John P. Kelly

Imperial Sugar Co. processes and markets refined cane sugar. It refines, packages, and distributes granulated, powdered, liquid, and brown sugars, as well as co-crystallized sweeteners and syrups under the Dixie Crystals, Imperial, Savannah Gold, NatureWise, and Holly brand names, as well as under private labels. The firm also markets organic and fair trade sweeteners and sugar/stevia sweetener blends. The company was founded in 1843 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and natural gas in Kansas. The firm provides electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina, and Hutchinson. The company was founded on December 11, 1909 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Houlihan's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates bars and restaurants. It focuses on display kitchens, original artwork, and patios designed for social lounging. It offers dinner, drinks, lunch, and vegetarian. The company was founded by Joe Gilbert and Paul Robinson in 1972 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

The Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund II LP invests in middle and large market companies located in the US and worldwide. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of industrials, healthcare, financial services, energy and other natural resources. It provides financing for buyout, LBOs, MBOs and growth capital requirements.

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.

Cantaloupe Systems, Inc. provides cloud-based mobile technologies. It delivers an integrated end-to-end vending and payment solution for cashless vending, route scheduling, automated pre-kitting and merchandising and inventory management. Its products are Seed Office, Seed Cashless, Seed Pro, Seed Delivery, and Seed Markets. The company was founded by Mandeep Arora and Anant Agrawal in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Texas Petrochemicals Corp. manufactures synthetic rubber. It also supplies chemical products. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

CAIVIS Acquisition Corp. provides investment services. The company was founded by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley III in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. manufactures and markets zero-emission commercial electric vehicles. It provides medium-duty commercial vehicle, shuttle and school buses. The company was founded by Bryan L. Hansel, Robin J. Mackie and Roy Robert Edward Stanley in 2008 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Acrisure LLC engages in the provision of specialty insurance and risk management services. It offers property and casualty, personal lines, group and voluntary benefits, main street business, surety, and captives solutions. The company was founded by Gregory L. Williams and Ricky L. Norris in May 2005 and is headquartered in Caledonia, MI.

Tresata, Inc. operates a predictive analytics platform. Its platform helps clients understand and monetize customer's behaviour. The company was founded by Richard Morris and Abhishek Mehta in 2011 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

D. George Harris & Associates LLC provides investment services. It specializes in leveraged buyouts in the chemical and other process industries. The company was founded by D. George Harris in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Healthcare Finance Group LLC provides financing services to healthcare industry. It offers secured revolving credit facilities and cash flow based term loans with terms custom-tailored to each of its client's needs. The company was founded by David F. Hyams, Robert D. Lynch, James P. Craig and Isaac Soleimani in May 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Homax Products, Inc. manufactures and sells home improvement products. Its products include wall and ceiling textures, wall patch and repair, kitchen and bath tools and paint and outdoor products. The firm offers brands that include Homax, Goo Gone, Magic, Stone Care International, Tile Guard, Natural Magic, Oops!, Myro, Rhodes American, Squirrel Mixer and Gonzo. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Bellingham, WA.

Potbelly Sandwich Works LLC owns and operates sandwich restaurants. Their stores is filled with antiques, vintage signs, old photographs, music memorabilia and, of course, a potbelly stove. They also provide live local musicians to its customers. The company was founded by Bryant Keil and Peter Hastings in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Elmer's Products, Inc. provides adhesive craft, home repair, and office supply products. It offers glues, foam and display board, wood filler, and paint markers. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Westerville, OH.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is a donor-supported non-profit organization which focuses in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. The foundation funds cystic fibrosis research. It also supports and accredits a national care center network recognized by the National Institutes f Health as a model of care for a chronic disease. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Silverhawk Capital Partners LLC (Silverhawk Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Ted Allan Gardner, James Crawford Cook, David James Scanlan and Mark Charles Demetree. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Stroz Friedberg, Inc. provides investigation, intelligence, and risk management services. It offers computer forensics, computer investigations, data discovery, privilege analytics, foreign language processing and hosting, SCOUT technology, security science, and data analytics. The company was founded by Eric M. Friedberg and Edward M. Stroz in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stroz Friedberg LLC provides cyber security services. It offers digital forensics, forensic accounting, security, and data discovery services. The company was founded by Stroz M. Edward and Friedberg M. Eric in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

US Salt LLC manufactures and processes salt. Its products include superior TX-10, resingard, red out, and superior crystal, which are used in food processing, pharmaceutical, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural and textiles and dyes. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Kester Capital LLP is a private equity firm founded in 2007 and rebranded as Kester Capital in 2013. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Trans-Fast Remittance LLC provides online financial services. It enables its customers to send money to their families and friends through its network of agents and payout locations; and online in the United States and internationally. The firm also offers home cash delivery and cash card credit services. The company was founded by Francisco DeMatos in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Student Sponsor Partnership, Inc. is non-profit organization, which provides private high school education services. The company was founded by Peter Flanigan in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Zeta Interactive Corp. operates as a digital marketing agency. The company provides its clients with a unique combination of strategic services and best-of-breed platforms includes branding and creative, web development, media planning, email marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, social, mobile, and digital publishing. The company was founded by William Alan Landman in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Berwind Group produces and markets chemical and oil products. The company supplies products such as coatings, polishes, adhesives, sealants, lubricants, and degreasers. It was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA

B. S. C. Holding, Inc. provides and distributes rock salt and deicing products. It owns and operates a vertically-integrated rock salt mine located in Lyons, Kansas. The company was founded on December 14, 1982 and is headquartered in Shawnee Mission, KS.

GCP Capital Partners Holdings LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands, United States and United Kingdom. The American company was founded in 2009 by Frank V. Pottow.

Clearview Risk Holdings LLC engages in the provision of insurance solutions. It focuses on underwriting, Managing General Agency (MGA), wholesale brokerage, reinsurance, carrier relations, and handling claims. The company was founded in December 2010 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Complete Merchant Solutions LLC provides electronic payment solutions. It facilitates electronic payment processing for major credit and debit cards, gift and loyalty cards, automated clearing house, remote deposit capture as well as other non-cash payment methods. The company was founded by David Decker, Kyle Hall and Trever D. Hansen in 2008 and is headquartered in Orem, UT.

American In-Home Care LLC provides elder care services. Its services include companionship, homemaker, alzheimer’s and dementia care, veterans aid and attendance, safety and security, light housekeeping, respite care, grocery shopping, hygiene, grooming, bathing physical assistance, and assistance with eating. The company was founded in September 2013 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Part of The J.G. Wentworth Co., Peachtree Settlement Funding LLC provides financial services.

Meridian Chemicals LLC distributes chemical products. Its products include crude tall oil, calcium chloride and PAVSAV. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

SCIH Salt Intermediate Holdings, Inc. manufactures chemicals, plastics, and rubber products. The private company is based in Overland Park, KS and has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the company is Mark Charles Demetree.

Spartan Energy Partners LP provides oil and gas treating and processing services and equipment to the energy industry. It offers comprehensive solutions for treating and conditioning gas from the wellhead to the pipeline. The firm’s gas conditioning products include refrigeration units, Joule-Thomson plants, gas coolers and separators. Spartan Energy Partners was founded by John Earl Jackson in 2010 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.