Michael Steele

Verax Biomedical, Inc. develops rapid tests for detecting bacterial contaminants in blood cells and tissues. The firm's first target application for its technology is to test for the presence of bacterial contaminants in platelets and bacterial contaminants in platelets and red blood cells represent the greatest lethal infectious risks in transfusion medicine today and no rapid, simple methods are presently available to effectively address this threat. Verax Biomedical was founded by Joe R. Sanders and Joe L. Straight in 1999 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

The Grosvenor Funds (Grosvenor Funds) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Bruce B. Dunnan and Dunnan Doug. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Overture Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of decisioning software solutions to the mortgage and education finance industries. Its products and services encompass automated underwriting, analytics, SAAS, managed services, cloud applications, AWS, credit, and private student loans. The company was founded by William E. Kelvie and Peter Carroll in 2000 and is headquartered in Potomac, MD.

LPL Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1989 as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. They are a direct subsidiary of LPL Holdings, Inc., owned by LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA). LPL Financial offers various types of advisory services and programs to individual and institutional clients.

AnyPresence, Inc. operates as an enterprise mobile backend-as-a-service and multi-platform mobile app builder. It offers employee engagement, millennial workforce, and mobile productivity solutions, mobile platform and self-service solutions for utilities serving residential and commercial buildings and a mobile platform for healthcare providers to build and deploy mobile apps for patient and physician engagement. The company was founded by Anirban Chakrabarti, Richard Mendis and Rakesh Rao in 2011 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Quad Learning, Inc. develops a two-year program of advanced college coursework. Its services include course design, faculty support, student recruitment, selective admissions and resources. Its program enables students to prepare for and transfer to junior-and senior-level coursework at top-tier colleges and universities in the country. The company was founded by Philip L. Bronner and Christopher Romer in 2012 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Clark Enterprises, Inc. engages in investment activities. The firm provides its services to real estate investments, commercial, residential construction companies, venture capital and private equity businesses. The company was founded by Alfred James Clark in 1972 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

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.

CNF Investments LLC (CNF Investments) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Clark Enterprises, Inc. The firm is founded in 1997. It’s headquartered in Bethesda, US.

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (DWA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Robert Douglass Jr. and John Winthrop Jr. in 2000. DWA provides customized investment management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, families, trusts and endowments.

Ecutel Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile virtual private network software that enables remote employees to securely access enterprise data and applications. The firm's products are sold through partners such as Siemens Business Services, Hewlett-Packard and Matsushita Electric. Its services clients in the manufacturing, financial services, health care, education and government industries. The company was founded by Dzung Tran in 1996 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority provides air transportation services. The company's services include ground handling services to domestic as well as foreign airlines, and other services related to airfreight. It operates Washington Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports. The company was founded in 1987 by the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Virginia and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

TerraGo Technologies, Inc. provides mapping and geospatial software solutions. It develops location intelligence, geospatial collaboration and field data collection solutions that help the defense and intelligence departments, government agencies and commercial enterprises achieve mission success. The firm has locations in Arlington, Atlanta and Perthshire. The company was founded by George Demmy and Alan Stewart on June 30, 2005 and is headquartered Sterling, VA.

The Meyer Foundation is an organization dedicated to advancing equity and justice by building power. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company aims to eliminate systemic racism and its consequences in the greater community. The foundation provides a racial equity toolkit with curated resources on various topics such as organizational culture, systems change, and anti-racism. The company supports organizations that are working towards achieving a racially and economically just community through a systems approach.

The DC Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce organization based in Washington.

District of Columbia College Access Program provides assistance to the students. It is a non-profit organization funded by Washington-area companies and foundations, encourages and enables DC public high school students to enter and graduate from college. It offers individual and group counseling, financial and application assistance and student support services. District of Columbia College Access Program is located in Washington, DC

Subsystem Technologies Inc. provides information technology services. It specializes in advanced engineering, advanced analytics, management consulting and a range of information technology services including cyber security. The company was founded by Samir Maholtra in 1986 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

KZO Innovations, Inc. provides on-line video technology and the practical application. The firm offers SaaS based enterprise video platform that allows its customers to create, manage and deliver video in a secure manner with a focus on e-Learning and corporate communications. The company was founded by Jodi Wilkinson, Phil Cruver, Oscar Navarro, Wes Cruver and Jeff Fissel in 2007 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Alfred Street Partners LLC (Alfred Street Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by John Brady. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Friends of the National Zoo is a non-profit organization that operates to raise funds to support the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute save animal species. It also offers educational programs. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Arborview Capital LLC (Arborview Capital) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2008 by Karl N Khoury and Joe E Lipscomb. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Vital Sensors Holding Co., Inc. Develops chip based pressure sensors. It offers continuous or on demand data capture and read out capabilities that will support clinicians and patients in the management of cardiovascular and other disease state. The company was founded in 2002 by Volker Bödecker and Max Georg Ostermeier and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Lang Strategies LLC provides business development and leadership consulting services. The private company is based in Washington. Barbara B. Lang has been the CEO of the American company since 2014.

Clark Enterprises, Inc. (Wealth Management) (Clark Enterprises-WM) is the wealth management division of Clark Enterprises, Inc., an investment company headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1972 by A. James Clark. Clark Enterprises-WM manages investments for private clients.

CircleBack, Inc. engages in provision of contacts application solutions. It offers contact updates, email capture, and business card scanning. The company was founded by Manoj Ramnani in 2012 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.