Shirley Reece

Silicon Ranch Corp. develops and operates commercial and large scale solar facilities. It offers landowners, commercial and industrial, utilities and developers services. The company was founded by Matt Kisber and Reagan Farr in 2011 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP provides legal services such as commercial law, corporate, litigation, real estate, tax, and bankruptcy services. The company was founded in 1909 by Lowry F. Sater, Augustus T. Seymour, Edward L. Pease, and Arthur I. Vorys and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Guidepost Growth Management Co. LLC (Guidepost Growth Mgmt) is a private equity subsidiary of North Bridge Venture Partners founded in 2007 by Doug A. Kingsley and Jim M. Moran. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Founded in 2003 by Benjamin Howe and Maria Lewis Kussmaul, America's Growth Capital LLC (ACG) is an emerging growth-focused, research, broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of America's Growth Capital Holdings LLC. They seek to identify small-cap opportunities and bring new investment opportunities to growth-oriented institutional and private equity investors. AGC completes investment banking transactions for emerging growth companies in the following industries: (1) technology including communications, data center, financial technology, information security, semiconductors and software (2) clean technology, (3) digital media/Internet and (4) business services. They have participated in transactions ranging in size from $6 million to $1 billion. These transactions have included buyouts, buy-side and sell-side advisory assignments, private placements, PIPEs, IPOs, follow-ons and fairness opinions. The firm's Capital Markets group provides analysis on leading emerging growth sectors with a focus on identifying dynamic changes and trends in their focus industries. They present ideas through: (1) white papers, which provide topical and industry-wide analysis by highlighting the leading small-cap public and private companies of influence (2) thought pieces, which illustrate the impact of current events such as legislation, market swings and (3) capital market updates which present comprehensive statistics and data on one or more product areas including IPOs, M&A, private placements, etc. that have an impact on the emerging growth universe. AGC maintains relationships across multiple pools of capital including institutional, private equity, venture capital, hedge fund, sovereign wealth and debt. They leverage those relationships to provide clients with the best sources of financing for their particular needs.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR) is a private equity subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of FutureReady Columbus, KidsOhio.org is a company that provides early childhood education. The company is based in Columbus, OH. KidsOhio.org was acquired by Learn4Life Columbus on July 20, 2015. The company was founded by Abigail S. Wexner.

WOSU Public Media is a premier public media station in central Ohio that offers a variety of television shows, local productions, and radio programs. The private company is based in Columbus, OH and offers various ways to support its programs, including donations, planned giving, and volunteering. The company provides arts and culture, cooking and hobbies, documentaries and history, drama, and PBS Kids programs. It also offers news and public affairs, science and nature, and classical music programs. WOSU Public Media provides learning resources for families, educators, and K-12 students.

Part of FutureReady Columbus, Learn4Life Columbus is a company that provides early childhood education services. The company is based in Columbus, OH.

Greater Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau operates hotels. The company is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Garnett Station Partners LLC (GSP) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Matthew Perelman and Alex Sloane. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies is a non-profit company based in Camberley, UK. The British company is focused on providing education services, specifically for primary and nursery school students. The CEO of the company is David Harris.

Operative Media, Inc. develops products and services for online advertising operations. It provides its clients with technology and services to improve all aspects of their advertising operations lifecycle, from pre-sale to collections, trafficking to reconciliation. The company was founded by Lorne Brown and Anthony Thielman in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Connecticut Technology Council provides leadership, support, mentoring, and advocacy to companies across every industry and at every stage of growth in Connecticut's technology ecosystem. The non-profit company is based in Connecticut. The CEOs of the American company are Derek Slap, Matthew L. Nemerson.

Acsis, Inc. provides product visibility, traceability and supply chain optimization software solutions. Its solutions include edge, serialization and edge solutions, serialized shipping station and supplier and partner integration. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Marlton, NJ.

Information Management Associates, Inc. is a proven multi-disciplinary strategy which applies sound management principles to the life cycle of an organization's information resources. The information life cycle includes creation, evaluation, acquisition, organization, representation, control, dissemination, use, protection, and ultimate disposition of information-whatever the format or medium and whether of internal or external origins. It is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut

Chevron Energy Solutions Co. provides engineering-based energy and energy efficiency services. The company designs and constructs facility projects, including infrastructure and renewable power systems, that supplies power for public institutions and businesses. The firm offers its services to education, government and business customers. Chevron Energy Solutions was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

OpTerra Energy Group, Inc. provides energy saving solutions. It offers energy conservation and engineering services for education, local government, commercial, industrial, and institutional markets. The company is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

ENGIE Services, Inc. provides designing and implementing solutions for energy and environmental efficiency services. The firm offers facility management, airport services, technical facility management, and public-private partnership solutions. It serves to the building, service, industry, airport, data centre, health sciences and local energy network markets. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

National Association of Energy Service Cos. operates as a nonprofit organization. It engages in the provision of representing and promoting the energy efficiency industry. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Denham Capital Management LP (Denham Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Stuart Denham Porter, Riaz Qamar Siddiqi and Carl John Tricoli. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

StormFisher Ltd. builds and operates biogas power plants. The company was founded by Ryan Little, Christopher Guillon and Bas Van Berkel and is headquartered in London, Canada.

Partners Group Inc. (United States) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Partners Group (Private Equity) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Houston.

Dimension Renewable Energy is a leading developer, owner, and operator of turn-key community solar solutions. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA. The company has deployed more than 250 megawatts and $400 million into clean energy assets since its founding in 2018. Dimension plans to invest an additional $2.50 billion over the next five years, with more than 2.2 gigawatts of projects currently under development across 11 states. The company fosters long-term partnerships with each community it serves, investing in local green job creation through workforce training programs and STEM education. Dimension has developed over 400 projects, representing 2 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity across 15 states. The company was founded in 2018 by Ahmad R. Chatila, Rafael Dobrzynski, Sam Youneszadeh. Rafael Dobrzynski has been the CEO since 2018.