David J. Buckley

Connecticut Innovations, Inc (CI) is venture capital firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

ESL Investments, Inc. is a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor and registered investment adviser founded in 1988. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, ESL manages assets on a discretionary basis in one master fund, ESL Partners LP. They also offer investments in ESL Partners through ESL Limited, a Bermuda-based “feeder fund”. Investors in the funds are generally comprised of ultra high-net worth individuals and family offices, but also include private and public pension plans, financial institutions, and other institutional investors.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

USHG LLC owns and operates a chain of restaurants and cafes. The firm is a restaurant development group with a controlling interest in the Shake Shack quick-service restaurant franchise, eight fine dining restaurants, concessions in stadiums and other public spaces, a catering company, and a hospitality consultancy. The company was founded by Daniel Harris Meyer in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provides advisory and legal services. It specializes in mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, takeovers and takeover defense, corporate and securities law, and corporate governance. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

March of Dimes Foundation is a non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health. The organization works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. March of Dimes Foundation was founded on January 3, 1938 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

JPMorgan Investment Bank operates as an investment banking firm. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SSE Holdings LLC operates as a investment holding company. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Shake Shack Enterprises LLC operates a chain of fast casual restaurants in New York City. It offers burgers, flat-top dogs, fries, frozen custard, shakes, drinks, beer, wine, and treats for clients. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Binghamton, NY.

T.Y.P Restaurant Group, Inc. provides healthy market inspired food at an affordable price. The firm offers salads, entrees, sandwiches, soups, desserts, pastries and daily specials. The company was founded by Erik Oberholtzer, Matt Lyman and David Dressler and is headquartered in Culver City, CA.

Advances In Kidney Disease & Health provides awareness on kidney and urinary tract diseases. The organization helps to increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago provides healthcare services to children. It offers pediatric services like acute and specialty care. It also operates a pediatric home health care agency and Children's Memorial Institute for education and research. The company was founded in 1882 by Julia Foster Porter and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Trevi Management LP (Trevi Health Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by David Robbins and Andrew Fink. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional office in London.

EasyLap Ltd. is a privately held company dedicated to advancing laparoscopy through its proprietary, patented technologies. Its vision is to enable widespread use of laparoscopy through devices that shorten the learning curve, reduce laparoscopic procedure time, optimize technique, and minimize complications. Easy-Lap's first suite of products, the I-Mesh series, offers an intelligent path to laparoscopic success in hernia repair. The Company is founded by Eldar Samuel, Einat Duvdevany-Fabian, and Fabian Izhak in 2007 and is headquartered in Kfar Truman, Israel.

Optovue, Inc. develops ophthalmic diagnosis instruments based on the Fourier-Domain OCT technology. Its products include Avanti, RTVue Premier, iFusion, iVue, iCam, iScan, iStand and Networking. The company was founded by Jay Wei and Tom Zhao in 2003 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include antitrust, bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate governance and investigations, crisis advisory and management, employee benefits, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, media, real estate, tax, and trusts. The company was founded by Joseph P. Cotton, George S. Franklin, William G. McAdoo and Francis McAdoo in 1919 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NYU Elaine A. & Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center provides health care services. It offers treatments for bone, joint, and muscle disorders; brain and nervous system disorders cancers, tumors and blood disorders; genetic and chromosomal disorders and immune system disorders. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Kmart Holding Corp. provides mass merchandising services. It serves through its Kmart and Kmart Supercenter retail outlets in Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands & Guam and through its online shopping website. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.