Amit Sharma

The Skoll Foundation invests in social entrepreneurs through its flagship award program, the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. These three-year awards support the continuation, replication or extension of programs that have proved successful in addressing a broad array of critical social issues: tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, economic and social equity, institutional responsibility, and peace and security. The foundation was founded in 1999 by Jeff Skoll and is located is Palo Alto, California.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Porter Novelli, Inc. provides public relations services. It specializes in direct consumer contact, corporate, public affairs, health care marketing and strategy for technology companies. The company was founded by Jack Porter and William Novelli in 1972 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CarryOn Communication, Inc. provides public relations services. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Kevin S. Grangier, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP provides legal services. It specializes in trial, appellate, securities, regulatory, intellectual property, corporate transactions, bankruptcy, environmental, labor and employment, private client, real estate and tax matters. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Direct Relief provides medical assistance to improve the quality of life for people affected by poverty, disaster, and civil unrest at home and throughout the world. Direct Relief works to support the work of healthcare providers, equipping them with the medicines, supplies and equipment. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

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.

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.

International Rescue Committee, Inc. provides rescue and emergency services. It provides services like emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement services, and oppression. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pacific Council on International Policy operates as a foreign affairs firm. The firm specializes International Affairs, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Public Policy, National Security, International Economics, Government, Professional Networking, Events, Non Profit, International Policy and International Business, Analysis. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Share Our Strength, Inc. runs a national campaign for eradicating poverty and hunger. It offers school break fast, summer and after school meals, food skills education and advocacy solutions. It runs No Kid Hungry, is a national campaign to solve problems of childhood hunger. The company was founded by Billy Shore and Debbie Shore in 1984 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

MUFG Securities Americas, Inc. is the US-based broker/dealer subsidiary of MUFG Americas Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306) in Japan. The firm is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago. MUFG Securities Americas was founded in 2003 and were formerly known as Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. They offer an expansive product suite through capital markets, credit, rates, equities and structured products.

Henry L. Stimson Center operates as a nonpartisan policy research center. The firm works to solve refugee flows, arms trafficking, and terrorism. Its program include conventional defense, global political demography, space security, food security, and environmental security. The company was founded by Barry Blechman and Michael Krepon in 1989 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Girl Scouts of Colorado provides events and management services. Its programs include science, technology, engineering and math, outdoors, life skills, and entrepreneurship. The company was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in March 1912 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

World Hope International, Inc. operates as a Christian relief and development organization. It works with vulnerable and exploited communities to alleviate poverty, suffering and injustice. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

InterAction, Inc. operates as an alliance organization. Its programs include Global Development Policy and Learning (GDPL); Humanitarian Policy and Practice (HPP); and Membership and Public Engagement (MPE). The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Command Consulting Group LLC provides safety, security, and risk management solutions. It offers services to the government, private sector, individual, and family clients. The firm provides end-to-end support by helping its clients assess risk against capabilities and then by designing and implementing targeted solutions to protect people and property. The company was founded by W. Ralph Basham, Joe Hagin, Steve Atkiss and Thad Bingel in 2009 and is headquartered Washington, DC.

Empowerment Capital Management LLC (Empowerment Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Steven Bachar and Amit Sharma. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

RANE Network, Inc. engages in the provision of risk management services. It offers risk intelligence, risk monitoring, network services, and expert marketplace. The company was founded by David Lawrence and Jeff Schwartz in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FinClusive Capital, Inc. develops block chain architected digital banking, routing and payments platform. The company is headquartered in Guilford, VT.