Keri L. Smith

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Zones LLC provides information technology solutions and software products. It offers data center, mobility, unified communications, cloud, security, Internet of things, and zones discovery services. The company was founded by Firoz H. Lalji in 1988 and is headquartered in Auburn, WA.

Metricom, Inc. is an independent software development company. It offers semi-custom and fully customized software systems and complete project outsourcing services for health care enterprises. In addition, the firm provides technical information systems consulting and software applications development on a contract basis to create complete technology-based business solutions. The company was founded by Paul Baran in December 1985 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

PEMCO Mutual Insurance Co. provides insurance services. Its products include auto, boat, homeowners, life, and umbrella protection insurance. The company is a part of the PEMCO Financial Services Group of companies, which also includes Evergreen Bank and the Washington School Employees Credit Union. The company was founded by Robert J. Handy as Public Employees Mutual Insurance Co. in 1949 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Palogic Value Management LP (Palogic) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Ryan Vardeman and Robert Peters in 2006. Palogic provides investment management services with respect to private pooled investment vehicles that are offered strictly to sophisticated investors.

Ivy Corp. provides communication solutions. It offers Ivytalk, a group messaging solution for businesses and organizations. The firm's product provides solutions for employee communication, customer engagement, alarm notifications and software customization and integration services. It serves retail, hospitality, utilities, public safety, information technology, security and technical support markets. The company was founded by Mary Jesse and Steven Michael Knox in 2009 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. provided voice, data and video telecommunications services. It was acquired by Cingular Wireless LLC in October 26, 2004. The company was headquartered in Redmond, WA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Vulcan, Inc. engages in cable TV and telecommunications, sports, technology, aerospace, entertainment, biotechnology, oil, and real estate business through its subsidiaries. The company provides private equity investment services. The company was founded by Paul Gardner Allen and Jo Allen Patton in 1986 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Blue Box Group, Inc. provides cloud hosting and managed services for open source applications. Its products include blue box cloud, blue box dedicated, and blue box local. The company was founded by Jesse Proudman in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Axel Springer SE, Politico LLC is the authority on the intersection of politics, policy, and power. The company is based in Arlington, VA. Politico was acquired by Axel Springer SE from Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. on October 19, 2021. It is the most robust news operation and information service in the world specializing in politics and policy, which informs the most influential audience in the world insight, edge, and authority. Its seven-year-old European edition has grown to nearly 200 employees. Nobody knows politics like Politico. Founded in 2007 by Frederick J. Ryan, Robert L. Allbritton, Jim VandeHei, Barbara B. Allbritton, Politico has grown to a team of 700 working across, more than half of whom are editorial staff. Early this year it acquired E&E News, the renowned news organization focused solely on energy and the environment.

Patreon, Inc. operates as a funding platform for content creators. It offers business tools for creators to run a subscription content service. The company was founded by Samuel Yam and Jack Conte in May 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

National Public Radio, Inc. produces and distributes noncommercial news and entertainment programs. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

New York Public Radio operates radio stations. It consists of WNYC 93.9 FM, AM 820, and WQXR 105.9 which New York-based public radio stations, broadcasting programs from National Public Radio and Public Radio International, as well as a range of signature local programming. WNYC FM and AM extend New York City's cultural heritage to the whole country and air offerings from affiliate networks national public radio and public radio International. WNYC FM 93.9 broadcasts a range of daily news, talk, cultural and classical music programming, while WNYC AM 820 maintains a focus on breaking news and international/ global news reporting. The company was founded on June 8th, 1924 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

EnerG2 Technologies, Inc. manufactures engineered carbon materials for energy storage device manufacturers. It also offers lead acid battery, ultracapacitors electrode, li-ion batteries, adsorbed natural gas and advanced batteries The company was founded in by Rick Luebbe, Christopher Wheaton and Aaron Feaver in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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

IslandWood provides environmental education services for students. The non-profit company is based in Bainbridge Island, WA.

Pacific Science Center operates as a science museum. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA. William T. Daugherty has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Chicago Public Media, Inc. operates non-commercial radio stations. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 1943. The CEO is Matthew Moog.

Tatum LLC provides executive consulting services. It provides services to the healthcare, private equity, venture capital, public, not-for-profit, manufacturing, distribution, retail, financial and business services sectors. The company was founded by John Tatum and Doug Tatum in 1993 and is located in Atlanta, GA.

WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems LLC provides laundry services. It offers multifamily laundry services; and laundry facilities management service for multi-housing locations. The company distributes commercial laundry equipment, such as front-load and top-load washers; heavy-capacity and stackable dryers; stackable washer/dryer combos; and coin operated washers or coinless equipment. It serves apartment properties, condominiums, and college and university residence halls. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.