Carol Gillespie

FoodLogiQ LLC develops solutions for global food chain issues. It offers audit, compliance, regulation, sustainability, tracebility, and supplier management solutions. The firm serves the food retail and grocery, consumer goods, food distributor and importers, and grower industries. The company was founded by Andy Kennedy and Thomas Finegan in 2006 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Momentum Learning, Inc. provides coding bootcamp for career transformation in tech. The company was founded by Clinton Dreisbach and Jessica Mitsch and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

CPG-FoodLogiQ, LLC provides technological services. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Sparq, Inc. provides information technology outsourcing solutions. It offers from software application development to ongoing support and maintenance of business applications information technology services for companies across industries. It also provides QA testing and business intelligence and analytics services. The company was founded by Katht Brittain White in 2003 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Railinc Corp. develops software solutions and provides information technology services for railways. The company is headquartered in Canada.

North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. provides financial services. It offers curriculum for professional education, student recruitment efforts, financial literacy, and the annual CPA day of service.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

BIOCOM provides scientific and technological services. The firm focuses that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development and scientific discovery and development. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. is a non-profit organization which provides food to hunger-relief programs. It distributes food to other agencies and churches that directly feed these individuals. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Clarkston Merchant Partners LLC (CMP) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by James Corscadden. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.