Rich L. Shorten

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New Jersey State Bar Association operates as a not-for-profit organization. It educates the public to enhance awareness of the legal system. The company was founded in June 1899 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

Gibbons P.C. provides legal services. It offers business and commercial litigation, corporate, government affairs, criminal defense and employment law. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

Xchange Telecom Corp. provides international communication services. It offers metro ethernet, private line data solutions, skywire pro, business internet, metroflex sip trunks, business pots, FaxMailPro and scan and colocations services. The company was founded by Alfred West and Alan Levy in 2002 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students. The organization was founded in 1870 and it is headquartered in New York, NY

Cozen O'Connor provides legal services. It offers services in areas of business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, IPOs, corporate governance and compliance, insurance corporate and regulatory matters, securities, tax, real estate, bankruptcy, intellectual property, health law, public finance, employee benefits, trust and estates, and energy, environmental and public utilities. The company was founded by Stephen A. Cozen and Patrick J. O´Connor in 1970 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

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.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

MEMSIC, Inc. supplies inertial sensors systems, sensor components and wireless sensors. It provides advanced semiconductor sensors and multi-sensor system solutions based on micro-electromechanical systems technology and sophisticated integration technologies in both the IC level and module level. The company was founded by Yang Zhao in 1999 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

The Federal Bar Association is a professional organization for private and government lawyers and judges. The non-profit company is based in Arlington, VA.

New Jersey Technology Council provides business development, education and advocacy services. It serves communications, e-business, multimedia, consumer technologies, manufacturing, engineering and energy sectors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

New York Stock Exchange LLC operates securities exchange market. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Barnana PBC engages in the provision of banana-based snacks. Its products include banana bites, cookie brittle, plantain chips and plantain tortilla chips. The company was founded by Caue Suplicy, Nik Ingersoll and Matthew Clifford in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society operates as an organization for liberal arts and science education. The non-profit company is based in Washington.

FiberLight LLC provides fiber optic network services. The firm offers cloud connect, dark fiber, wireless backhaul, wavelength, ethernet NNI, and transport services. The company was founded by Michael P. Miller and Kevin B. Coyne in 1998 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Digitas, Inc. provides digital and interactive marketing services to the Internet-based and e-commerce companies. The company also provides cross-channel communications to clients. Its services include customer acquisition, cross-sell, loyalty, affinity and customer care operations. The company was founded by Robert L. Cosinuk in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Vivacity Infrastructure Group LLC designs, develops, and deploys fiber optic and wireless network infrastructure. The company is based in Naperville, IL, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company provides planning, design, construction, maintenance, and commercialization services for fiber optic and wireless infrastructure. The company works through outsourced contracts, public-private partnerships (P3), co-investments, and joint builds. The company's markets include FTTH, transportation, communication, and utilities. The company was founded in 2009, and the CEO is Lynn E. Refer.

Keen Growth Capital Advisors LLC (Keen Growth Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jonathan Smiga and Jerry M. Bello. The firm is headquartered in Windermere, Florida.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.