Pierce B. Dunn

Provident Bankshares Corp. provides commercial banking services. Its principal activities include acceptance of deposits and lending loans. It offers various financial services comprising securities brokerage, investment management, and related insurance services. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

TESSCO Technologies, Inc. engages in the architecture and delivery of product and value chain solutions to support wireless systems. It offers marketing and sales services, knowledge and supply chain management, product-solution delivery, and control systems utilizing internet and information technology. It operates through the Carrier and Commercial segments. The Carrier segment includes customers that are generally responsible for building and maintaining infrastructure systems and providing airtime service to individual subscribers. The Commercial segment focuses on value-added resellers, the government channel, and private system operator markets. The company was founded by Robert B. Barnhill Jr. in 1982 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.

Venable LLP provides legal services to clients including corporate, institution, government, nonprofit, and individual. Its offers advertising, marketing, commercial litigation, consumer finance, environmental law, franchise and distribution, intellectual property, and brand protection. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Knowledge Impact, Inc. provides application software services. It offers e-learning and performance support solutions for enterprise applications such as CRM and ERP. The firm provides KnowledgeMate, an e-learning solution, as well as web-based and computer-based training. Knowledge Impact was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Wayland, MA.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

Mircon, Inc. is a strategic partner, which provides environmental & compliance assessments and solutions for the stakeholders in, affordable housing & multi-family, lenders, and large commercial properties. Its services include lead-based paint compliance, asbestos containing material, hazardous material assessment & remediation design of environmental concern, multiple chemical exposure assessment, building life cycle management, data management, construction defect, expert witness testimony, and quality control. The company is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Brown Advisory LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Management LLC and their ultimate parent is Brown Advisory, Inc. The firm was founded and launched in 1993 as an investment management division of Alex. Brown & Sons, a Baltimore-based investment bank founded in 1800. In 1998, they became independently owned through an employee-led buyout. Brown Advisory provides investment management services to individuals and institutions.

Savano Direct Capital Partners LLC (Savano Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Thomas Smith, Gustav Koven and Bion Ludwig in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.