Brian E. Chiappinelli

The Japan Society of Boston, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that promotes cultural and economic ties and active interchange between Japanese and Americans for mutual understanding, benefit, and enjoyment. It provides awards, monthly brown bag series, internship program, annual gala dinner, and jobs board. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Founded in 1969, QS Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned, independently managed subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM). They provide investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a wide variety of institutional investors. Legg Mason, Inc.'s acquisition of QS Investors LLC was effective May 30, 2014. As a result, QS Investors, Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. and Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation LLC became subject to common management and investment oversight, with the objective of integrating the firms to create a combined investment platform offering solutions, quantitative equity, liquid alternatives and multi-manager asset allocation.

GE Asset Management, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor located in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). GE Asset Management provides investment management services to institutional and retail investors. The firm also offers a family of mutual funds designed to meet a wide variety of investment needs.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.