Lisa Toleno

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Mission Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Robert F. Kibble. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Imagination.Org provides educational supporting services. The firm leads special campaigns, tells inspiring stories of creative kids and communities and grow imagination chapters around the world. The company was founded by Nirvan Mullick in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Strive for College provides education services. Its mentoring team works for one hour online weekly for up to 3 semesters. The company was founded by Michael Carter in 2007 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

BloomBoard, Inc. operates a cloud-based teacher evaluation, data capture and insights platform. It offers observation and evaluation tools for districts and individualized learning plans. The firm designs and develops a learning management platform for professional development implementation, continuous coaching and teachers' observation. The company was founded by Jason Calder Lange and Eric Dunn on March 1, 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

AdvancePath Academics, Inc. engages in the provision of education services. The company was founded by John Murray, Ferrell Harris, Jason T. Eglit, and Wade Davis 2005 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

X PRIZE Foundation creates educational programming for students and space enthusiasts. It offers services in space and ocean exploration, life sciences, energy and environment, education, and global development areas. The company was founded by Peter Diamandis in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.