Nicole Franklin

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

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.

Brigham Exploration Co. is an independent exploration, development and production company. The company engages in the exploration and development of onshore crude oil and natural gas reserves. Its exploration and production activities are performed primarily in the onshore Texas Gulf Coast, the Anadarko Basin of northwest Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and west Texas. Brigham Exploration was founded by Ben M. Brigham in 1990 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

CareerBuilder LLC provides end-to-end human capital solutions. The firm specializes in human resources software-as-a-service to help companies with the recruitment process from acquire to hire. It offers job distribution, sourcing, workflow, customer relationship management, data and analytics in one pre-hire platform. The company was founded by Robert J. McGovern in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Convio, Inc. provides internet software and services. The company was founded by Vinay Bhagat and David Crooke in April 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Pegasus Capital Advisors LP (Pegasus Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Craig Cogut. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Brigham Resources LLC provides oil and gas services. The firm focuses on using technologies to identify and develop unconventional liquids rich resource plays. The company was founded by Ben M. Brigham and Eugene B. Shepherd in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Trimaran Capital Partners LLC (Trimaran Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Jay R. Bloom, Andrew R. Heyer and Dean C. Kehler. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Accel-KKR LLC (Accel-KKR) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Thomas Barnds. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

EDP Renewables North America LLC develops and operates energy generating wind farms. The company was founded by Selim K. Zilkha and Michael Zilkha in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Lifesize Communications, Inc. offers video conferencing systems and software applications. It offers meeting rooms, conference room kits, and room-as-a-service solutions. The firm’s products include software, meeting room devices, and lifesize share. The company was founded by Craig B. Malloy and Michael Kenoyer in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Advantage Capital Partners (Advantage Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Steven T. Stull and David W. Bergmann. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Brightvolt Solid State Batteries provides embedded power solutions. It also develops custom solid state thin film batteries and power solutions for client’s IoT devices; flexion solid state thin film lithium polymer batteries; and thin micro electronics. The company was founded by Robert Singleton and Craig Nelson in 2001 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Clean Line Energy Partners LLC develops high voltage, long-haul transmission lines to connect the renewable energy resources. It provides transmission solutions to generators and load-serving utilities to interconnect clean energy with consumers. The company was founded by Mario Hurtado, Micheal Skelly and Jimmy Glotfelty in 2009 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

KIPP Houston Public Schools operates primary and high schools. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

ConnectGen LLC develops renewable energy and energy storage projects. The firm constructs and operates clean energy assets to create a multi-technology portfolio of generation and storage projects. The company was founded by Mark Lawlor in 2018 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Austin Community Foundation manages charitable funds. It specialties endowment, memorial fund, investment, social capital, appreciated stock, charitable donation, donor advised funds, planned giving, bequests, philanthropy, grants, Donor Advised Funds and family foundation alternative. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Thackeray Partners is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2005 by Mary M. Hager and Anthony W. Dona. Thackeray Partners is headquartered in Dallas.

Lynxs Group LLC develops and manages real estate properties. It specializes in operating and managing air cargo, related transportation infrastructure facilities at airports. The firm provides third-party management services including property and asset management for airport authorities, airlines, institutional investors; customized development, investment, management and operational solutions for end-users. The company was founded in 1994 by Raymond Brimble and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Mark IV Capital, Inc. is a real estate, private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. and venture capital firm founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Part of Prudential Financial, Inc., Prudential Securities, Inc. (Michigan) is a company based in West Bloomfield, MI.

VTX Energy Partners LLC provides oil and gas exploration services. The company was founded by Eugene B. Shepherd and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

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.