Susan Poland

ADARA, Inc. provides online display advertising services. Its Magellan platform transforms loyalty audience that enables brands to monetize and nurture their loyalty program customers online and helps advertisers reach exclusive qualified audiences. The company was founded by Charles Mi, I-Heng Mei and James Kim in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Wind Hotels Holdings, Inc., Grand Heritage Hotels, Inc. is a company that owns and operates hotels. The company is based in Annapolis, MD. The company was founded by Leland C. Pillsbury. Grand Heritage Hotels was acquired by Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. on March 04, 1997 for $46.40 million.

Part of JWM Family Enterprises, Inc., Residence Inn is a hotel and resort operator. The company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Jack P. DeBoer. Residence Inn was acquired by JWM Family Enterprises LP from Vermont Co LLC on September 17, 2001.

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

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

TIG Global LLC provides web-site designs and interactive-marketing services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

The Thayer Academy provides educational services. It regulates student enrollment requirements and establishes educational standards, procedures, and curriculum. The firm offers college preparatory education that attracts students from diverse social, ethnic, economic, and academic backgrounds. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Braintree, MA.

Thayer Ventures Management Co LLC (Thayer Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Thayer Lodging Group founded in 2009 by Lucien ruby. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

HUBS1 Interactive (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a holding company that provides hospitality services. It offers real time information, automate distribution, and reservation processes to independent hotels and hotel groups. Its cloud-based management platform includes systems for central reservation, channel management, hotelligence, booking engine, brand site, customer relationship management, and other services. The company was founded by Teddy Zhang, Leland Pillsbury, Frederic Malek and Shaun Gao in 2005 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

PURE Solutions NA LLC provides purification solutions to hotels. It focuses on PURE allergy-friendly hotel rooms and PURE at home, which includes hypoallergenic bedding encasements and air purification products. The company was founded by Brian Brault in 2004 and is headquartered in Cheektowaga, NY.

Duetto Research, Inc. provides software services. It develops a cloud-based application that provides revenue strategy solutions to hotels and casinos. The firm offers Duetto Edge that delivers insights on pricing and demand; Duetto Insight for forecasting demand and optimizing pricing for focused-service properties; and Duetto GameChanger, a cloud-based software-as-a-service solution that determines the value of each guest by prospective gaming and non-gaming revenue potential. The company was founded by Patrick Bosworth, Craig Weissman and Marco Benvenuti in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Red Bear Angels Management LLC (Red Bear Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Sam Sezak and Drew Bagin. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Zygood LLC develops and manufactures medical devices including electromagnetic stimulator for back pain. The company was founded by Robert E. Fischell in 2014 and is headquartered in Dayton, MD.