Jeffrey Kendall

Dow Jones & Co., Inc publishes financial information and news. It offers news through newspapers, newswires, websites, apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences and more. The firm?s premier brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and SmartMoney. The company was founded by Edward Davis Jones, Charles Henry Dow and Charles Milford Bergstresser in 1882 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of McKesson Corp., GMIS, Inc. is a non-profit organization that focuses on education, recognition, and recruitment of Hispanics in STEM at a national level. The company is based in Malvern, PA. GMIS was acquired by HBO & Co. on December 09, 1996 for $205.81 million. The scientist of the year award is given to the top five candidates in any of the many professional award categories given by GMIS, and is chosen by special committees, only presented when it is determined that a candidate's achievements merit this special recognition of overall leadership and technical and scientific achievement. The company was founded by Christopher F. O. Gabrieli.

Part of ASML Holding NV, Silicon Valley Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor processing equipment. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Ellen D. Levy. Silicon Valley Group was acquired by ASML Holding NV on May 22, 2001 for $1,199.10 million.

iVillage, Inc. operates as an online information network for women. The company was founded by Robert H. Levitan and Candice Carpenter Olson and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Kaplan, Inc. provides educational and professional training services. It offers higher education, professional training, test preparation, services for K12 schools, and after school learning programs. The firm offers services in four major areas: Kaplan Kids and Schools, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, Kaplan Higher Education, and Kaplan Professional. The company was founded by Stanley H. Kaplan in 1938 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Ironwood Capital (Ironwood) is a private equity firm is founded in 1986. The firm has headquartered in Avon, Connecticut.

Acelero, Inc. provides childhood education services for young children by working with local affiliates to enhance the delivery of head start programs. It administers head start, a school early education program that that promotes school readiness by enhancing social and cognitive development through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. The company was founded by Henry Wilde, Aaron Lieberman, Jonah Martin Edelman and Scott Miller in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dancing Deer Baking Co., Inc. produces and markets brownies, cakes and cookie gifts. The firm’s products include cookie gifts, brownie gifts, kosher gifts, gift baskets, cake gifts, chocolate gifts, sweet home gifts, and cookie and brownie gift assortments. It engages in providing cakes primarily to cafes and restaurants. The company was founded in 1994 by Suzanne Lombardi, Ayis Antoniou and Patricia W. Karter and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Stromedix, Inc. develops novel drugs to treat fibrosis and fibrotic organ failure. The company was founded by Michael Gilman in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, 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.

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is a world-renowned institution located in Parkville, Australia. The university is a leader in education, teaching, and research, offering a wide range of coursework and research programs.

Oxygen Media LLC operates female-focused cable television network stations. It is a multiplatform lifestyle brand that delivers relevant and engaging content to young women. The firm provides Bad Girls Club, It Takes A Killers, Snapped, Killision Course, Last Squad Standing and The Battle of The Ex-Besties shows. The company was founded by Marcy Carsey, Geralsine B. Laybourne, Caryn Mandabach and Oprah G. Winfrey in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Interactive Imaginations is an internet advertising company that develops websites and homepages, and also offers consulting services. The private company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company was founded by John G. Waller.

Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

CheetahMail, Inc. provides direct e-mail marketing and other interactive marketing services. It provides services for clients in industries including retail, technology, financial, entertainment, B2B and travel. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY

American Reading Co., Inc. provides tools and resources to help school teachers and administrators. The firm offers curriculum integration projects, elementary titles, middle and high school books, program materials, software tools, professional development services, thematic collections, research labs and early literacy collections. The company was founded by Jane Hileman in 1998 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

NewSchools Venture Fund provides funds to other non-profit organization that improves public education. It provides education through powerful ideas and passionate entrepreneurs so that all children especially those in underserved communities have the opportunity to succeed. It supports education entrepreneurs, a special breed of innovators who create new nonprofit and for-profit organizations that redefine the sense of what is possible in public education. The company was founded by Brook H. Byers, Kim Smith and Louis John Doerr in and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Achieve, Inc. operates as an education reform organization that helps states raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability in the United States. It focuses on making students who graduate from high school prepare for college, work, and citizenship. The firm manages American Diploma Project Network to improve postsecondary preparation for students in various states public schools; provides technical assistance to various states on college and career-ready standards, assessments, curriculum, and accountability systems; conducts research and development services to helps advance the work of states. Achieve was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

AccuVein, Inc. provides medical imaging solutions. Its products include vein viewing system, extended reach powered wheel stand, unpowered wheel stand, and hands free solution. The company was founded by Ron P. Goldman on September 7, 2011 and is headquartered in Medford, NY.

Empower Schools is an education non-profit organization that partners with communities to design and launch sustainable local partnerships that enable transformative district schools. The private company is based in Boston, MA. The organization focuses on empowerment zones, rural innovation, early college, and career pathways. Empower Schools believes that solutions should be locally driven and designed to meet the unique context of each community. The CEO of the company is Christopher F. O. Gabrieli.