Ghazal Badiozamani

National Federation of Advanced Information Services is a non-profit organization that engages in the provision of analysis, news alerts, and education services. It serves the global information community by fostering collaboration among government, academic, not-for-profit and commercial information and technology experts in the development of effective and efficient solutions to the accessibility, discoverability, abstracting and indexing, and retrieval of scholarly content. The company was founded by G. Mile Conrad and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

Solidia Technologies, Inc. develops a technology platform that enables production of next generation building and construction materials. The firm also commercializes its proprietary technology based on low temperature solidification, which enables the production of building and construction materials, such as concrete and stone at low temperatures and pressures. The company was founded by Richard E. Riman in 2008 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.