Lauren Coartney

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Akademos, Inc. operates an online bookstore. It offers turnkey virtual bookstore and marketplace and its technology, comprehensive supply chain solutions and commitment to responsive personal service and provides course materials and digital learning tools for school. The company was founded by Brian Jacob on March 3, 1999 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Blue Shield of California engages in the provision of healthcare insurance services. The firm offers insurance products include HMO, preferred provider organization, dental and medicare supplemental plan, accidental death and dismemberment, executive medical reimbursement, life insurance, and vision and short-term health plans. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC engages in the provision of investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Magnit LLC. provides contingent workforce management solutions. It offers vendor management, third party pay roll for professional contractors and process outsourcing solutions. The firm also offers services in the areas of procurement, selection, tracking of independent contractors, and freelancers. The company was founded by John C. Fanning III and Andrew E. Schultz in 1991 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce based in San Diego, CA. Gerald Robert Sanders has been the CEO of the non-profit company since 2013.

The San Diego Symphony performs and conducts concerts and musical orchestra. It also provides corporate sponsorship, outreach programs, and ticket purchasing services. The company was founded on December 6, 1910 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The Society of Women Engineers is an organization that advocates for women in engineering and technology. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company provides data and research resources on gender equity in engineering and acknowledge the value of a diverse community that includes race/ethnicity, religion, and family. Karen Horting has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc. provides home healthcare services. The firm offers home health, adult nursing, assistive care, pediatrics, hospice, and habilitation. The company was founded by J. Mark Baiada in 1975 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc. is an organization that recognizes academic excellence in business studies. The non-profit company is based in Maryland Heights, MO. The company offers scholarships and grants to their alumni chapters and members to aid in continuing education and chapter development. As a BGS member, individuals have access to exclusive programs designed to refine their skills to meet the changing needs of the business world.

The Minerva Institute for Research & Scholarship engages in facilitating the administration of grant-funded research, and advocating for broad reform in higher education. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Deloitte Consulting LP provides accounting and auditing services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Guild Education, Inc. engages in the provision of education services. Its platform features include strategic program design and consulting, tech-enabled program administration, academic network management and custom degrees, end-to-end outcome reporting, and on-demand student coaching. The company was founded by Brittany Stich and Rachel Romer Carlson in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

GSV Ventures Management LLC (GSV Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of GSV Asset Management LLC founded in 2016 by Moe Michael Cohn. The firm headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Robin Hood Foundation provides grants, strategic support services, and management assistance to community based programs fighting poverty. The firm conducts programs focusing on early childhood development, education, survival, youth, job training, and jobs and economic security. It also offers employment programs, lower income victims' services and relief, mental health services, and other grants. The company was founded by Paul Tudor Jones II in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University Ventures Funds Management LLC (University Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Ryan D. Craig and Daniel S. Pianko. The firm is headquartered in New York.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Entangled Ventures LLC (Entangled Ventures) is an venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Paul Freedman and Jason Sanders. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.