Natasha Blake-McDowell

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co. LLC engages in the provision of stock transfer and trust services. It offers corporate services, which include transfer agency services, IPO counseling, and interactive communication through its internet website, proxy services, and electronic transmission of data. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Juno Online Services, Inc. is a nationwide internet service provider that offers fast and reliable internet connections for less than other providers. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded in 1996 by Charles E. Ardai and Jed Savage. The company provides both dial-up and DSL internet services, with the option of a free ad-supported internet access plan. Juno also offers a Turbo Accelerated Dial-Up service that speeds up web page loading times. The CEO is Kenneth Young.

Empathica, Inc. provides customer experience management software solutions. Its products include driveExperience, driveEngagement, GoRecommend and Mobile Reporting. The firm offers professional, custom development and customer support services. The company was founded by David Witt, Chemeres Jeff and Mike Amos in 2001 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Spark Acquisition Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Perthera, Inc. provides personalized medicine in treatment of cancer patients. The firm offers multi-omic molecular profiling available, enabling oncologists to deliver precision, personalized medicine in the treatment of a patient’s unique cancer. The company was founded by Dendy M. Young and Emanuel F. Petricoin III and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

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.

ClearBridge LLC is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Bill Miller in 1982 as Legg Mason Capital Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). ClearBridge provides investment advice to high net-worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicle, charitable organizations, endowments, foundations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other tax-exempt entities.

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. (WTIA) is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm was founded as MTB Investment Advisors, Inc. in 1995 as the result of a merger between Allied Investment Advisors and M&T Asset Management. In 2012, their name was changed to WTIA. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. (M&T Bank), which is owned by M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB). WTIA principally provides investment management services to institutional clients. They also serve as sub-advisor to the Wilmington Funds, a family of mutual funds.

Bain Capital Ventures LP (Bain Capital Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in New York and California. The firm is wholly owned by Bain Capital LP.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges provides its clients with legal services. The firm offers services to areas including consumer, financial, government and non-profit, health care, industrial, and technology. The company was founded by Claude Serra in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System (SRPS) is the state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1982, the firm administers death, disability and retirement benefits on behalf of their members. These include active and former State employees, teachers, State police, judges, law enforcement. SRPS provides important coverage both during a member’s working career and after they retire.

AppNeta, Inc. develops network performance management software solutions. Its monitoring solutions include SaaS and web applications, remote locations, and cloud adoption. The company was founded by Fred Klassen, Matt Stevens, Gordon Janzen, Irfhan Rajani, and Kelly Frank Daniels in 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc. provides medical and healthcare services. Its services include obstetric, psychiatric, orthopedic, pediatrics, oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, urology, and pathology services. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Unison Software, Inc. provides consulting, software, engineering and program management services. The firm offers software solutions for federal, defense, and intelligence agencies, and contractor organizations with the visibility, control and transparency and government agencies and contractors. Its products include TopVue, PRISM and Spectrum Suites, CDRL, PM, RISK, CMvues, FedConnect, Acquisition Management Module, and Spectrum CLM. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA.

AST Fund Solutions LLC provides solicitation and personalized services. Thwe company is headquartered in Lyndhurst, NJ.

Ellucian Support, Inc. provides supporting services to education industry. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

KIPP DC operates as a non-profit organization that provides educational services. It is a network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, middle, and high school students. The company was founded by Susan Schaeffler in 2001 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Schoology, Inc. owns and operates a cloud based next generation learning management platform. It offers an online learning, classroom management, and social networking platform that enhances student engagement and improves learning through better communication, collaboration, and increased access to curriculum and supplemental content. The firm markets its products to K-12 schools, higher education, and corporations. The company was founded by Jeremy N. Friedman, Ryan Hwang, Bill Kindler and Timothy Trinidad in May 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Avecto Ltd. provides and develops security software solutions. It offers proof of concept, training, implementation methodology, and technical support. The firm specializes in Desktop Security, Sandboxing, Endpoint Security, Endpoint Protection, Privilege Management, and Application Control. The company was founded by Mark Austin and Paul Kenyon in 2008 and is headquartered in Manchester Airport, the United Kingdom.

Relational Security Corp. engages in the provision of governance, risk, and compliance management software solutions. The firm serves the healthcare, higher education, energy, financial services, and government. The company was founded by Vivek Shivananda and Kevin Day in 2003 and is headquartered in Secaucus, NJ.

Businessolver.com, Inc. provides market-changing benefits administration technology support services. Its products and services include benefits administration, which includes enrolment and eligibility, billing and financial reporting, total population health management and benefits reporting and analytics; and core product services which includes employee services, service center, COBRA services and flex spending administration. The company was founded by Jon Shanahan and Sean Patrick McMurray in 1998 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, IA.

CUJO LLC provides smart home security device for virtual intrusions and also offers mobile applications. The firm offers an internet security firewall for home users and a modular package of services for network operators. It specializes in machine learning and data science. The company was founded by Einaras Gravrock, Yuri Frayman, Saulius Tvarijonas and Kestas Pakalniskis in 2015 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Armor Holdco, Inc. engages in the provision of investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

CAST AI Group, Inc. provides multi-cloud management platform. It allows organizations to deploy, operate, and cost optimize containerized K8s applications in any combination of cloud providers simultaneously. The company was founded by Laurent Gil and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

CEIPAL Corp. provides a SaaS platform that automates both the front- and back-office business operations of staffing companies. It offers workforce management platform. The company was founded by Sameer Penakalapati in 2015 and is headquartered in Rochester. NY.

Resolve Growth Partners Management Co. LLC (Resolve Growth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jit Sinha and Chris Rhodes. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.