Tracy S Harris

Boyd Street Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm targeting above-the-crowd returns for its LPs by discovering, investing in and guiding innovative but under-the-radar companies. We place Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A and follow-on investments in innovative businesses led by growth-minded founders and talented, diverse management teams. We target startups that are likely to escape the notice of large East and West Coast VCs and unlikely to have their stock overbid and overprice. This, coupled with the BSV Venture Studios de-risking strategic and operational guidance that helps our portfolio companies avoid costly mistakes, get to market sooner and scale faster, enables us to pursue our mission of generating economic growth for Oklahoma and strong returns for our investors.

Boyd Street Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm targeting above-the-crowd returns for its LPs by discovering, investing in and guiding innovative but under-the-radar companies. We place Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A and follow-on investments in innovative businesses led by growth-minded founders and talented, diverse management teams. We target startups that are likely to escape the notice of large East and West Coast VCs and unlikely to have their stock overbid and overprice. This, coupled with the BSV Venture Studios de-risking strategic and operational guidance that helps our portfolio companies avoid costly mistakes, get to market sooner and scale faster, enables us to pursue our mission of generating economic growth for Oklahoma and strong returns for our investors.

The PCAOB is a nonprofit corporation established by Congress to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate, and independent audit reports. The PCAOB also oversees the audits of brokers and dealers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws. The PCAOB has four primary duties: - Register public accounting firms that prepare audit reports for issuers, and SEC-registered brokers and dealers. - Establish or adopt auditing and related attestation, quality control, ethics, and independence standards. - Inspect registered public accounting firms audits and quality control systems. - Investigate and discipline registered public accounting firms and their associated persons for violations of specified laws, rules, or professional standards. In support of our mission, we also conduct economic research and risk analysis, engage with our stakeholders and other domestic and international regulators, and manage a talented workforce and the technology and resources we need to perform our duties. The SEC has oversight authority over the PCAOB, including the approval of the Boards rules, standards, and budget.

We are the voice of Corporate Governance. The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association of corporate, public and union employee benefit funds and endowments with a focused policy mission: to be the leading voice for effective corporate governance practices for U.S. companies and strong shareowner rights and protections. CII has more than 120 General Members with combined assets that exceed $3 trillion. In addition, our Associate Members include more than 50 asset management firms that manage assets in excess of $20 trillion. CII is a diverse community of professionals who come together to learn, share perspectives and advocate. CII educates members about best corporate governance practices and provides opportunities for members to interact with peers, policymakers and investment executives. CII enjoys a reputation for honesty, leadership, thoughtful analysis and creative consensus-building. Investors, lawmakers, regulators, corporate officials and leaders of other public interest groups look to CII for expertise and ideas.

CareFirst. It’s not just our name. It’s our promise. Over 3.5 million people trust us with their healthcare needs, and we take this responsibility seriously. Our vision for healthcare is clear. Quality care should be easy to afford, easy to use and available to everyone. And what we’re building for you is exactly what we expect for ourselves and those we love. Every day, we make a meaningful difference in the communities where we live and work. We solve real problems for the people we serve with equal parts empathy and urgency—simplifying the complex, delivering tailored solutions and stepping forward with new ideas. RECRUITMENT FRAUD NOTICE: CareFirst is aware of an increase in fraudulent job offers being made on behalf of our recruitment team. Legitimate CareFirst recruiters will always contact you from an email address ending in “@carefirst.com” and will never ask for a payment in exchange for a job opportunity or ask you to submit sensitive personal information via email, phone, or text. Independent licensee of BCBSA.

Established by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents in June 2016, UMGC Ventures is a 501(c)3 supporting organization for UMGC. We identify revenue-generating opportunities to support the transformation of higher education, incubate those businesses and return the proceeds to the UMGC endowment to maintain the affordability of a high-quality UMGC education for adult learners in Maryland and around the world. UMGC Ventures is certified by the University System of Maryland as a High-Impact Economic Development Activity (HIEDA) to economically benefit both the State and the System