Bethany Hornthal

Tropos Networks, Inc. is providing the most reliable and flexible wireless communications networks for utilities to build and control the smart grid. The company has customers around the world in different countries. Tropos was founded in 2000 and got its start selling its standards-based, secure wireless networks to cities as a foundation for multiple municipal services including public safety, intelligent transportation systems, mobile worker automation, and utilities (water, power, gas). Over the past few years, with the emergence of the smart grid, Tropos discovered the value its solutions could bring towards the development of this mission-critical infrastructure with its field-proven products and services. Tropos' GridCom network architecture for smart grids blends high performance network technologies with unified network management providing utilities with the most economical and completes communications for deploying a wide range of mission-critical applications.

Purple Wave, Inc. operates online assets auction services. The company specializes in sales of agriculture, construction, industrial and government assets. Purple Wave was founded by Aaron McKee and Suzy McKee in October 2000 and is headquartered in Manhattan, KS.

SA Ignite, Inc. develops and delivers software solutions that streamlines, automates and tracks. It offers MU Assistant, an enterprise platform for the automation of MU monitoring, management, reporting and attestation. The firm serves large medical groups, health systems, academic medical centers, care organizations, and EHR consultancies. The company’s MU Assistant helps medical groups to accelerate MU compliance and reduce staff burden and meaningful use audit risk by automating the meaningful use reporting and attestation process. SA Ignite was founded by Tom S. Lee in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Quivers, Inc. develops software for e-commerce solution that allows brand manufacturers to partner with their retailers for selling online. The company was founded by Jason Linker, Ruben Martin and Brant Berger in 2012 and is headquartered in Sandy, UT.

Truedata Solutions, Inc. develops mobile data platform for app publishers to publish advertisements. It provides publishers with the infrastructure to safely generate an incremental revenue stream while delivering mobile marketers the mobile data available. The firm also provides big data, mobile advertising, and data management platforms. The company was founded by Elliott Easterling in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Voyager Capital LLC (Voyager Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Enrique Godreau, William H. McAleer and Tony Audino. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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.

Pomona College offers curriculum in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It was founded in 1887 and it is headquartered in Claremont, CA

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

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.

American Jewish World Service, Inc. provides social and community development services. It offers disaster response, civil and political, land and water, sexual health and rights, and ending child marriage. The company was founded by Larry Phillips and Larry Simon in 1985 and is based in New York, NY.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is a living memorial to the Holocaust that inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The museum is an international leader in scholarship on the Holocaust, with the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies providing for continued growth and vitality in the field of Holocaust studies. The museum's international educational outreach programs provide accurate information about the Holocaust in ways that reflect the relevance of history to audiences today. The museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. The American company was founded by Cindy Edelman, Stanley B. Tulin.

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.

The Bernard Osher Foundation operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of post-secondary scholarship funding to colleges and universities. It offers Osher Scholars and Fellows, Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, Osher Integrative Medicine, and local arts and educational programs. The company was founded by Bernard Osher in 1977 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Koret Foundation is a non-profit organization, which engages in promoting a vibrant bay area region through education, the arts and civic institutions. The company was founded on July 12, 1966 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Congregation Emanu-El is a non profit organization which connects members to Judaism and history. It offers worship, learning, and community services. The organization was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego supports Jewish communities. It partners with individuals, families and community organizations to help them achieve philanthropic goals and to increase support for the Jewish community in San Diego, Israel and around the world. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Menorah Park Center for Senior Living provides healthcare services. Its services include medical transportation, housekeeping, drivewise, centers for dialysis care, home health and adult day care services. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Beachwood, OH.

Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund provides environmental legal services. Its services help to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Quatrex Capital LLC provides investment advisory services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Chevron Corp., Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd. is an international leader in finding, producing, and marketing oil. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore. Chevron works to meet the world's growing demand for energy by exploring for oil and natural gas, refining and marketing gasoline, producing chemicals, and more. Chevron has played a major role in helping meet the world's energy needs for more than a century and is developing the next generation of legacy producers.

The Bulldog Foundation operates as a non-profit organization. It offers scholarship fund. The company is headquartered in Fresno, CA.

The Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore is an organization based in Baltimore, MD. The organization provides services to meet the needs of individuals and families in the community. Specifically, the organization is run by Jewish Community Services, which offers a range of services to support the Jewish community in Baltimore.

Brightpoint Security, Inc. operates as a threat intelligence command platform. It delivers predictive insight and prescriptive response to protect businesses from cyber threats. The firm also enables secure community-based threat intelligence sharing to achieve the visibility and awareness of current and emerging threats across digital ecosystems and infrastructures. The company was founded by Joseph Eandi and Andreas Haugsnes in May 17, 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Full Circle Insights, Inc. delivers marketing performance management solutions. It offers lead and response lifecycle systems, marketing performance management, analytics, metrics and automation, demand generation waterfall, funnel metrics, campaign influence and attribution. The company was founded by Dan Appleman, Andrea Wildt and Bonnie Crater in 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Aligned Partners Venture Services LLC (Aligned Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Jodi Sherman Jahic and Susan Mason. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Cloudlex, Inc. develops and operates applications to understands litigation and the needs of trial lawyers. It offers proactive matter management, firm level calendaring, document management and storage, and management reports and dashboard. The company was founded by Devendra Shrotri and Sudhir Shrotri in March 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Boardspan, Inc. specializes in board searches, providing expertise at a lower cost than traditional search firms. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company's digital and advisory solutions offer analytics, insights, and governance knowledge to ensure board success. The company also offers custom solutions for boards, serving as advisors to help solve unique problems and understand specific regulations.

Puloli provides Network as a Service (NaaS) for wide area wireless connectivity and enables non-Telco players to directly reach end-consumers bypassing legacy. The company was founded by Kethees Ketheeesan and Kevin Koehler and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Chevron Lubricants Holdings Pte Ltd. functions as an investment holding Singaporean company. The private company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

Part of Chevron Corp., Chevron South Asia Holdings Pte Ltd. is a Singaporean company that produces gasoline, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, chemicals, and lubricants. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore.