Richard A. Smith

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. is a learning company, which engages in instructional curriculum, assessment, technology, and professional learning. The company was founded in 1832 by William Ticknor and James Fields and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP provides legal services. It offers services in the areas of private equity, technology, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, commercial litigation, and insurance & reinsurance litigation. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

Education Holdings 1, Inc. publishes test preparation material as well as operates test tutoring franchises. The company was founded by John Katzman in 1981 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

HM Publishing Corp. publishes textbooks and dictionaries. The firm develops educational programs, comprised primarily of textbooks, workbooks, supplemental materials, teaching guides, technology-based components and other resources. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Thorley Industries LLC develops products for infants and children. Its products include 4moms mamaRoo, 4moms breezeplayard and 4moms self-installing car seat. The firm offers infant seats, playards, strollers, bouncy seats, infant tubs, spout covers and accessories including car seat adapters, color kits, bassinets, handlebar bags and cell phone chargers, and double strollers. The company was founded by Robert D. Daley and Henry F. Thorne in June 2005 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Yasso, Inc. manufactures frozen yogurt desserts. It offers bars in raspberry, blueberry, strawberry, vanilla bean, mango, and coconut flavors. The company was founded by Amanda Klane and Andrew Harrington in 2009 and is headquartered in Quincy, MA.

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.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. provides treatment to cancer patients and also researches new cancer diagnostics, treatments, and preventions. The firm's patients receive treatment through its cancer centers operated with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The company was founded by Sidney Farber in 1947 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Millwall Holdings Plc engages in operation of a professional football club and related activities. The company was founded on March 6, 1989 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Harcourt Education, Inc. develops, publishes, and markets exemplary textbooks and related instructional materials. The company is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton PC is a law firm that provides legal services to businesses of all sizes, ranging from startups to Fortune 1000 companies. The private company is based in Waltham, MA. The firm specializes in corporate law, intellectual property, licensing and strategic alliances, employment law, taxation, and litigation.

Castanea Partners Inc (Castanea Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Robert A. Smith and Brian J. Knez. The firm is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

Children's Hospital Corp. engages in the provision of pediatric care services. It offers acupuncture, angioplasty, antibiotic allergy testing, audiogram, baclofen pump, biochemical genetic testing, blended diet, bone scan, brain scan, breast augmentation surgery, cardiac catheterization, cardiac MRI in children, chest reconstruction surgery, and CO2 laser treatment. The company was founded by Francis Henry Brown in 1869 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

National Retail Federation operates membership organizations. Its channels of distribution include department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet and independent stores. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Houghton Mifflin Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. Its subsidiaries publish textbooks, reference works, fiction, non-fiction and educational software and video. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Deloitte & Touche provides audit, enterprise risk management, and financial advisory services. The company delivers services in four professional areas: audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services. It provides its clients with global services such as entering foreign markets, raising funds, and investing in Mainland China. The company was founded in June, 2003 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

The Research Libraries Group, Inc. provides information access and management services. The firm is comprised of research libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural memory institutions. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

For more than 30 years, Facing History and itself has believed that education is the key to combating bigotry and nurturing democracy. The firm works with educators throughout their careers to improve their effectiveness in the classroom, as well as their students' academic performance and civic learning. Through a rigorous investigation of the events that led to the Holocaust, as well as other recent examples of genocide and mass violence, students in a Facing History class learn to combat prejudice with compassion, indifference with participation, and myth and misinformation with knowledge. Facing History's impact in supporting teachers' effectiveness and promoting students' academic development and civic learning has been demonstrated in more than one hundred studies by independent researchers and Facing History evaluators. Since it was founded in 1976 in Brookline, Massachusetts, Facing History and itself has grown from an innovative course taught in a single school district to an international organization with more than 150 staff members in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Memphis, New England, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Toronto, and partnerships in Northern Ireland, Israel, Rwanda, China and South Africa. These offices and partnerships, as well as projects throughout North America and around the world, support a network of more than 29,000 trained educators who reach nearly two million young people annually.

The Association of American Publishers is an organization that advocates for strong copyright policies, protects free speech, and promotes the advancement of research and scholarship. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company represents leading consumer, educational, professional, and scholarly publishers who connect people with books, trustworthy information, and learning materials. The organization presents the Professional and Scholarly Excellence Awards since 1976. The Association of American Publishers released its StatShot report for September 2023, reflecting reported revenue for trade, higher education course materials, and professional publishing. The CEO of the company is Maria A. Pallante.

Serengeti Asset Management LP (Serengeti) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Joseph LaNasa III in 2007. Serengeti provides investment advice to and manages a number of private pooled investment vehicles and other asset managers for institutional and other investors. Beneficial owners of asset managers may include institutions, pension plans, high net-worth individuals and other sophisticated investors.

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an organization dedicated to promoting experimentation in contemporary art, advancing new scholarship, and fostering the exchange of art and ideas. The non-profit company is based in Miami, FL. Through exhibitions, programs, and its collection, ICA provides an international platform for the work of local, emerging, and under-recognized artists, and advances the public appreciation and understanding of innovative art. ICA was launched in 2014 and opened its new permanent home in Miami's Design District on December 1, 2017.

The Children's Medical Center Corp. operates as a non-profit hospital and research center. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

General Cinema Corp. operates chain of movie theatre's. The company was founded by Philip Smith in 1935 and is headquartered in Chestnut Hill, MA.

Affinity Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of technology and transaction-enabled marketing solutions. The firm offers solutions for financial institutions, national retailers, media and digital platform companies, small businesses, and partnering with affinity solutions. The company was founded by Jonathan Silver in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School provides education services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Education Media & Publishing Group Ltd. publishes and markets educational materials, trade and reference books and assessments for educators and students. It offers audio-visual aids, teachers' guides and resources, textbooks, workbooks, computer software, print and technology materials, curriculum-based supplemental learning resources and technology products and textbooks. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Sports Regeneration Ltd., Millwall Football & Athletic Co. (1985) Plc engages in operating and promoting professional and semiprofessional athletic clubs. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 1985.

Founded by James Berylson in 2012, Berylson Capital Partners LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pan Massachusetts Challenge, Inc. is a non-profit organization that organizes a bike-a-thon to raise funds for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The private company is located in the US. The American company provides resources to inform riders, volunteers, and donors about PMC fundraising, training, and the impact of their efforts at the institute. 100% of every rider-raised dollar goes to Dana-Farber.