Lee Ann Evans

Anthem Insurance Cos., Inc. provides health insurance plans, group life, insurance brokerage and other related services. It offers a range of administrative, managed care services and partially insured products for employer self-funded plans. The firm also provides group life and disability insurance benefits, pharmacy benefit management, dental, vision and behavioral health benefits services. The company is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Acelerate, Inc. provides systems cell biology solutions. It address the problems of efficacy and toxicity with the cellular systems biology approach. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Argenis Capital Advisors LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2006, the firm provides investment advice to high net worth individual and institutional clients.

Raptor Group Holdings LP provides investment services. The company was founded on October 10, 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Unyq Design, Inc. produces medical wears. It designs, manufactures, and sells prosthetic covers and accessories for amputees. The company was founded by Eythor Bender and Manuel Boza in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

Part of Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, Lord Abbett Family of Funds is a private equity fund. The private company is based in London, UK.

Colt Ventures Ltd (Colt Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Darren Blanton. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Columbia Care, Inc. operates as a patient-centered health care company. It provides medical cannabis products and services. The company was founded by Nicholas Keane Vita and Michael Abbott in 1991 and is headquartered in Columbia, IL.

Leaders Quest Ltd. is a non-profit membership organization that focuses on developing leadership skills. The private company is based in London, UK and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom. The British company was founded in 2002 by Jane Fields Wicker-Miurin.

The Trusteeship is an invitation-only organization that connects preeminent women leaders from diverse fields and industries in Southern California. The Trusteeship is based in Pasadena, CA. The Trusteeship is the Southern chapter of the International Women’s Forum, a global organization of preeminent women of significant and diverse achievement across six continents, 33 nations, and 74 affiliated forum locations. The organization's membership base covers eight counties in Southern California, including Los Angeles, and its members are from academia, the arts, armed forces, corporate and entrepreneurial business, banking and investments, entertainment and media, law, public sector, sports, sciences, nonprofits, to name a few. Founded in 1979, the organization provides its members with a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences in an environment of collegiality.

The UC Irvine Health Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine operates clinics and healthcare centers. The private company is based in Costa Mesa.

Lord Abbett Credit Opportunities Fund is a closed-end management investment company that continuously offers its common shares and is operated as an interval fund. The company was founded on September 18, 2018 and is Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

2020 Women On Boards, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 by Malli Gero and Stephanie Sonnabend. The private company is expanding their campaign to as many as 40 cities within the US and abroad. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company's mission is to promote gender balance on corporate boards of directors. The company achieved their initial goal of having at least 20% of all public company board seats held by women a year early in 2019. The company continues to track, analyze, and publish statistics on women on the boards of Russell 3000 companies in their gender diversity index report and directory. The CEO is Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire.

Lord Abbett Enhanced Floating Rate Fund operates as an organized, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that offers its shares and is operated as an interval fund. Its investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Alliance for Southern California Innovation is a non-profit organization that supports leaders and stakeholders in nurturing and growing the Southern California innovation ecosystem. The private company is based in Pasadena. The American company offers programs to explore the innovation communities in the region.

Part of The Cooper Cos., Inc., Generate Life Sciences Co. is a private company that provides sperm and egg donation, newborn stem cell processing, genetic screening, medical device, and healthcare technology services. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The CEO of the company is Richard Jennings. Generate Life Sciences was acquired by CooperSurgical, Inc. on December 17, 2021 for $1,605 million.

Lord Abbett Special Situations Income Fund operates as an interval fund. It is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment firm. Its investment objective is total return and capital appreciation. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Oncolyze, Inc. is a private company developing a novel technology for cancer treatment. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded by Steven J. Evans and John H. Abeles. The company's lead drug candidate targets the cancer cell membrane and selectively kills cancer cells and cancer stem cells while sparing normal cells, potentially providing a highly effective treatment with little to no side effects. The initial therapeutic target is acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer with a low five-year survival rate. Oncolyze's drug has been shown to destroy leukemic cancer stem cells, disrupting current medical treatment. Steven J. Evans has been the CEO since incorporation.