Susan Dieter

Rochal Industries LLC is a company that specializes in commercializing technology innovations in natural and synthetic polymers, antimicrobials, and biological systems. The company is based in San Antonio, TX and was founded in 1986 by Ann Beal Salamone. Rochal Industries is focused on wound and skin care, and is known for creating the field of non-stinging liquid bandages in the 1990s. The company has continued to develop next generation products in that category.

The Catalyst Group Inc (Catalyst Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Ron T. Nixon and Rick L. Herrman. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Lumicell, Inc. develops and markets image-guided cancer surgery solutions. It offers Lumicell System, designed to enable surgeons to see residual cancer cells in the cavity walls in real-time during surgery. The company was founded by Linda G. Griffith, David G. Kirsch, Jorge M. Ferrer, Ralph Weissleder, W. David Lee, Andrey J. Zarur, and Moungi G. Bawendi in 2008 and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.

Aviditi Capital Advisors LLC provides banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Cellerate LLC manufactures wound care products. It offers CellerateRX for chronic wound care to the hospitals and surgery centers. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Trilliant Surgical Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes small bone podiatric implants. Its products include hammer toe fixation, foot and ankle plating systems, cannulated screw options and subtalar solutions. The company was founded by Chad Steitle, John S. Olson and David George in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Convatec Group Plc, Triad Life Sciences, Inc. is a biotech company based in Memphis, TN. The company is focused on developing and commercializing innovative, efficacious and affordable biomaterials for treating complex surgical and chronic wounds. Triad recently received FDA clearance to market Innovamatrix™, a next-generation extracellular matrix (ECM) wound care device. The company was founded in 2017 by Russell I. Olsen, who has been the CEO since then. Triad Life Sciences was acquired by Convatec Group Plc on March 14, 2022 for $450 million.

Kodiak Ventures Management Company Inc (Kodiak Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jim H. Furneaux and David Furneaux. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Ascent Automotive Group - LM LP provides vehicle dealership services. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

Greene's Energy Group LLC provides integrated testing, rentals and specialty services to the oil and gas industry. It specializes in abandonment and decommissioning, offshore pipeline services, water treatment and filtration, wellhead and valve sales and services, nitrogen services, consulting services, and specialty pumping services and rentals. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

MS Directional LLC operates as a directional drilling service company. It provides down-hole surveying, measurement while drilling, down-hole motors, horizontal drilling, and steering tool services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Conroe, TX.

Auberge Resorts LLC owns and operates resorts and hotels. The firm also offers Spa packages, fine dining restaurants, and event hosting services. The company was founded by Robert Harmon, Claude Rouas and George Geoggel in 1998 and is headquartered in Mill Valley, CA.

Nixon Capital LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by Ryan Nixon in 2008 as Goshawk Global Investments LLC. Nixon Capital provides investment supervisory services on a discretionary basis to separately managed accounts (SMAs) and to a pooled investment vehicle (Fund).

Catalyst/Hall is a private equity firm founded by Catalyst Group and Hall Brothers Holding in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Texas, United States.

Piper Sandler & Co. operates as an investment company, which engages in the provision of securities brokerage and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

ExxonMobil Development Co. engages in the planning and execution of oil and gas development projects. It provides exploration and development drilling services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Arthur D. Little, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in strategy and organization, operations management, technology and innovation management, corporate finance, and global carbon advisory serving corporations and organizations worldwide. The firm serves the automotive, healthcare, information, chemicals, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Arthur Dehon Little and Roger Griffin in October 1886 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Alcon Laboratories, Inc. develops and manufactures ophthalmic pharmaceutical products. The firm offers over-the-counter eye care products, medical devices, equipment, ophthalmic drugs, surgical instruments, needles, and sutures for microsurgery and disposable drapes. The company was founded by Robert Alexander and William Conner in 1945 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Alluence Capital Advisors, Inc. provides investment banking services. It provides mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, capital raising, recapitalizations and financial restructurings advisory services. The company was founded by Steven Hartley and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. LLC provides investment banking services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Smith & Nephew, Inc. develops and markets medical devices. Its products include television cameras and monitors, endoscopes, arthroscopes, orthopedic hand owered instruments, fiber optic illumination systems, laparoscopes, and surgical instruments. The company was founded on November 27, 1975 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

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.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Memorial Hermann Health System operates as a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services. It specializes in back pain and spine care, cancer, children's health, digestive health, emergency services, heart and vascular care, neurosurgery, neurology, stroke, orthopedics, sports medicine, rehabilitation and physical therapy, sleep medicine, transplant center, weight loss, and women?s health and maternity. Its services include alcohol and drug rehabilitation, diabetes education, home care, hospice, and medical equipment. The organization was founded 1907 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Exxon Mobil Corp., Exxonmobil Upstream Research Co. engages in exploration of oil and gas. The company is based in Houston, TX.

XTO Energy Inc. operates as a domestic energy producer engaged in the acquisition, development, and discovery of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It specializes in the development of tight gas, shale gas, coal bed methane, and unconventional oil resources. The company was founded by Steve Palko, Bob Simpson and Jon Brumley in 1986 and is headquartered in Spring, TX.

Houston Zoo, Inc. engages in the operation and management of zoo. The firm operates as a conservation, education, and recreation organization dedicated to the reproduction, protection, and exhibition of animals in their habitats. It participates in programs that oversee the breeding of endangered animal species. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Houston Area Women's Center provides individual and family social services. It offers sexual assault services, counseling services, children court services, and violence prevention and community services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.