Michael Whiddon

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Back Yard Burgers, Inc. operates and franchises restaurants and provides catering services. Its restaurants specialize in charbroiled, freshly prepared, great-tasting food. The firm’s menu includes made-to-order gourmet Black Angus hamburgers and chicken sandwiches charbroiled over an open flame, fresh salads, chili and other specialty items, including hand-dipped milkshakes, fresh-made lemonade and fresh-baked cobblers. The company was founded by Lattimore M. Michael in 1987 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.

Proteus Digital Health, Inc. develops medicine products and therapeutic devices. It provides digital health products that collect behavioral, physiologic, and therapeutic metrics, such as medication adherence, heart rate, sleep patterns, physical activity, and stress levels into personal management tools delivered to the mobile devices of consumers. The company was founded by Andrew M. Thompson, George M. Savage, and Mark J. Zdeblick in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Egenera, Inc. provides advanced server virtualization and converged infrastructure solutions. It offers Xterity cloud services that provides an intuitive, drag-and-drop cloud management solution that simplifies all cloud workflow processes including customized design, deployment, scalability, management, pricing, margin analysis, and billing. The firm also provides cloud management software suite. The company was founded by Vern J. Brownell in March 2000 and is headquartered in Boxborough, MA.

Alereon, Inc. designs and develops semiconductor ultra wideband wireless chipsets. It offers UWB ICs and modules, certified wireless USB reference designs, after market/embedded radio solutions, and development kits for use in personal computers and laptops; and portable products, such as digital cameras, mp3 players, mobile handsets, and smart phones. The firm sells its products through online retailers. The company was founded by Eric Broockman in April 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Covenant Physician Partners, Inc. owns and operates healthcare facilities including ambulatory surgery centers. It also operates operates anesthesia companies, anatomic pathology labs, and physician practices. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

FasPsych LLC provides staffing solutions. The firm manages a specialized pool of contracted psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners to provide telepsychiatry services via televideo communication. Its services include psychiatric consultation, utilization review, utilization management, and remote medical administrator and director. The company was founded by Edward C. Irby, Jr. in 2007 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Kaiser Permanente, Inc. provides health plan services. The firm offers individual, family, child, steps, Medicare advantage, and company health plans. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

TechLab, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes rapid non-invasive intestinal diagnostics. It focuses on enteric disease and microbiology of the intestinal tract, and scope of study includes markers of intestinal inflammation, the toxins of Clostridium difficile, amebiasis, and vaccine development. It offers diagnostic tests for colitis, parasitology, intestinal inflammation, and Shiga toxins of enterohemorrhagic E. coli. The company was founded by Tracy Wilkins in 1989 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

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.

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. owns and operates community hospitals. It provides or arranges hospital services and sponsors charitable, educational, and research activities. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Beacon Specialized Living Services, Inc. provides adult foster care services. It offers traning, medication compliance, care coordination, transportation services, community integration, crisis intervention, financial assistance, and clinical services. The company was founded by Kenny Ratzlaff, Pat Ratzlaff, Jaymi Ratzlaff, and Nathan Ratzlaff in 1998 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI.

Society for Science & the Public Society for Science & the Public operates as a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of educational services. It offers scientific literacy; science, technology, engineering, and math education; and scientific research. The company was founded by Edward Willis Scripps and William Emerson Ritter in 1921 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. operates medical and osteopathic boards. It promotes excellence in medical practice, licensure, and regulation. The firm provides services to the state medical and osteopathic boards charged with protecting the public health and interests in respective states. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Euless, TX.

Employee Benefit Solutions, Inc. provides healthcare cost containment and wellness services. It offers the difference card, an employer-funded debit card programmed for reimbursement of approved out-of-pocket employee healthcare expenditures. The company was founded by Paul Staubi in 2006 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Part of Barclays PLC, Barclays Investments, Inc. is a company that provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in New York, NY.

TDC Acquisition Holdings, Inc. manufactures ultra wideband products. Its products include hardware, software, rangenet, monostatic radar and Channel Analysis Tool. The company was founded by Larry W. Fullerton in 2010 and and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

TotalTrax, Inc. manufactures automated, real-time, vehicle, driver, and inventory tracking products. It provides solutions that automate data collection and reporting for materials handling operations The firm also provides smart forklift and fleet management solutions. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Newport, DE.

Ascension Health Alliance provides healthcare services. It operates through healthcare and solutions divisions. The healthcare division operates hospitals and senior living facilities. The Solutions division offers a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Seaside Healthcare LLC provides behavioral health services. It offers psychiatric treatment services, substance-abuse rehabilitation, and treatment of dual diagnosis. The firm also provides inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and mental disorders. The company was founded by Franklin Roemer II in 2009 and is headquartered in Shreveport, LA.

MOTION PT Group, Inc. provides physical and occupational therapy services. The firm offers orthopedics, sports medicine, hand and upper extrimity center, spine center, hip center, pediatrics, lymphadema, vestibular rehabilitation, neurological rehabilititation, aquatic therapy, and diabetic neuropathy therapy. It also offers home visit rehabilitation services to patients. The company was founded in June 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NextLevel Health Partners, Inc. provides healthcare services. It is a managed care health plan for people with medicaid and persons participating in the Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) program (Medicare and Medicaid). The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Pharos Capital BDC, Inc. is an emerging growth company. It focuses on the healthcare sector. The company was founded on October 3, 2017 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Verdi Oncology LLC operates as physician practice and clinical trail management company. The company was founded by Wes Chapman in 2016 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

The Family Treatment Network, Inc. provides behavioral health services. It includes residential therapy centers, therapeutic day schools, home and community based outpatient programs, child and adolescent psychiatric treatment services. The company is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

Patient Square Capital is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Jim Momtazee and Maria Walker. Patient Square Capital is headquartered in Menlo Park.

Part of Everly Well, Inc., Everly Health, Inc. is a company that provides at-home health testing services. The company is based in Austin, TX. Customers can order tests online and receive their results within days. The company was founded in 2015 by Julia Taylor Cheek, who has been the CEO since 2015.