Laura Liu

NorthWestern Corp. engages in generating and distributing electricity and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Electric, Gas, and Other. The Electric segment includes generation, transmission, and distribution of electric utility business as a vertically integrated generation transmission and distribution utility. The Gas segment consists of production, storage, transmission, and distribution of natural gas. The Other segment consists of unallocated corporate costs. The company was founded in November 1923 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Northern States Power Co. engages in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity. It operates through the following segments: Regulated Electric, Regulated Natural Gas, and Other. The Regulated Electric segment generates electricity which is transmitted and distributed in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Regulated Natural Gas segment includes transports, stores, and distributes natural gas in portions of Minnesota and North Dakota. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Nonin Medical, Inc. designs and manufactures noninvasive medical monitoring solutions. Its product offerings include pulse oximeters, regional oximeters, capnographs, sensors, software and accessories. The firm sells its products to health professionals and consumers. It has offices in Amsterdam and Plymouth. The company was founded Philip O. Isaacson in 1986 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Basho Technologies, Inc. develops non structured query language (NoSQL) database technology. It offers Riak, an open-source distributed database used to power scalable, data-intensive web, mobile, and e-commerce applications; and Riak CS, an open source storage software built on top of Riak that can be used to build public or private clouds, or as storage to power applications and services. The company was founded by Earl P. Galleher, Jeffrey M. Hoffman and Antony P. Falco in January 2008 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Hillcrest Capital Partners LLC (Hillcrest Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Jeff Turner. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction serves owners, architects, and developers. A&P provides construction management, design/build and general contracting services to public and private clients. A&P serves the K-12 school, energy, healthcare, higher education, municipal, multi-family, retail, and senior living market segments from its offices in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas and Washington (Rushforth Construction is a wholly owned subsidiary in Tacoma, Washington).

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

MMIC Group, Inc. provides medical professional liability insurance and risk management services. The firm serves the entire health care community, including large hospitals and health care systems, physician practices, outpatient and long-term care facilities. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

The American Gas Association represents over 200 energy companies that provide natural gas service to 180 million Americans. The private company is based in Washington. The American company's natural gas utilities are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through new and modernized infrastructure and advanced technologies that maintain reliable, resilient, and affordable energy service choices for consumers. The company advocates on behalf of its member natural gas distribution utilities before Federal agencies in the area of energy market regulation.

HealthPartners, Inc. provides medical and dental clinic, medical insurance and pharmacy services. It engages in providing health care and health plan financing and administration services. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Washington Policy Center promotes sound public policy based on free-market solutions. It improves lives of Washington state’s citizens by providing research for policymakers, the media and the general public. The firm also publishes studies, sponsors events and conferences and educates citizens on the vital public policy issues facing in the region. Its focus areas include education, environment, health care, small business and agriculture. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Established in 1906, the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is located St. Paul, Minnesota. They are a nonprofit health and human services organization, offering a wide variety of programs that help children succeed in school, older adults remain independent, troubled youth and families create healthy futures and individuals and families maintain long-term housing.

The Science Museum of Minnesota provides research and collection facilities. It programs combine research and collection facilities, a public science education center, extensive teacher education and school outreach. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Xcel Energy Services, Inc. provides electric and natural gas utility services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Greater Twin Cities United Way provides services related to basic needs, education and health to the people in some counties in Minnesota. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

University Enterprise Laboratories, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization. It provides a host of supports including targeted programming, networking, shared equipment, and services and facilities. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce operates as a chamber of commerce for business community. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

The Bush Foundation engages in the provision of grants and investments to support organizations. It offers community innovation grants, Bush fellowship, Bush prize for community innovation, 2020 school design institute, change networks, event sponsorship, and President's innovation and partnership grant. The company was founded by Archibald Granville Bush and Edyth Bush in 1953 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

District Heating Development Co. provides water supply and irrigation systems. It offers district heating and cooling services. The company was founded by George Latimer in 1983 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Neighborhood House Association provides comprehensive health and human services. The firm offers its services through programs that include child development, family day care, senior nutrition, adult day health care, mental health services, housing and rental assistance and other related services that assist low-income and less fortunate families. The company was founded by Helen Marston and Mary Marston in 1914 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Opportunity Partners, Inc. operates organization to provide training, employment and residential support to disabled people. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Regions Hospital Foundation operates hospital and offers health care services. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Hudson Hospital & Clinic provides healthcare services. The frim offers cancer care, ear, nose & throat, endocrinology, heart care, internal medicine, nephrology, neurology, podiatry, pulmonary medicine and rheumatology services. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Hudson, WI.

6fusion USA, Inc. develops a Software-as-a-Service based infrastructure metering and management platform. It offers solutions for information technology infrastructure operation and acquisition. The company was founded by John D. Cowan and Delano Seymour in 2010 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Cloudsoft Corp. Ltd. specializes in automated multi-cloud application management. The firm provides open source application management solutions and supports open source projects like Apache Whirr, Jclouds and its own Brooklyn project which enables enterprises to develop, manage and provide large-scale distributed applications at lower cost, complexity and risk. The company was founded by Duncan Johnston-Watt, Alex Heneveld and Derek Gray in 2009 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom

Pax Labs, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic cigarettes. The company was founded by James Monsees and Adam Bowen in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AstrumU, Inc. designs and develops machine learning solutions to help students find careers. The firm offers AstrumU platform. The company was founded by Adam Wray in 2017 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

The Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce operates as a chamber of commerce. The private company is based in Minneapolis.

Tamroc Partners LLC (Tamroc Partners) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.