Janie S. Brown

American Leadership Forum is a non-profit organization that conducts events and programs.

Financial Intelligence LLC provides team-based project and transaction management consulting services. The firm offers quarterly accounting and reporting, SOX reconciliations, valuations, expensing, purchase accounting, tax accounting, disclosure and dilution and forecasting. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Saratoga, CA.

EarthLink LLC provides Internet services. It empowers customers with managed information technology services including cloud computing, data centers, virtualization, security, applications and support services, in addition to nationwide data and voice IP services. The company was founded by Sky D. Dayton in February 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Part of Sanmina Corp., Continental Circuits Corp. is a company that makes multilayer circuit boards. The company is based in Phoenix, AZ. Continental Circuits was acquired by Hadco Corp. on March 20, 1998 for $174.28 million.

Coretec, Inc. engages in manufacturing circuit boards. It specializes in compressed time-to-market manufacturing including engineering prototypes and quick-turn production. It boasts the broadest spectrums of PCB technologies in the industry. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

American Standard Circuits, Inc. manufactures printed circuit board. It products include digital, RF metal backed, microwave, rigid flex, metal clad and insulated metal. The firm services include quick turns, offshore solutions, supply chain, consulting, design services and matching. The company was founded by Gordhan Patel in 1988 and is headquartered in West Chicago, IL.

eMusic.com, Inc. provides online digital music services. It sells downloadable audiobooks from all major audiobook publishers. The company has operations in Europe, Canada, and the United States. The company was founded by Gene Hoffman Jr., Robert H. Kohn and Gary Culpepper and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MacDermid, Inc. engages in manufacturing and marketing of specialty chemicals and provides technical services. The company was founded by Archie J. MacDermid in 1922 and is headquartered in Waterbury, CT.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

NWI Aerostructures LLC is an American company that was founded in 2019 and specializes in the production of aerostructures for the aviation industry. The private company has a simplified approach to consistent processes and performance, focusing on what they do best and delivering what their customers want. The company offers a range of products, including fuselage skins, stringers, longerons, frames, fittings, bulkheads, floor beam assemblies, landing gear, wheel well components, wing skins, spars, ribs, chords, leading edge assemblies, trailing edge assemblies, wing box assemblies, flap assemblies, spoiler assemblies, empennage skins, vertical stabilizers, horizontal stabilizers, trim tabs, elevator assemblies, aileron assemblies, and rudder assemblies. NWI has a high-speed machining factory that specializes in monolithic aluminum machining, and they also offer autoclave and peen forming services. The company enlists a quality control process to ensure the ever-improving quality of products and processes.

Tect Power, Inc. manufactures and supplies turbine engine components and assemblies for aviation, industrial, military and marine applications. Its products include airfoils, critical rotating components, and forgings. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Fort Mitchell, KY.

TECT Aerospace, Inc. manufactures and supplies aerostructure components, parts, and assemblies. The firm offers elevator assemblies, hydraulic actuation, landing gear assemblies, chords, stringers, flap track assemblies, and monolithic spars and ribs. The company is headquartered in Wichita, KS.

Skagit Gardens, Inc. sells nursery products. Its products are sold to growers and horticultural brokers and garden centers and landscapers. The company was founded by Jim Youngsman and Ruth Youngsman in 1966 and is headquartered in Mount Vernon, WA.

Blue Point Capital Partners LLC (Blue Point Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with additional offices in Charlotte and Seattle.

SP Industries, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of laboratory equipments. It operates through the brands: SP Scientific, SP Scienceware, and SP Ableware. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Warminster, PA.

Viasystems North America, Inc. provides time-critical, technologically-advanced printed circuit board engineering and manufacturing services. The company specializes in engineering and fabricating complex multi-layer printed circuit boards on a quick-turn basis. Its customers include the communications and computing, military and aerospace, industrial electronics, instrumentation, medical and high-durability commercial markets. The company operates in two geographic segments: Asia & North America. DDi was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Pourvoirie Mirage, Inc. provides fishing and hunting related services. It is leading the world of winter caribou hunting for many years. The firm also offers fall hunting in the Hudson Bay region and caribou trophy hunt in October. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Founded in 1996, Novartis Venture Funds (USA) is a venture capital firm located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm is a subsidiary of Switzerland-based Novartis Venture Funds and their ultimate parent is Novartis AG, a Switzerland-based company that engages in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of healthcare products. Novartis Venture Funds manages the Bermuda domiciled biotechnology venture fund, Novartis BioVentures Ltd

Menasha Corp. offers packaging, logistics and marketing services. It offers plastic reusable packaging systems, labels, cartons, inserts and printed packaging services. The company was founded by Elisha D. Smith in 1852 and is headquartered in Neenah, WI.

The Oregon Community Foundation provides fund raising and community development programs. OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. The company was founded by William Swindells in 1973 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Compli, Inc. offers web based human resource and compliance management software. It offers products under the Compligo, CompliView, and Compli 6 brands. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.