Richard M. Freeland

Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. LLC specializes in air defense systems, command and control systems. It provides decision-making solutions for complex missions through the integration of sensors, operations centers and telecommunications networks for air operations and battlefield systems. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Fullerton, CA.

Part of Aon Plc, Alexander & Alexander, Inc. is an insurance brokerage and management company. The company is based in New York, NY.

Empower Schools is an education non-profit organization that partners with communities to design and launch sustainable local partnerships that enable transformative district schools. The private company is based in Boston, MA. The organization focuses on empowerment zones, rural innovation, early college, and career pathways. Empower Schools believes that solutions should be locally driven and designed to meet the unique context of each community. The CEO of the company is Christopher F. O. Gabrieli.

Achieve, Inc. operates as an education reform organization that helps states raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability in the United States. It focuses on making students who graduate from high school prepare for college, work, and citizenship. The firm manages American Diploma Project Network to improve postsecondary preparation for students in various states public schools; provides technical assistance to various states on college and career-ready standards, assessments, curriculum, and accountability systems; conducts research and development services to helps advance the work of states. Achieve was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Acelero, Inc. provides childhood education services for young children by working with local affiliates to enhance the delivery of head start programs. It administers head start, a school early education program that that promotes school readiness by enhancing social and cognitive development through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. The company was founded by Henry Wilde, Aaron Lieberman, Jonah Martin Edelman and Scott Miller in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dancing Deer Baking Co., Inc. produces and markets brownies, cakes and cookie gifts. The firm’s products include cookie gifts, brownie gifts, kosher gifts, gift baskets, cake gifts, chocolate gifts, sweet home gifts, and cookie and brownie gift assortments. It engages in providing cakes primarily to cafes and restaurants. The company was founded in 1994 by Suzanne Lombardi, Ayis Antoniou and Patricia W. Karter and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

AccuVein, Inc. provides medical imaging solutions. Its products include vein viewing system, extended reach powered wheel stand, unpowered wheel stand, and hands free solution. The company was founded by Ron P. Goldman on September 7, 2011 and is headquartered in Medford, NY.

Boston Academic Publishing, Inc. publishes academic textbooks in print and electronic format. The firm offers various categories of textbooks such as business and economics, mathematics, sciences and professional and applied sciences. The company was founded by Jeff Shelstad and Eric Frank in 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

NewSchools Venture Fund provides funds to other non-profit organization that improves public education. It provides education through powerful ideas and passionate entrepreneurs so that all children especially those in underserved communities have the opportunity to succeed. It supports education entrepreneurs, a special breed of innovators who create new nonprofit and for-profit organizations that redefine the sense of what is possible in public education. The company was founded by Brook H. Byers, Kim Smith and Louis John Doerr in and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

American Reading Co., Inc. provides tools and resources to help school teachers and administrators. The firm offers curriculum integration projects, elementary titles, middle and high school books, program materials, software tools, professional development services, thematic collections, research labs and early literacy collections. The company was founded by Jane Hileman in 1998 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Part of McKesson Corp., GMIS, Inc. is a non-profit organization that focuses on education, recognition, and recruitment of Hispanics in STEM at a national level. The company is based in Malvern, PA. GMIS was acquired by HBO & Co. on December 09, 1996 for $205.81 million. The scientist of the year award is given to the top five candidates in any of the many professional award categories given by GMIS, and is chosen by special committees, only presented when it is determined that a candidate's achievements merit this special recognition of overall leadership and technical and scientific achievement. The company was founded by Christopher F. O. Gabrieli.

Stromedix, Inc. develops novel drugs to treat fibrosis and fibrotic organ failure. The company was founded by Michael Gilman in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ironwood Capital (Ironwood) is a private equity firm is founded in 1986. The firm has headquartered in Avon, Connecticut.

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.

Year Up, Inc. provides educational and professional development programs. Their programs encompass job and hands-on skills development, college credits and corporate internships. The company was founded by Gerald Chertavian in 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.