Susan Sarofim

Houston Zoo, Inc. engages in the operation and management of zoo. The firm operates as a conservation, education, and recreation organization dedicated to the reproduction, protection, and exhibition of animals in their habitats. It participates in programs that oversee the breeding of endangered animal species. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PAA GP Holdings LLC engages in the provision of transportation, storage, and marketing of crude oil and refined products. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Technology & Entrepreneurship Center of Houston operates as a non-profit organization created to accelerate the growth of Houston’s innovation ecosystem. It aligns ecosystem support around strategic initiatives that are connecting, attracting, and promoting startups, investors, corporations, government, and universities. The company was founded in October 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Plains All American GP LLC transports, markets, and stores crude oil, refined products and liquefied petroleum gas, and other natural gas related petroleum products. It also develops and operates natural gas storage facilities. The company was founded on June 28, 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Plains GP Holdings LP, PAA GP LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Houston, TX. Willie C. W. Chiang has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Council on Alcohol & Drugs Houston provides drug and alcohol addiction treatment services. The private company is based in Houston, TX and has subsidiaries in United States.

The Independent Petroleum Association of America manufactures oil and natural gas. The non-profit company is based in Washington. Barry Russell has been the CEO of the American company since 1980.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Emergent Payments, Inc. provides online payment services. The company was founded by Brent de Jong, Mitchell Davis and Andrew Schneider in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Kayne Anderson Income Strategies Fund operates as a closed-end management investment company. The firm's investment objective is to provide common shareholders total return with an emphasis on current distributions. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Data Axle, Inc. provides business data and marketing solutions. It offers analytics and marketing services. The firm specializes in digital and traditional marketing channels. The company was founded by Vinod Gupta in 1972 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

Part of Core Scientific, Inc., Blockcap, Inc. is a blockchain company that operates one of the world's largest bitcoin mining operations, accounting for nearly 1 percent of all the bitcoin network transactions. The company is based in Austin, TX. In addition to mining operations, the company operates two other divisions - digital treasury assets and venture investments. The company was founded in 2020 by Clark L. Swanson, Darin Feinstein. Darin Feinstein has been the CEO since 2020. Blockcap was acquired by Core Scientific, Inc. (United States), part of Core Scientific, Inc. from January 20, 2022 on July 30, 2021.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as Kaim Non Traditional LP, the firm was founded in 1984 by Richard Kayne and John Anderson. They are owned by Richard Kayne through his majority ownership of Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. Kayne Anderson provides investment supervisory services through privately offered pooled investment vehicles, and to a lesser extent, through separate accounts and mutual funds.

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP operates as a law firm that provides guidance on business law, finance, litigation, government relations, and regulatory policy. It offers legal services in the field of government relations, strategic communications, tax, trial, labor and employment law, intellectual property, real estate, government contracting, and school and public law. The company was founded by J. S. Bracewell, Searcy Bracewell, Fentress Bracewell, and Bert H. Tunks on November 1, 1945 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Woman's Hospital of Texas, Inc. provides healthcare services. Its services include antepartum, breast care, clinical research, gynecology, imaging, infertility, labour and delivery, maternity care, multiples clinic, newborn nursery, NICU, patient education, pediatric center, physical therapy, postpartum, surgery, transport and urogynecology. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Houston Parks Board, Inc. creates, improves, protects and advocates for parkland in the greater houston region. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

TPC Group, Inc. engages in production of value-added products derived from niche petrochemical raw materials such as C4 hydrocarbons. It sells products into a specialty and intermediate markets, including synthetic rubber, fuels, lubricant additives, plastics and surfactants. Its products include butadiene, butane-1, fuel products, polyisobutylene, isobutylene derivative, propylene tetramer and pentamer. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

TPC Group LLC manufactures chemicals required for the production of synthetic rubber, nylon, adhesives, catalysts and additives. The firm engages in the production and sale of petrochemicals. It sells its products to chemical and petroleum based companies. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Technology Holdings is an award-winning mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that specializes in providing M&A advisory and capital raising services for enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and IT service management (ITSM) companies. The private company is based in Bangalore, India and was established in 2000 by Vivek Subramanyam. The Indian company has a laser focus on technology services, BPM, consulting, and healthcare. Technology Holdings has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Unifii on its strategic sale to Inetum and is a leading investment bank providing M&A services exclusively for technology services, BPM, consulting, technology, and healthcare.

The DePelchin Children's Center, Inc. provides social and health services. Its services include providing counseling, foster care services, adoption and post-adoption services. The company was founded by Kezia Payne DePelchin on May 2, 1892 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

3PAR, Inc. provides utility storage solutions. It also provides platform for the delivery of enterprise IT as a utility service. The company was founded by Jeffrey Price and Ashok Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.