William H. Ballard

Leaf Group Ltd. engages in creating brands for lifestyle categories, including art and design, fitness and wellness, and home and decor. It operates through the Marketplaces and Media segments. The Marketplaces segment includes art and design marketplaces that serve a global community of independent artists, which consists of Society6.com and Deny Designs brands. The Media segment consists of owned and operated media properties that publish content, including videos, articles, and designed visual formats, on various category-specific properties with distinct editorial voices. The company was founded by Shawn J. Colo, Lawrence D. Fitzgibbon and Richard M. Rosenblatt in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Pluck Corp. offers integrated community platform for retailers, brands and publishers. It gives these organizations everything they need to build unique social experiences. The firm enables users to rate, review products, services and provides forums, a discussion application for open-ended conversation and interaction, as well as provides Q&A configuration, unread post tracking, managed subscription notifications, integrated polls, and other services. The company was founded in 2003 by Andrew Busey and David E. Panos and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. provides membership network for learning and expertise. The firm promotes knowledge exchange through conversations, small group convenings, mentorships, surveys, and other interactions with its network of experts. The company was founded by Alexander Saint-Amand, Thomas D. Lehrman, and Mark Gerson in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.