Thomas J. Ardis

Greenlights for Nonprofit Success provides organizations and individuals with the tools and guidance they need to tackle complex community challenges. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Blackhawk Community Credit Union operates as a credit union which provides financial products and services including checking, savings and loans. The company was founded on June 18, 1965 and is headquartered in Janesville, WI.

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.

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is an organization that helps people in the region achieve greater prosperity by working with businesses looking to create or expand their presence in the Austin region and help them create more jobs. The non-profit company is based in Austin, TX. The company has helped bring more than 400,000 jobs to the region since 2004 and take on the biggest challenges so businesses can focus on growing. Laura Huffman has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Credit Union National Association, Inc. provides credit union products and services. It offers consumer lending services, residential mortgage lending services, credit union specific training platform, and strategic planning. The company was founded on May 22, 1987 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Austin Technology Incubator is a deep tech incubator affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin. The non-profit company is based in Austin, TX. The company's mission is to empower university and community entrepreneurs through a customized approach to effectively commercialize their breakthrough innovations and compete in the marketplace. The company is committed to supporting deep tech solutions that will become the future for today's challenges. It was founded in 1989 and is the longest active technology incubator in Austin. The company was founded by Tab Ebrahim, Robert Norman Neville, Bart Bohn.

Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures provides science and engineering research. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Alberta Innovates Energy & Environment Solutions provides energy and environmental solutions. Its strategic areas are energy technologies, water and environmental management and renewable and emerging resources. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Wisegate LLC provides IT network and information services. It helps security professionals collaborate on security issues using crowdsourced IT research. The company was founded by Sara K. Gates and Daniel Dinhoble in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Triton Ventures LLC (Triton Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Laura J. Kilcrease. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Part of VBT Financial Corp., Vantage Bank Texas is a family-owned community bank based in San Antonio, TX. Vantage Bank Texas is committed to meeting the personal, business, and international banking needs of its customers. The CEOs of the company are Samuel J. Munafo, Jeff Sinnott. Founded in 1923, the bank specializes in providing banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, including deposit, lending, and treasury management solutions. Vantage Bank Texas was acquired by Vantage Bancorp, Inc. on May 08, 2007.

PlainsCapital Bank engages in the operation of a state chartered commercial bank. It offers commercial loans, savings and money market, mortgage loans, wealth management, and investment services. The company was founded by Alan B. White, John C. Owens, and De Pierce in 1988 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

PlainsCapital Corp. ia a financial holding company providing a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Alan B. White and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of Hilltop Holdings, Inc., First Southwest Holdings LLC is a company that provides investment services. The company is based in Dallas, TX. Hill Arnold Feinberg has been the CEO of the company since 1991. First Southwest Holdings was acquired by PlainsCapital Bank on January 02, 2009 for $62.20 million.

The Austin Chamber Music Center (ACMC) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote chamber music in Central Texas. The American company provides high-quality instruction and performance opportunities to expand knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of chamber music. The organization also presents the Felicity Coltman Scholarship Award to middle and high school students who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in chamber music within the Young Artists Academy and/or Summer Workshop.