Mary Southwick

BP America, Inc. transports crude oil and petroleum products. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Stagwell Technologies, Inc. provides technology services. The company is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), a member of Young & Rubicam Brands and of the WPP Group, is a global research-based consultancy that specializes in messaging and communications strategy for blue-chip political, corporate and entertainment clients. Founded in 1975, they bring together lessons from the campaign trail and the boardroom to create innovative strategies to handle complex situations. Their powerful hybrid model combines both political and corporate research, recognizing that the strategies used to effect change in one area can be innovative and effective in the other. They call this Winning Knowledge. In the political arena, PSB has thirty years of experience winning competitive elections. They’ve won nearly three quarters of the races they’ve run, and have worked as pollster and strategic advisor to candidates including President Bill Clinton, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Their innovative and successful political work led Time Magazine to dub them “Masters of the Message.” In the corporate sector, PSB is a strategic research provider to more than 30 of the Fortune 100 companies, including many of the leading consumer and business brands. They help these organizations implement proactive, research-driven and integrated communications efforts like the ones that win political campaigns. In the entertainment world, PSB is a leading provider of cover testing research to leading magazine publishers, motion picture research for major Hollywood studios, and video game research to top game publishers. Their proprietary visual testing capabilities help clients assess and fundamentally enhance the power of their execution. Their operations include over 200 consultants and a sophisticated in-house market research infrastructure with the capability to conduct work in over 90 countries. Their offices in Washington, D.C., New York, , London, Seattle, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dubai, Beijing, Austin and Denver are supported by an in-house fielding capability and are fully equipped to provide the complete creative solutions their clients need.

C2 Creative LLC provides marketing communication services. It specializes in planning and organizing meetings and events. Its services include strategic brand development, online marketing strategy, print design and production, and mobile marketing. The company's clients include Philips, Wrigley, Chevrolet, Verizon, and Diageo. The company was founded by Rod Morrison and is headquartered in New York City, NY

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.

AT&T Center hosts sports events. Its clients include the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars, minor league hockey's San Antonio Rampage, and the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. The company was founded in October 2002 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Meridian International Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit diplomacy center that was founded in 1960. The non-profit company is based in Washington on a four-acre campus with two historic properties. Meridian International Center's mission is to strengthen engagement between the US and the world to find solutions on shared challenges. The American company partner with the government, the private sector, and the diplomatic community on three core pillars of programs: Leadership, Culture, and Collaboration. The company administers professional and educational exchange programs, fellowship programs, and uses the visual and performing arts to achieve foreign policy objectives in 59 countries since 1978. Meridian formally created the Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy (MCCD) in 2014 to better address this mission. MCCD’s exhibitions have traveled to over 380 host venues in 44 states. Stuart W. Holliday has been the CEO of the company since 2006.

Part of Publicis Groupe SA, Fallon London Ltd. is an advertising agency. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded by Robert William Senior. Charlie Rudd has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Harris Insights & Analytics LLC is a global consulting and market research firm that delivers social intelligence for transformational times. The company was founded by Louis Harris in 1960 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Axel Springer SE, Politico LLC is the authority on the intersection of politics, policy, and power. The company is based in Arlington, VA. Politico was acquired by Axel Springer SE from Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. on October 19, 2021. It is the most robust news operation and information service in the world specializing in politics and policy, which informs the most influential audience in the world insight, edge, and authority. Its seven-year-old European edition has grown to nearly 200 employees. Nobody knows politics like Politico. Founded in 2007 by Frederick J. Ryan, Robert L. Allbritton, Jim VandeHei, Barbara B. Allbritton, Politico has grown to a team of 700 working across, more than half of whom are editorial staff. Early this year it acquired E&E News, the renowned news organization focused solely on energy and the environment.

Wavemaker Partners LLC(Wavemaker Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by David A siemer & Eric Manlunas. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, Los Angeles.

K Street Capital LLC (K Street Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Peter Cherukur, Richard Leggett and Evan Burfield. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC.

CLS Strategies is a global public affairs firm that helps clients achieve their goals through strategic communication and outreach. The private company is based in Washington. The American company has a wide reach, with experience on six continents, and specializes in helping clients win where it matters most.

ForwardPMX Group LLC provides digital marketing services. The firm offers strategy and consulting, media services, customer relationship management, data science and analytics and technology. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Medical Excellence Capital LLC (MEC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by John R. Prufeta. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

Part of Stagwell, Inc., Travel Content Ltd. is an investment holding British company. The company is based in London, UK. Founded in 2018, Travel Content functions as an investment holding company.