John V. Ricotta

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a privately-held investment management firm now structured as a family office, but which was once a hedge fund manager. The firm was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in New York City. SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations (Open Society) – a private funder of independent groups that works for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

King Street Capital Management LP (King Street) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded in 1995 by Brian Higgins and Ottavio Biondi. King Street provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to private investment funds.

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.

Security Investors LLC (dba Guggenheim Investments) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Rydex Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Security Investors provides investment advisory services to separately managed accounts (SMAs) and pooled investment vehicles that are registered as investment companies. They focus on the return and risk needs of insurance companies, corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, wealth managers, and high-net-worth investors.

Riveron Consulting LLC provides advisory services. Its services include accounting advisory, transaction services, performance improvement, and capital markets and divestitures. The company was founded by Landon Smith in 2006 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

LS Biopath, Inc. provides a solution for real-time imaging of breast cancer surgical margins. The private company is based in Saratoga, CA. Breast-conserving-surgery is the most common treatment for breast tumors, and obtaining tumor-free surgical margins decreases the incidence of local recurrences. The company has developed Clearedge, an intra-operative imaging device that can effectively assess breast tissue margins during breast cancer surgery. The CEO of the company is Moshe Sarfaty.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. (Golden Gate Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by David C. Dominik and Jesse T. Rogers. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. engages in the provision of management and technology consulting services. Its services include consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber security, and product. The company was founded by Edwin G. Booz in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc. provides health care services and medical courses. The firm’s clinical programs and services include advanced vascular imaging services, allergy and immunology, ambulatory services, bariatric surgery program, cardiac rehabilitation, dental services, dermatology services, diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose & throat (otolaryngology), electrophysiology and cardiac arrhythmia service and interventional cardiology. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Sycamore Partners Management LP (Sycamore Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Yale-New Haven Health Services Corp. operates as a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services. It offers geriatrics, oncology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, primary care, transplantation, clinical programs and services, health education, and research and clinical trials. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc. engages in the development and sale of commercial real estate properties. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Flat6Labs (Flat6Labs) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Ahmed El-Alfi and Hany Al-Sonbaty. Flat6Labs is headquartered in Cairo. Egypt.

RA Capital Management LP (Private Equity) (RA Capital) is a private equity & venture capital subsidiary of RA Capital Management LP founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC (GPIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Mark Walter in 2005 and is a direct subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Guggenheim Partners LLC. GPIM provides investment advisory and supervisory services to a variety of institutional clients through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles.

New Schools Capital LLC (New Schools Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Shauntel Poulson and Jennifer Carolan. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Farallon Capital Management (Private Equity) (Farallon Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Farallon Capital Management LLC founded in 1986 by Thomas Fahr Steyer. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Alpharank, Inc. provides information technology and services. The company was founded in Brian ley and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Trace3 LLC is an elite technology consultancy that provides IT strategy, solutions, and services to the world's most admired companies. The company is based in Irvine, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. Trace3 can help businesses build, migrate, and operate their enterprise IT on-prem or in the cloud. The company offers a comprehensive line of services designed to increase business agility and growth. Trace3 seeks and develops new ways of doing things to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and provide a competitive advantage. It was founded in 2002 by Hayes Drumwright, and Richard A. Fennessy has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

3Pillar Global, Inc. provides product strategy and software development services. The firm specializes in the development of software solutions with focus on business development advantages. Its service areas encompass software engineering and outsourcing, product architecture, technical design, customer engagement, systems integration, and software support and maintenance. The company was founded by David H. DeWolf in July 2006 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

Telluride Venture is a Venture Capital firm founded by Jesse Lee Johnson and Elliot Gershom Steinberg. The firm is headquartered in Telluride, Colorado.