Verne Owen Sedlacek

Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget.

Commonfund OCIO, Inc. is a fund-of-funds manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1999 and formerly known as Commonfund Asset Management Co., Inc. They are a subsidiary of Commonfund Holding Co., Inc., which is owned by Common Fund. Commonfund OCIO acts as investment manager, sub-advisor, pool operator and/or managing member to commingled investment funds and outsourcing clients.

Commonfund Capital, Inc (Commonfund Capital) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Commonfund Holding Co., Inc founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut with additional offices in New York, California, London & China.

John W. Henry & Co., Inc. provides asset management and investment advice services. The firm manages assets for retail, institutional and private investors in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 1982 by John William Henry and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Global Capital Management Ltd. (GCML), also known as Global Private Equity Funds, is the private equity investment division of Global Investment House KSCC (KU: GLOBAL, LSE: GLOB), based in Safat, Kuwait. The parent firm, founded in 1998, provides investment management services and operates under five divisions: asset management, principal investment, proprietary trading, investment banking and advisory and real estate. They focus on the MENA and GCC regions. The firm is headquartered in Kuwait.

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities & Colleges is an organization that aims to empower higher education boards to govern with confidence. The AGB is based in Washington. The American company provides resources that give important background for higher education boards. The AGB Principles of Trusteeship outline attitudes and actions board members should embody to become highly effective board members. The organization emphasizes the importance of protecting academic freedom and freedom of speech, which are core values in higher education. The business model of higher education is also discussed, as colleges and universities traditionally charged less than the full cost of educating students because they made up the difference through government support and other revenue streams. Henry Stoever has been the CEO of the non-profit company since 2019.