Richard J. Gessner

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB provides financial services. It operates as a locally managed community banking institution serving Delaware Valley families and businesses of all sizes. Its subsidiaries or divisions include, cash connect, Christiana trust, Christiana trust company of DE, cypress capital management, powder mill financial solutions, WSFS wealth investments, west capital management and WSFS mortgage. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

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

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Comenity Bank owns and issues the express credit card accounts. The firm underwrites the accounts and fund purchases for credit card and commercial credit clients. Its clients include apparel retailers, Limited Brands, and Redcats USA. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MVB Bank, Inc. engages in the provision of retail and commercial banking and financial products and services. It offers wealth management, mortgage, loans, and mobile and online banking. The company was founded on October 30, 1997 and is headquartered in Fairmont, WA.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (Chartwell) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Timothy Riddle in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Carillon Tower Advisers, Inc. (dba Raymond James Investment Management), which is owned by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) in Great Britain. Chartwell provides investment supervisory services on a continuous basis to a variety of individual, institutional, investment company, private fund and corporate clients. The firm is a sub-adviser to investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The Greater Philadelphia Food Bank provides food assistance services. The non-profit company is based in Philadelphia, PA.

Delaware Bankers Association is a business association. The firm is a not-for-profit private trade association comprised of national and state chartered banks, non-depository trust companies and savings banks that have assets in or are authorized to accept deposits in Delaware. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Dover, DE.

Part of United Way Worldwide, United Way of Delaware, Inc. offers economic stability and financial empowerment for early education, college and career readiness. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

JEVS Human Services provides social services. It offers career and college strategies, training solutions, employer staffing, network, community collaborative, living and home support, vocational research, and work and recovery program services. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Philabundance provides food services to the community. The company was founded in 1984 by Pamela Rainey Lawler and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce is an organization that encourages young professionals to get involved in the State Chamber and further their professional growth through the Young Professionals Network (DYPN). The location of the non-profit company is in Wilmington, DE. The company also hosts events and has an archive of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Weekly Report email.

The Chamber of Commerce For Greater Philadelphia operates a chamber of commerce. The private company is based in Philadelphia. Rochelle Cameron has been the CEO of the American company since 2022.

Delaware Business Roundtable provides public education transformation services for entrepreneurs. The private company is based in Wilmington, DE.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides health care services. It specializes in pediatrics, research, fetal surgery, pediatric oncology, pediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, thoracic insufficiency syndrome, and pediatric airway disorders and transplants. The company was founded by Francis West Lewis in 1855 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Ashford Capital Management, Inc. (Ashford) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm was founded by Theodore H. Ashford in 1979. Ashford offers investment management services to institutions and high net worth individuals that seek to discover small growth companies. The firm offers both separately managed accounts and limited partnership investment opportunities.

Wilmington Renaissance Corp. is a non-profit organization, which develops and implements strategies that will increase the economic vitality of Downtown Wilmington. The organization was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.