Peter Kihara

United Technologies Corp. engages in the provision of products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. It operates through the following business segments: Otis; Carrier; Pratt and Whitney; and Collins Aerospace Systems. The Otis segment designs, manufactures, sells, and installs elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and service. The Carrier segment provides heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration solutions. The Pratt and Whitney segment includes aircraft engines for the commercial, military, business jet, and general aviation markets. The Collins Aerospace Systems segment offers technologically advanced aerospace products and aftermarket service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, regional, business and general aviation markets, military, space and undersea operations. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

HealthPlanOne LLC provides individual and family health insurance plans. It offers health insurance, medicare, and dental insurance products. The firm operates two online health insurance marketplaces: HealthPlanOne.com for individual and family policies and MedicareSolutions.com for medicare advantage and medicare supplement policies. The company was founded by William C. Stapleton in 2006 and is headquartered in Trumbull, CT.

Foodshare, Inc. operates as a regional food bank serving Connecticut’s Hartford and Tolland counties. It provides food to local partner agencies such as community kitchens, food pantries, emergency shelters, senior food programs, child day care centers, and halfway houses. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, CT.

Aventri, Inc. provides software for cloud-based analytics for end to end event management and venue sourcing. It offers event management software, meetings management, mobile events app, venue sourcing, survey solutions, and email marketing. The firm serves education, financial services, technology, media, automotive, and airlines sectors. The company was founded by Leonora Valvo in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.