Steven E. Starks

Michaels Stores, Inc. owns and operates a chain of specialty retail stores. It provides arts, crafts, framing, floral, home décor and seasonal merchandise for the hobbyist and do-it-yourself home decorator. The firm's crafting classes, in-store events, project sheets and displays, mobile applications and on-line videos; they offer a shopping experience that can inspire creativity and confidence in their customers' artistic abilities. The company was founded by Michael J. Dupey in 1983 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Blue Yonder Group, Inc. engages in the provision of integrated enterprise-wide software products and consulting services. It offers cloud services, customer solution development, customer support, electronic data interchange, education and training, implementation and upgrades, performance services, and strategy and optimization. The company was founded by James D. Armstrong and Frederick M. Pakis in 1985 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Venture Investors LLC (Venture Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

Part of Baird Financial Group, Inc., Robert W. Baird Ltd. is an employee-owned firm based in London, UK that offers wealth management, capital markets, asset management, and private equity services. The British company is dedicated to providing the best advice and service to its individual, corporate, institutional, and municipal clients by leveraging its deep expertise and broad skills.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. publishes and distributes educational content, software and services. The firm operates through four segments: Higher Education, K-12, International and Professional. The higher education segment relates to the development of product across all disciplines, the K-12 segment relates to content development and the international segment relates to locally developed products or adaptations and translations of existing higher education, K-12 and professional products in both digital and print format. The professional segment relates to new titles and revisions, similar to the higher education segment, and include activities related to the creation of the actual product. The company was founded by James Hill McGraw in 1888 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The University of Chicago Medical Center includes a primary adult care hospital, a children's hospital, a women's health and maternity facility, an outpatient care center, a network of area physicians and a home health care organization. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Baird Financial Corp. provides financial services. It offers wealth management, investment banking, institutional equities and research, and public finance services. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Helzberg Diamond Shops, Inc. sells ready-made and customized jewelries. It offers diamond jewelry, earrings, pendants and necklaces, bracelets, watches, men's jewelry and birthstones. The company was founded by Morris Helzberg in 1915 and is headquartered in North Kansas City, MO.

Part of UBS Group AG, Kidder Peabody & Co., Inc. /Non Retail Unit/ is a security brokers & dealers. The company is based in Staten Island, NY.

Part of Macy's, Inc., R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. operates retail department stores. The company is based in New York, NY.

Circuit Check, Inc. manufactures in-circuit and functional test fixtures for printed circuit board. Its products include test systems, in-circuit test fixtures, functional test fixtures, and application specific solutions. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

Baird Capital Partners Europe Ltd (Baird Capital Partners Europe) is a private equity & venture capital subsidiary of Robert W. Baird & Co Inc founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom with additional office in Hamburg.

Robert W. Baird & Co Inc (Private Equity) (Robert W. Baird) is a private equity division of Robert W. Baird & Co Inc formed in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Lyric Opera of Chicago provides live theatrical presentations. The company was founded by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence V. Kelly in 1954 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc./Venture Partners/ (Baird Venture) is a venture capital division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. founded in 2000 by Thomas Desmond. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Utah Technology Council operates a business association for IT and life science communities. The private company is based in Salt Lake City, UT. John Knotwell has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Network Towers LLC provides consulting services to the wireless telecommunications industry. The firm also owns and operates wireless communication towers. The company was founded in 1999 and is located in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

RedPrairie Holding, Inc. develops productivity software solutions. It offers solutions for supply chain management, workforce management, and in store productivity solutions. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

National Association of Corporate Directors provides online and print information services to directors of public companies. It offers in-boardroom education, evaluation, governance reviews, board composition and succession planning, board recruitment, ongoing advisory, insights, and analytics services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

PPC Investment Partners LP (PPC Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Tony N. Pritzker and Jay Robert Pritzker. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Jewelers Vigilance Committee is an organization that focuses on educating and regulating the ethics and integrity of the jewelry industry. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. Tiffany C. Stevens has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

American Gem Society is a non profit organization that operates as a trade association for jewelry retailer. It provides educational products to inform and protect the consumer and to contributing to the betterment of the trade by creating industry standards to protect the jewelry-buying public and the fine jewelry industry as a whole. The company was founded by Robert M. Shipley in 1934 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Dallas Summer Musicals is a non-profit company that delivers Broadway shows and events to diverse, multi-generational audiences. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The company has been providing the hottest, most award-winning, edge-of-your seat exciting shows for over 80 years. The company's mission is to grow their already expansive education programs and community partnerships which allow them to share the “spirit of Broadway” with members of their community who might not otherwise have access to their world-class productions.

Misericordia Home is a non-profit organization that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Ascend Learning LLC provides technology based learning solutions. The firm offers online education, assessment, remediation, certification, and e-learning solutions for the post-secondary academic markets. It also serves the nursing, allied health, sports medicine, public safety, and the financial services industries. The company is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Pluralsight Holdings LLC provides online training for information technology and hardcore software developers. The company is headquartered in Farmington, UT.

Pluralsight LLC engages in online development and IT training services. Its platform includes browse library, plural Insight IQ, paths, mentoring, mobile apps, and professional services. The firm serves the individuals, small business, academic, federal government, and state and local government. The company was founded by Keith Sparkjoy, Fritz Onion, Keith Brown, Bill Williams and Aaron Skonnard in 2004 and is headquartered in Farmington, UT.