Emily M. Crespin

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. is a learning company, which engages in instructional curriculum, assessment, technology, and professional learning. The company was founded in 1832 by William Ticknor and James Fields and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Genesys Cloud Services, Inc. provides customer service and contact center solutions. It also offers business consulting, professional services, Genesys support and care, Genesys Guru managed services and Genesys customer advocacy program. The firm?s solutions include contact center modernization, self service, enterprise workload management, proactive customer communications, cloud, continuous workforce optimization and different solutions by industry. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Daly City, CA.

Recorded Books, Inc. operates as an independent producer of audiobooks. It offers e-Books, magazines, comics, newspapers, digital educational resources, games and music, and streaming video services. The company was founded by Henry S. Trentman in 1979 and is headquartered in Prince Frederick, MD.

Isolation Network, Inc. provides marketing and rights management services for independent labels and artists. It also provides digital media distribution and publishing services. The company operates as a media marketplace which develops technology platforms and providing content creators and owners with distribution and marketing solutions. Isolation Network was founded by Charles Matthew Burns and Robb McDaniels in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

LivingSocial, Inc. operates an online local marketplace platform. The firm’s products and programs include local, escapes, shop, events, coupons, and at home. It provides fun and leisure, kids activities, sightseeing and tours, sports and outdoors, tickets and events, beauty products and spas, and food and drinks. The company was founded by Aaron Batalion, Valeriy Aleksenko, Edward Pyle Frederick, and Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Ingram Industries, Inc. engages in book distribution, print and distribution services, marine transportation and digital fulfillment services. It offers trade books, textbooks, specialty magazines, and audiotapes to booksellers, librarians and specialty retailers. The company was founded by Erskine Bronson Ingram II in 1978 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Arlington Capital Partners LLC is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1999 by Jeffrey H. Freed and Robert I. Knibb. The firm is headquartered in in Chevy Chase.

A.T. Kearney, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. Its services include strategic, operational and technology consulting executive search services. The company was founded by Andrew Thomas Kearney in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Simon & Schuster, Inc. engages in the publication of fiction and non-fiction books. It offers a wide range of genres and formats for children and adults both audio and in print. The company was founded by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Paramount Global, Camsaw, Inc. is a company that publishes books. The company is based in New Canaan, CT. Camsaw was acquired by Paramount Communications, Inc. from Maxwell Communication Corp. Plc on February 28, 1994 for $552.80 million.

The Lek/Alcar Consulting Group, Inc. provides business strategy consulting services. It offers strategy, finance, marketing and sales, operations, and transaction services including business unit strategy, brand management, pricing, alliances and joint ventures, product development, corporate transformation, and operations design. It serves the defense, energy, health, building and construction, aerospace, media, retail, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kutter in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

LibreDigital, Inc. provides web-based warehouse and distribution platform services. The firm allows publishers to store and secure digital content in any form and to deliver content on-demand to any marketplace or device. The company was founded by Billy Taylor, Doug Dobbs and Tracy Jones in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Lakeland Tours LLC operates as an educational student travel company. It offers business and professional, language and culture, language immersion study tours, performing arts, science and technology, sports, and service learning experiences programs. The company was founded by Phil Wendel in 1967 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

HotChalk, Inc. provides web-based collaborative software solutions to educational institutions to put their degree programs online. It serves online audience of educators, parents, and students. The company was founded by Edward M. Fields in 2004 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

The Association of American Publishers is an organization that advocates for strong copyright policies, protects free speech, and promotes the advancement of research and scholarship. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company represents leading consumer, educational, professional, and scholarly publishers who connect people with books, trustworthy information, and learning materials. The organization presents the Professional and Scholarly Excellence Awards since 1976. The Association of American Publishers released its StatShot report for September 2023, reflecting reported revenue for trade, higher education course materials, and professional publishing. The CEO of the company is Maria A. Pallante.

ZERO TO THREE provides support and services for infants and toddlers. It informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in its efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. The company was founded by T. Berry Brazelton, Selma Fraiberg, Stanley I. Greenspan, J. Ronald Lally, Bernard Levy, Reginald S. Lourie, Peter B. Neubauer, Robert A. Nover, Sally Provence, Julius B. Richmond, Albert J. Solnit, and Leon J. Yarrow in 1977 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

L.E.K. Consulting LLC operates as a management consulting firm. It offers disruption management, post-merger integration, and marketing and sales services. The company was founded by James Lawrence, Iain Evans and Richard Koch in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Burning Glass International, Inc. designs and develops an analytics software that delivers labor market data products and analysis. The firm offers labor insight, program insight, career insight, NOVA, lens suite, burning glass APIs, and applied research. The company was founded by Ted Crooks, Krishna Gopinathan, and Anu Kumar Pathria in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

EverFi, Inc. provides educational technology services. It offers financial capability, heath and wellness program, STEM readiness, diversity and inclusion, career leadership & success, employee wellness, and summer learning services. The firm serves the financial institutions colleges and universities corporations, non-profits, sports and entertainment industries. The company was founded by Tom Davidson, Jon Chapman and Ray Martinez in 2008 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Ascend Learning, Inc. provides educational services. It offers middle, lower and high school program. The company was founded by Steven F. Wilson in 2007 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Celtic Capital LLC provides investment and asset advisory services. The private company is based in Atherton, CA.

Synergis Education, Inc. provides educational services designed for college and university leaders. Its services include 3 modality, marketing and enrollment, academic services, student retention, and system integration. The company was founded by Norman F. Allgood in 2011 and is headquartered in Mesa AZ,

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

myON LLC provides digital literacy services for the K-12 education market. It allows the students to access a personalized literacy ecosystem that offers unlimited reading of digital books with multimedia supports, real-time assessments, and a growing literacy. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Edina, MN.

ThinkBox Software, Inc. provides creative tools and pipeline technology for both small and large scale projects. The firm’s products include deadline, draft, krakatoa, frost, genome, sequoia, stoke and xmesh. The company was founded by Chris Bond in 2010 and is headquartered in Manitoba, Canada.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

VU Venture Partners (VU Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.