Laura P. Pearl

Platinum Entertainment, Inc. productes, distributes, markets and sells music. Its strategy is to fully utilize its distribution capabilities through predictable releases, hit releases from its urban division, catalog compilations and distribution contracts with third parties. The company currently owns or controls a music catalog with more than 13,000 master recordings. Its music products include new releases typically by artists established in a particular genre, compilations featuring various artists and repackagings of previously recorded music from its master music catalog and licenses from third party record companies. The company releases music in a variety of genres, including classical, urban, adult contemporary, blues, gospel and country through its Intersound Classical, Platinum, House of Blues, CGI Platinum & Platinum Nashville labels.

Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. manufactures and sells jewelry. The company offers a selection in diamond, gold, and precious jewelry. The firm operates stores under the names of Whitehall Co. Jewellers, Lundstrom Jewelers, and Marks Bros. Jewelers. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Frontenac Co. LLC (Frontenac) is a private equity firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Ceres Venture Fund (Ceres Venture Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Sona Wang and Donna C. E. Williamson. The firm is headquartered in Northfield, Illinois.

Levy Restaurants LP owns and operates restaurants. It offers catering, events and parties. The firm portfolio includes restaurants, sports stadiums, arenas, convention centers, zoos, racetracks, and music festivals, in markets coast to coast throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The company was founded by Lawrence F. Levy and Mark Melissa Levy in 1978 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of Bausch Health Cos., Inc., GenDerm Corp. is a company that produces skin treatment products. The company is based in Lincolnshire, IL. The company was founded by Joel E. Bernstein. GenDerm was acquired by Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., part of Bausch Health Cos., Inc. from December 11, 2012 on December 04, 1997 for $60 million.

InStadium, Inc. provides advertising and promotional marketing services for sports. It offers in-venue advertising services such as restroom advertising, programs advertisements, concourse signage, behind home plate signage, outfield wall signs, team radio, public announcement, digital concourse media, stadium television, and led advertising services. The firm also offers in-venue promotions and events services such as promotion overlays, lucky winner events, and text messaging and instadium restroom advertising services. The company was founded by Barrett Davie in 2003 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chicago Finance Exchange offers professional and networking events on critically relevant members. Its community of women leaders in finance dedicated to exchanging ideas, experiences and expertise. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.