Renée P. Ryan

Wilshire Advisors LLC (Wilshire) is a privately-held investment technology and advisory firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Dennis Tito in 1972 as Wilshire Associates, Inc. Wilshire provides innovative investment solutions, consulting services and multi-asset analytics to institutional and intermediary clients worldwide.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Coldstream Capital Management, Inc. (CCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. The firm was founded by Roger Reynolds in 1996. CCM provides comprehensive wealth management services to affluent individuals and their families, corporate executives, business owners, multi-generational family wealth, professional athletes, private foundations, corporate pension and profit-sharing (ERISA) plans, public sector defined contribution plans, and endowments and not-for-profit organizations.

Verus Advisory, Inc. provides investment consulting services. Its services include investment policy development, manager searches, asset allocation, and performance evaluation. The company was founded by William Wurts in 1986 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded in 1987 and is directly owned by Eaton Vance Acquisitions LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Parametric provides various portfolio management services and investment strategies directly to institutional investors and indirectly to individual investors through financial intermediaries.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Acropolis Investment Management LLC (Acropolis) is a fee-only, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 2002 by Christopher Lissner, David Ott and Dannelle Ward. Acropolis specializes in retirement planning together with 401k and IRA rollovers. They serve individual investors, institutional investors and 401k plan sponsors.

Montlake Capital LLC (Montlake Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999.. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists operates as an association of exploration geophysicists. The non-profit company is based in Tulsa, OK and has subsidiaries in the United States.

The Geological Society of America, Inc. engages as a non-profit organization. It helps in the advancement of geosciences. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

American Geophysical Union (AGU) is an international nonprofit scientific association with 60,000 members in 137 countries. The private company is based in Washington and welcomes visitors to the first net-zero renovated building in DC, which includes a state-of-the-art conference center. AGU promotes discovery in earth and space science for the benefit of humanity by providing career and educational resources, webinars, mentoring services, and support for students and professionals at all levels in earth and space science. AGU publishes award-winning books in topics of relevance to scientists in academia, government, and industry, as well as the larger earth and space science community. AGU also has a variety of honors that recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to earth and space science through scientific research, education, science communication, and outreach.

Northwest Research Associates, Inc. provides geophysical science research services. It offers research services on solar and stellar physics, atmosphere and climate, electromagnetic wave propagation and fluid mechanics, and data assimilation and statistical signal processing. The firm also provides space weather indices, field observations in the Indian ocean, shoreline monitoring service, video metric systems, and coherent radio receiving system. The company was founded by Donald Delisi and Edward Fremouw in 1984 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Alan D. Biller & Associates, Inc. (ADB) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm was founded by Alan D. Biller in 1982. ADB provides investment consulting services to US institutional investors.

Performance Pet Nutrition LLC manufactures dog and cat natural treats, chews, and healthcare products. Its products include mini bakes, hip action, power bones, super food organics and jerky naturals. Its products are marketed through a chain of independent pet stores. The company was founded by Patrick M. Meiering in 1995 and is headquartered in Durango, CO.

Allianz Investment Management LLC (AIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 2001, the firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV) in Germany. AIM offers discretionary and non-discretionary management of assets and other investment related services for registered investment companies, insurance companies, which includes separate accounts of insurance companies, and other institutional investors.

Lattice Capital Management LLC (Lattice) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. The firm was founded by Fariba Ronnasi in 2005. Lattice provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to private investment funds intended for sophisticated investors.

Elite Wealth Management, Inc. (Elite) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. The firm was founded by Fariba Ronnasi in 2004. Elite offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals and other investment advisers/financial services firms.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Preact, Inc. operates as customer analytics platform that uses individual user activity to identify inflection points. It provides health metrics tailored to each user and account by logging detailed session-level usage of web usage, mobile applications, and server activity. The company was founded by Christopher Gooley and Cory Watilo in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

GRAIL, Inc. is a healthcare company. It engages in the development of a technology for early detection of cancer. The company was founded by Jeffrey T. Huber, William H. Rastetter, and Mostafa Ronaghi on September 11, 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Owlet Baby Care, Inc. engages in the manufacture of baby health monitor devices. It offers the Owlet Smart Sock, a device that tracks a baby's oxygen and heart rate using pulse oximetry technology. The firm sends notifications to the Base Station and via Wi-Fi to a smartphone, if a baby's heart rate or oxygen fall outside a preset range. The company was founded by Jordan Monroe, Kurt Workman, Jacob Colvin, and Zack Bomsta in 2013 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Red Tricycle, Inc. operates a digital media platform for moms and families which offers adventures and kids activities. The firm provides authoritative, localized content to its online community of mothers through a variety of communication devices: email, website, social media, and mobile. It offers email newsletter and delivers must-have recommendations for parents. The company was founded by Jacqueline R. Boland in 2006 and is headquartered in Sausalito, CA.

Prota Labs LLC (Prota Labs) is a venture capital firm co - founded in 2016 by Wilson Fong. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Real Escape from the Sex Trade offers charitable services. The firm provides services for women, girls for prevention, intervention and restoration and men for demand, relationships and resources. The company was founded in November 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Code Fellows Holdings, Inc. develops software solutions for programming skills. It focuses by giving career education where students get hand-on experience by applying trainings and building applications specializes in full-stack JavaScript, Python, or ASP.NET development. The company was founded by Andy Sack, Ivan Storck, Brad Bouse, William Little and Brook Riggio in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.