Matthew Simmes

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP provides legal services. It offers legal representation to public and private companies and charitable organizations, including health care providers, local and state governments, financial institutions, real estate developers, franchisors, distributors and pharmaceutical companies. It services includes finance, intellectual property, litigation, regulatory, employment, and labour and benefits. The company was founded by Frank F. Dinsmore in 1908 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Tontine Associates LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Gendell in 1997. They provide discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds and separately managed accounts, the beneficial owners of which are institutional and/or sophisticated individual investors.

ESL Investments, Inc. is a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor and registered investment adviser founded in 1988. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, ESL manages assets on a discretionary basis in one master fund, ESL Partners LP. They also offer investments in ESL Partners through ESL Limited, a Bermuda-based “feeder fund”. Investors in the funds are generally comprised of ultra high-net worth individuals and family offices, but also include private and public pension plans, financial institutions, and other institutional investors.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Kinkaid School, Inc. operates schools. It provides educational services along with social development, athletic participation, and arts and ethical behavior. The company was founded by Margaret Hunter Kinkaid in 1906 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Houston Ballet Foundation operates as a ballet company. It provides training services to its dancers throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Canada. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Rand Group Ltd. provides civil engineering services. It offers house building, road planning, and plant & construction training services. The company was founded on February 26, 2003 and is headquartered in Lincoln, GB.

The Greenwich Academy, Inc. provides educational services. The company was founded in 1827 and is located in Greenwich, CT.

The Artemis Female Fund Management LLC (The Artemis Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Stephanie Campbell, Leslie Goldman, and Diana Murakhovskaya. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Latham & Watkins LLP operates as a full-service law firm or legal matters. It offers services in the areas of finance, litigation, accounting, banking, life sciences, private equity, real estate, government relations, employment law, and outsourcing. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Hometeam Technologies, Inc., also known as Vesta Healthcare, is a technology and clinical services organization that connects caregiver insights to the rest of the care team. The company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company provides 24/7 telehealth support for caregivers and care recipients, with a focus on high-need, frail senior populations. Vesta partners with home care agencies, health plans, and providers to create value-based population health programs that emphasize clinical quality, improved health outcomes, and personalized engagement. The company was founded in 2018, and the CEO is Randall Klein.

Acculynk, Inc. provides payment processing and authentication software solutions for online and mobile commerce markets. It offers PaySecure, a payment gateway that leverages EFT networks to reduce cost, accelerate settlement and increase security for enterprise merchants, small, mid-sized merchants. The firm provides person-to-person mobile and web-initiated payments for financial institutions and direct-to-debit payments solutions. The company also provides municipal solutions, including a bill payment solution that enables consumers to pay fees, fines, taxes and electronic bill presentment for local and state governments. It serves merchants, banks, payment networks, and governments. Acculynk was founded by Ashish Bahl and Nandan Sheth in 1999 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. engages in provision of debt collection and management services. It offers purchasing and collecting charged-off accounts receivable portfolios from consumer credit originators. It provides credit originators such as credit card issuers, consumer finance companies, retail merchants, utilities and others an efficient alternative in recovering defaulted consumer debt. The company was founded by Rufus H. Reitzel, Jr. in 1962 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Aldridge Electric, Inc. manufactures electrical products. Its services include street lighting, traffic signals, high voltage cabling and splicing and foundation drilling. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Libertyville, IL.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management LP (BAAM) is a fund-of-hedge funds manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Stephen Schwarzman in 1990 and is owned by Blackstone Holdings I-Sub (BAAM) GP LLC, ultimately held by The Blackstone Group, Inc. (NYSE: BX). BAAM provides hedge fund solutions for institutional investors and sophisticated individuals.