Rustin Brown

The Advisory Board Co. engages in the provision of performance improvement software and solutions to the health care and higher education industries. Its education programs support colleges and universities in enrollment management, academic programming and student learning, faculty recruitment and retention, student advising, alumni affairs and college and university operations. The company was founded by David G. Bradley in 1979 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP provides legal services. It counsels clients in litigation, corporate and tax, intellectual property and restructuring matters. The firm offers intellectual property, antitrust and competition, international trade and national security, real estate and tax, benefits and estate planning services. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provides legal services. It offers legal solutions to areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency, and restructuring, investment management, tax, and litigation. The company was founded by Francis N. Bangs in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP provides legal services. Its areas of practices include corporate, litigation, banking and credit, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, private funds, intellectual property, restructuring and bankruptcy, and tax. The firm serves the energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance and reinsurance, technology, retail, defense, education and transportation industries. The company operates through its offices located in Beijing, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo and Washington, DC. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Teach For America, Inc. provides teachers and educational services to communities. It operates as corps of recent college graduates and professionals of various academic majors and career interests. The company?s corps members commit to teach in urban and rural public schools. The firm also offers early childhood education, math and science, and teach for all initiatives to address needs in education. Teach For America was founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. operates an organization that runs campaigns for political parties. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Manatt Digital Media Ventures is a venture capital arm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices across the country.

Accelerate 500, Inc. is an American company that helps new majority entrepreneurs accelerate from high potential to high growth. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's goal is to create $100 billion of new wealth and economic power for and by the new majority. The company is dedicated to helping small businesses scale to high growth companies. The company was founded in 2015 by Melissa L. Bradley, who has been the CEO since 2015.