Samuel Dryden

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Wolfensohn & Co. LLC is an investment and advisory firm focused on investments in emerging market economies. The company was founded in 2005 by James D. Wolfensohn and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Emergent Genetics, Inc. produces and sells agricultural products to farmers including seeds and herbicides. The company was founded by Mark Wong and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Emergent Genetics Investors LLC had operated as a plant sciences investment company. It invested in companies which products focus on cotton, rice, wheat and vegetables. The company was founded on December 30, 1999 and was headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Founded by James Wolfensohn in 2007, Wolfensohn Capital Partners is a private equity fund manager located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Wolfensohn & Co. LLC, a private equity and investment advisory firm with offices in New York City, London and New Delhi.

BaroFold, Inc. develops and commercializes protein therapeutics. Its services include protein refolding, protein analytical and aggregate characterization, formulation stability and immunogenicity studies, and microbial expression. The company was founded by Matthew Seefeldt, Matthew Brewer, John F. Carpenter, Ted Randolph, Timothy C. Rodell, and Lyndal K. Hesterberg in 2009 and is headquartered in Aurora, CO.