William G. Jayroe

Benihana, Inc. operates teppanyaki-style Japanese restaurants in the United States. The company was founded by Hiroaki Aoki in 1964 and is headquartered in Aventura, FL.

CML Group, Inc. manufactures sporting and athletic goods. It designs, sources and sells physical fitness, exercise equipment and other health-related products. Its products are sold through company-operated retail stores, mall kiosks, and mail order catalogs and on the internet. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Acton, MA.

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. was designed, manufactured and marketed musical instruments. The firm offered pianos, band and orchestral Instruments. The company was founded in 1993 and was headquartered in New York, NY.

Wheeling Island Gaming, Inc. owns and operates casino hotels. It offers 151-room hotel, 1,600 slot machines, a 1000-seat showroom, meeting and banquet services, casual and fine dining restaurants, a food court, gift shop and 2,800 parking spaces, including 220 covered spaces among its variety of amenities. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Wheeling, WV.

Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk LLC (SKK) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was originally founded in 2001 by Gregory Fraser, Rudolph Kluiber and Timothy Krochuk as GRT Capital Partners LLC. In 2017, Shepherd Kaplan LLC, a Boston-based registered investment advisor, combined their business with GRT Capital Partners. The transaction resulted in Shepherd Kaplan LLC becoming a majority-owned and wholly-controlled subsidiary of GRT Capital Partners. GRT Capital Partners' name was changed to Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk LLC. SKK offers regular and continuous advisory services for private investment funds, pension plans, investment companies, institutions, endowments & foundations, private clients, family offices, and high net worth individuals.

New York-New York Hotel & Casino LLC owns and operates hotels. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

Oceans Casino Cruises, Inc. provides casino and cruise services.

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

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise, Inc. operates and manages casino gaming resorts. It provides amenities include casinos, hotels, restaurants, spas, golf course, theaters, retail shops and convention and meeting spaces. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Mashantucket, CT.

Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc. operates as a science advocacy organization. It conducts researches for environmental solutions. The company was founded by Kurt Gottfried and Henry W. Kendall in 1969 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Founded in 1964, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: conservation and science, population and reproductive health and children, families and communities. The Foundation provides national and international grants and has a special focus on the Northern California counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Part of Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., Sands Hotel & Casino is a 600 room casino hotel. The company is based in Atlantic City, NJ. Sands Hotel & Casino /Atlantic City/ was acquired by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. /Old/ from Atlantic Coast Entertainment Holdings, Inc. on November 20, 2006 for $250 million.

Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Continental Hospitality Holdings LLC operates casinos and resorts. The private company is based in Miami, FL.

National Geographic Society Education Foundation operates as a non-profit scientific and educational institution. Its interests include geography, archeology and natural science, and the promotion of environmental and historical conservation. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Esplanade Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Shawn Kravetz in 1999. It manages capital for a small number of like-minded families, private investors, and institutions.

Enviva LP provides woody biomass to industrial-scale customers. It supplies wood pellets and other processed woody biomass fuels to serve power generation and industrial customers seeking to decrease their dependence on fossil fuels. The firm offers wood pellets, which are energy dense, low moisture, uniformly-sized wood fuels and wood chips, which are made out of low grade wood and waste materials that are left over after a primary harvest. The company was founded by Norb Hintz in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Part of Corteva, Inc., Dupont De Nemours & Co., Inc. is a company that manufactures hybrid corn and soybean seeds. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

Part of Wells Fargo & Co., Wells Fargo Securities, Inc. is a brokerage firm. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Chemical Engineering Partners, Inc. engages in oil re-refining designs and process technology. Its services include basic engineering design, training and manuals, feasibility and consulting services. The company was founded by Jacob Voogd in 1988 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Activate Capital Management LP (Activate Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Anup M Jacob, David Lincoln and Rajesh Atluru. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.