Patricia Cloherty

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

videoNEXT Federal, Inc. provides physical security information management solutions. Its flagship security operating system platform leverages an information technology approach to video and sensor management for capturing, organizing, storing and displaying video and other data. The company was founded by Christopher Gettings in 2002 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. develops and licenses innovative semiconductor, interconnect and imaging technologies. The company offers mobile computing and communications, memory and data storage and 3-D Integrated Circuit technologies. Tessera Technologies was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

International House Ltd. was specialized in language and professional development courses. The company was founded on August 25, 1993 and was headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

US Small Business Administration provides funding and support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. It delivers loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses. The firm’s programs include financial and federal contract procurement assistance, management assistance, and specialized outreach to women, minorities and armed forces veterans. It also provides loans to victims of natural disasters and specialized advice and assistance in international trade. The company delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam. US Small Business Administration was founded on July 30, 1953 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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.

NYSE Euronext operates financial markets and provides trading solutions. It offers an array of products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, clearing operations, market data, commercial technology solutions and carbon trading, all designed to meet the evolving needs of investors, issuers, financial institutions and market participants. The company was founded by Jean-François Théodore in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.