.

Kingfield Corp. engages in the development of a client service platform. It provides solutions for the challenges facing custody banks and investment managers. The company was founded by Craig Welch and John Rodefeld and is headquartered Naples, FL.

Digital Assets Data, Inc. provides data, information and transparency to cryptoassets, including currencies, platforms, applications, side chains, security tokens, and initial coin offers (ICOs) through subscription services to hedge funds and other institutional investors. The company was founded by Michael Alfred, Jason Yatesin and Eddie Alfred and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ZenLedger, Inc. provides website featuring online non-downloadable software for crypto currency. The firm specializes in cryptocurrency tax management. The company was founded by Patrick Larsen, Bryan Starbuck, Drew Nordstrom, Saqib Rasool and Kumar T and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Wagmo, Inc. operates as a pet wellness company. The firm offers monthly wellness plan that reimburses members for routine care services that keep pets healthy. It helps pet parents get the best care for dogs and cats by offering plans that cover the day-to-day essentials, including routine and preventative expenses such as annual exams, vaccines, and grooming. The company was founded by Christie Horvath and Ali Foxworth and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Dvx Ventures LLC (Dvx Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Jon McNeil, Karim Bousta and Henry Vogel. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Climate Club Holdings PBC is a company that helps leading companies embed sustainability into their employee experience and drive net zero emissions across every department, team, and employee. The company is based in Scarsdale, NY. The company has a software platform that is purpose-built to reduce carbon emissions, save costs, increase revenue, and retain talent in alignment with net zero targets and strategic business goals. The company works with some of the most recognizable companies in the world to help them maximize the impact of sustainable actions across their business. The company was founded by Adam Braund, Philip Charm. Adam Braund has been the CEO since incorporation.