Edward D. White

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

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.

Part of International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, The Value Reporting Foundation is a non-profit organization that offers support services for businesses and investors. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The CEO of the company is Janine M. Guillot. The Value Reporting Foundation was acquired by International Sustainability Standards Board on November 04, 2021.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board provides oversight of accounting standards. The non-profit company is based in Norwalk, CT.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Factor[E] Ventures Ltd (Factor[E] Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Bryan Willson. The firm is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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.

Bloomberg LP engages in the provision of business data, news, and financial information services. Its product include Bloomberg terminal, execution and order management, content and data, financial data management, and integration and distribution. The company was founded by Michael Rubens Bloomberg, Charles M. Zegar, Thomas F. Secunda, and Duncan L. MacMillan in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

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.

Cytovale, Inc. develops mechanical biomarkers to improve human health based on the mechanical properties of individual cells or mechanomics. The company was founded by Dino Di Carlo, Ajay M. Shah and Tat Kwong Tse in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cloud Academy, Inc. provides cloud computing learning technologies to the companies and individuals. The firm's solutions include management of multi-cloud, migration to clud and developing tech talent. The company was founded by Stefano Bellasio, Anthony Russell and Giacomo Marinangeli in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Confrapar Participações e Pesquisa SA (Confrapar) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2007.

NextBio Corp. provides a scientific platform to aggregate and interpret quantities of genomic data for research and clinical applications. It offers products for pharmaceutical, bio-tech, academia, and medicine organizations. The company was founded by Saeid Akhtari and Ilya Kupershmidt in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Pactolus Ventures LLC (Pactolus Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Endless Mobile, Inc. develops platforms and solutions for smart phones. Its product Endless OS, is an operating system which comes pre-installed with over 100 apps. The company was founded by Matthew Dalio and Marcelo Sampaio in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ThrustMe SAS is a French company that specializes in providing ground and space equipment to help research and test space hardware before launch. The company is based in Verrieres-le-Buisson, France. The company's i2t5 system is a cold gas propulsion system designed for cubesats and nanosats that operates with solid iodine propellant. ThrustMe aims to deliver groundbreaking mobility solutions for satellites, promoting economic and environmental sustainability in the space industry. It was founded in 2017 by Ane Aanesland and Dmytro Rafalskyi, with Ane Aanesland serving as the CEO since then.

Aperia Technologies, Inc. provides automatic tire inflation devices. Its products are used in various types of fleet vehicles, including buses, box trucks, tractors, trailers, and refuse vehicles. The company was founded by Joshua Carter and Brandon Richardson in 2010 and is headquartered in Burlingame. CA.

Motiv Power Systems, Inc. engages in the development of software to electrify medium-duty trucks and buses. It offers Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis (EPIC), an all-electric equivalent to the internal combustion powered chassis fleets used in medium-duty vehicles. Its product is available in body configurations including step vans, box trucks, work trucks, shuttle buses, school buses, trolleys, and other specialty vehicles. The company was founded by Jim Michael Castelaz in August 2009 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

IPWireless, Inc. develops and delivers silicon, software, and network infrastructure wireless solutions. The company was founded by John D. Lockton, William J. Jones and Roger P Quayle in April 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bank of America, NA (Private Banking) (Bank of America-PB) is the private banking arm of Bank of America, NA, which is a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1947 and is also known as US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Bank of America-PB provides comprehensive wealth management products and services that focuses on wealth structuring (wealth planning, trusts and estates, philanthropy, custody services), investment management (portfolio consulting, asset management, capital markets, specialty asset management) and credit and banking (financial management tools, liquidity services, custom credit, real estate finance) for high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth individuals and families.

Ceres Nanosciences, Inc. provides research, development, and commercialization of innovative sample preparation products, based on its proprietary technology. The company was founded by Emanuel F. Petrioin III, Lance Liota and Ross M. Dunlap in 2008 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.

Equilibrium Capital Group LLC provides financial services. The company offers investment strategy, research and strategy development products. Equilibrium Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

American Heart Association, Inc. operates a voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. The organization offers services for coronary heart diseases and strokes, high blood cholesterol & physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Fifth Era LLC (Fifth Era) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Alison Davis and Matthew Le Merle. The firm is headquartered in Tiburon, California.

Part of International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, IFRS Foundation provides accounting, tax and IT services. Koushik Chatterjee has been the CEO of the American company since 2023.

The Institute of Internal Auditors is an international professional association that serves over 235,000 members and has awarded more than 190,000 certified internal auditor (CIA) certifications worldwide. The non-profit company is based in Lake Mary, USA and has subsidiaries in more than 170 countries and territories. Established in 1941, the IIA is recognized throughout the world as the internal audit profession's leader in standards, certifications, education, research, and technical guidance. Anthony J. Pugliese has been the CEO of the American company since 2021.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Protiviti, Inc. provides global business consulting and internal auditing. It offers business performance improvement, data management and advanced analytics, digital transformation, forensic, internal audit and financial advisory, managed business services, risk and compliance, technology consulting, and transaction services. The company was founded in May 2002 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Incapture LP provides investment services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.