Carrie F. Crooker

Tween Brands, Inc. retails personal care products, apparels and jewelry for teenage girls. Its brands include Limited Too and Justice. The company sells apparel, such as jeans, skirts, shorts, dresses, and outerwear, as well as accessories. Tween Brands also provides footwear and lifestyle products, such as bedroom furnishings, music, and toiletries. The firm was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New Albany, OH.

WEDBUSH, Inc. provides financial, securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services. The company was founded by Edward William Wedbush and Robert Werner in 1955 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

BRG Sports, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of sports equipment and accessories. Its brands portfolio include Easton, Bell, Giro, and Ridell. The firm’s products are used in baseball, ice hockey, cycling, snow sports, and skateboarding. The company was founded on April 21, 2003 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.

Blurb, Inc. publishes and sells books. Its customers can design and create their books online and be published by the company. The company was founded by Eileen Gittins in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Red Mountain Capital Management, Inc. provides investment services. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

HPS Investment Partners LLC (HPS) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Scott Kapnick and Payne D. Brown in 2007 to focus on credit and longer-dated less liquid investment opportunities. HPS provides investment advisory services to certain private investment vehicles (HPS Funds), a closed-end management investment company (HPS BDC), and separately managed accounts and single investor vehicles.

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.

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.

Fenway Partners LLC (Fenway Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Peter Lamm and Richard Dresdale. The firm headquartered in New York.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Harry Winston, Inc. designs and sells diamonds and precious gems. It manufactures and markets watches made up of diamonds through its retail stores. The company was founded by Harry Winston in 1932 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Cabot Financial Holdings Group Ltd. engages in the provision of debt and credit management services. It offers debt purchasing, contingency collections, litigation and customer tracing services. The company was founded in 1998 is headquartered in West Malling, the United Kingdom.

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

Dailey & Associates Advertising provides creative development and campaign management services. It provides marketing and communications services to some of America's brands including Nestle, Safeway, Dole, Ford, StarKist, Best Western, CONOCO, Phillips 66, Circle K, Princess Cruises, Honda, Countrywide, Weyerhaeuser, Intuit, Lego, Australia and others. The company is located in West Hollywood, CA

XL Group, Inc. designs, develops, and supports technology solutions. Its services include performance analysis, performance technology solutions, implementation, and evolution. The company was founded by Paul F. Schmucker in 1987 and is headquartered in Doylestown, PA.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Trinity Health System provides health care services in Eastern Ohio through Trinity Medical Center East and Trinity Medical Center West. It offers patients behavioral medicine services, cardiac and physical rehabilitation, general medical, surgical, and women's health services. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Steubenville, OH.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles operates a gallery for contemporary art. It services include collection, presentation, and interpretation of art and to preserving for future generations. The company was founded in 1979 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Intrinsic LLC is a financial firm that specializes in providing valuation and transaction advisory services to high net worth individuals, family offices, and private equity clients. Intrinsic has a highly collaborative team of financial experts who are guided by a group of accomplished professionals and academics in the fields of private equity and entrepreneurial finance. The American company was founded in 2010 by Alex Hodgkin and is headquartered in an undisclosed location.

The Equity Alliance Advisors LLC (The Equity Alliance) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Richard D. Parsons, Ronald S. Lauder, Kenneth Lerer, Benjamin Lerer, Eric Hippeau, Eric Zinterhofer, Scott Kapnick and Michael Novogratz. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Cabot Credit Management Ltd. engages in the provision of consumer debt acquisition and management services. It specializes in the debt purchasing, contingency collections, process outsourcing, and litigation. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in West Malling, the United Kingdom.

Skandia Group Försäkrings AB provides provides solutions for long-term savings and investments. The company was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Davis Petroleum Corp. provides private oil and gas exploration, development and production services. The firm specializes in drilling, completions, production operations, pipelines, and marketing staff. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Music Associates of Aspen, Inc. provides music education services. The firm's services include, chamber, opera, contemporary music, master classes, orchestral concerts and lectures. The company was founded by Walter Paepcke and Elizabeth Paepcke in 1949 and headquartered in Aspen, CO.

Davis Petroleum Acquisition Corp. explores and develops oil and gas properties. The company was founded on January 10, 2008 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Abcentra, Inc. is an American clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that specializes in developing novel antibody therapies for inflammatory diseases, with a particular focus on cardiovascular disease. The private company's patented technology allows for the targeting of oxidized lipoproteins and associated inflammatory responses. Abcentra's pipeline focuses on patient populations with high-risk of cardiometabolic complications that are exacerbated by chronic inflammation, including patients with inflammatory diseases and patients with residual inflammation. The company's lead compound, orticumab, is a novel monoclonal antibody that blocks inflammation from oxidized low-density lipoprotein and is slated to begin a phase 2 study later this year. Kevin B. Bacon has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Pacific Council on International Policy operates as a foreign affairs firm. The firm specializes International Affairs, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Public Policy, National Security, International Economics, Government, Professional Networking, Events, Non Profit, International Policy and International Business, Analysis. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.