Jeff Passmore

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Highland Capital Management LP (Highland) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by James (Jim) Dondero and Mark Okada in 1993. They are owned by the Highland Claimant Trust. Highland acts as an investment adviser or sub-adviser to structured product vehicles (which include but not limited to CLOs and Collateralized Debt Obligations unregistered investment funds, and single Client accounts).

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank NA (Jakarta Branch) is a company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The CEO of the Indonesian company is Khondoker Rashed Maqsood.

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.

NexPoint Advisors LP (NexPoint) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by James Dondero and is owned by The Dugaboy Investment Trust. NexPoint provides differentiated access to alternatives through a range of offerings, such as public and private real estate investment trusts, tax advantaged real estate vehicles, closed-end funds, interval funds, and a business development company.

Haynes & Boone LLP provides legal services. It offers corporate, business litigation, insurance and healthcare law, labor and employment, estate planning, real estate, bankruptcy, intellectual property, white collar crime, and antitrust. The company was founded by Richard D. Haynes and Michael M. Boone in 1964 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Part of CI Financial Corp., Corient Private Wealth LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Miami, FL.

Vinson & Elkins LLP provides legal services. It maintains civil practice, covering areas such as litigation, public policy, transaction, and energy law. The firm serves the clients including companies from the aviation, energy, financial services, health care, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

OCM Distressed Debt Group (OCM) is an private equity firm founded in 1995 by Bruce Allen Karsh and Sheldon Michael Stone. The firm is an operating division of Oaktree Capital Management LP. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Houston Police Foundation provides support services to the Houston police department. It serves in connecting private investment dollars with public safety solutions. The company was founded by Don A. Sanders and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Raytheon Patriot Support Co. engages in the provision of learning and training outsourcing solutions. The company is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Raytheon Middle East Systems Co. provides integrated defense systems and support services. It offers defense communities and institutes with consulting and technical support in areas such as program management, technical development, training, and logistics. The company was founded on January 26, 1973 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Raytheon Korean Support Co. engages in the provision of financial administration services. The company is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Raytheon European Management & Systems Co. provides engineering services. The company is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd. operates as a mission systems integrator and support agent. It provides aerospace engineering services and solutions, air warfare destroyer and security solutions. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Canberra Airport, Australia.

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.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Inc. provides systems development and integration solutions. It provides civil security and response programs, including security planning, analysis, and review; site vulnerability and threat assessment; and modeling and simulation for threat analysis and operations assessment. The company is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Raytheon Systems Development Co. manufactures detection, navigation, and guidance instruments. The company is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Raytheon Network Centric Systems, Inc. develops networking solutions for the aviation industry. It serves in the areas of airspace and air traffic management, homeland security, combat, command and control systems. The firm's programs include civilian applications, command and control systems, integrated communications systems and netted sensor systems. The company is headquartered in McKinney, TX.

Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Co. is manufacture of search and navigation equipments. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

American Chemical Society engages as a scientific society which supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Bell Laboratories, Inc. manufactures rodent control products. It has developed products such as rodenticides, tamper-resistant bait stations, non-poisonous glue boards, and mechanical mousetraps to control rats. The company was founded by Malcolm Stack in 1974 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

SensorBit Systems, Inc. develops and commercializes a new vapor sensing technology. Its Sensor-on-Chip, a semiconductor chip with vapor sensing technology for detecting trace amounts of complex chemical vapors. The company was founded on January 1, 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

The Society for Marketing Professional Services provides marketing and business development services. It offers members professional development, leadership opportunities and marketing resources for their careers and is a network of marketing and business development professionals from architectural, engineering, planning, interior design, construction and specialty consulting firms. The organization was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.