Our Sponsors

Potter | Falrich

Potter|Falrich was formed by Earl Galleher in October, 2003 as a means of combining his growing consulting practice with ongoing investment and philanthropic pursuits under a single entity. Earl's goal in forming Potter|Falrich was to tap into his successful entrepreneurial experiences and network of proven executive colleagues to deliver specific, actionable recommendations to executives and investors of emerging private and public companies seeking to increase revenue and market awareness.

Potter|Falrich activities fall into three broad, interdependent categories: investment, services, and philanthropy.

SAP

With 30 years of business software and world-class industry expertise, SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative

e-business solutions that modernize, create value, and make more efficient government operations and businesses in every major market worldwide. SAP has 5,000 US-based employees and is committed to investment in the communities in which its employees work and live through its extensive Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Integrating Business & Communities.

SAP's U.S. headquarters are located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and the company's global headquarters are in Walldorf, Germany, near Heidelberg. SAP has been a public company since 1988 and is listed on several exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol "SAP."

SAP invests more than 20% of its revenue into research and development activities. Its software solutions are based on open standards which interface to leading third-party software products. The SAP business strategy is based on strong partnerships with other market leaders and for each SAP employee, our partners employ approximately four workers with knowledge and understanding of SAP software.

Education is a top priority for SAP and the company has made a long-term commitment to investing in our nation's future. Through the University Alliance Program, SAP contributes more than $62 million annually in gifts and grants to help improve curriculum in our secondary and postsecondary educational institutions.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector and region. Whether you own a business, represent one, lead a corporate office, or manage an association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America® provides businesses with a voice of experience and influence in Washington, D.C., and around the globe.

Building Hope

Building Hope is a nonprofit organization created by Sallie Mae Fund to provide D.C. charter schools with loan guarantees, low-interest loans, grants for technical assistance and help in such areas as site selection and lease and purchase negotiations. Building Hope partners with experienced and successful charter school administrators to identify locations for charter school expansion to serve the Washington D.C. community.

The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae®, achieves its mission—to increase access to higher education for America's students—by supporting programs and initiatives that help open doors to higher education, prepare families for their college investment, and bridge the gap when no one else can. In addition, The Sallie Mae Fund encourages employee volunteerism and community service in the more than a dozen communities where Sallie Mae employees live and work.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation established by Jack Kent Cooke to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education. To fulfill the mission of Jack Kent Cooke, the Foundation identifies and supports young people of special intelligence, application, deportment, and character who have financial need and demonstrated excellence in academic endeavors and extracurricular activities. The Foundation's scholarships are the largest and among the most competitive in the country. The Foundation also offers grants programs directly related to its mission.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. It was established in 1948 by Jim Casey, one of the founders of United Parcel Service, and his siblings, who named the Foundation in honor of their mother. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation makes grants that help states, cities, and neighborhoods fashion more innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs.

Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting firm, works with clients to deliver results that endure. They provide services to major international corporations and government clients around the world. Booz Allen's major areas of expertise include: Strategy; Organization and Change Leadership; Operations; Information Technology; and Technology Management.

With more than 16,000 employees on six continents, the firm generated annual total sales of over $3 billion in FY2005. Booz Allen is a private company with corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia.

The Fannie Mae Foundation

The Fannie Mae Foundation creates affordable homeownership and housing opportunities through innovative partnerships and initiatives that build healthy, vibrant communities across the United States. The Foundation is specially committed to improving the quality of life for the people of its hometown, Washington, DC, and to enhancing the livability of the city's neighborhoods.

The Kimsey Foundation

The Kimsey Foundation is committed to educate, strengthen and serve our world community. The Foundation supports educational and cultural initiatives for young people with an emphasis on the delivery of quality, community-based programs that benefit economically disadvantaged youth.

After School Music Program

Founded in 1999, AMP is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of providing experiential after-school music education for elementary, middle, and secondary students, particularly at-risk youth living in underserved communities. Specifically, AMP brings a quality music education program to young people in an after-school environment. The program is structured as an on-going workshop that spans the elementary and secondary school years (K-12).

Spaulding & Slye Colliers

Spaulding & Slye Colliers is an integrated corporate, institutional and investor real estate services company delivering solutions worldwide from its offices in Washington, DC and Boston, Mass. Established in 1966, the firm's service groups are: leasing, investment sales, structured finance, construction, consulting, development services, retail services, and property and facility management. In addition, Spaulding & Slye Colliers is a corporate partner of Colliers International, with approximately 7,600 professionals in 238 offices worldwide. Spaulding & Slye Colliers has serviced several billion dollars in commercial real estate properties, and has assisted numerous local, national, and international companies with planning and implementing successful real estate strategies.

Ferris Baker Watts

Ferris Baker Watts, Incorporated is the largest full-service investment banking firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The company provides a comprehensive range of professional products and services to meet the needs of individual investors as well as corporations and institutions.

Hardesty Capital Management

Hardesty Capital Management provides investment advisory services to individuals, institutions and retirement plans. Founded in 1995, it is one of the largest independently owned advisory firms in the region. Hardesty Capital Management has nearly a half billion dollars in assets under management.

JER Partners

Founded in 1981, JER Partners , a J.E. Robert company, is one of the nation's premier real estate investment and asset management firms, focusing principally on the acquisition, management and disposition of commercial real estate products. JER focuses exclusively on real estate and has over 100 employees in eight offices across North America and Europe. As a leading investor, JER, together with its financial partners, has acquired more than 14,000 assets with a gross investment in excess of $11 billion over the past 12 years. In addition to our extensive experience in acquiring real estate assets, since its inception in 1981, JER has managed or invested more than $40 billion in real estate assets.

Fight for Children

Fight For Children was founded in 1990 by Joseph E. Robert, Jr., to build brighter futures for children by helping them access excellent education, healthcare and mentoring opportunities. The 501 (c)(3) supports best-in-class organizations in these areas via the following: fundraising and event management, strategic alliance building by spearheading the education reform effort "DC K-12 Education Initiative" and donor cultivation. Over the past 13 years, Fight For Children has given over $65 million, through contributions and matching grants, to support over 140 of the most effective children and youth-serving organizations in the national capital area. For more information, please call (703) 245-3560 or (703) 777-4487 or visit us at www.fightforchildren.org.

The Morino Institute

Since its inception in 1994, the Morino Institute has worked to support and enhance the lives of young people from low-income families. The Institute has sought to understand the broader social and economic forces at work in young people's lives, with particular emphasis on technological innovation, wealth creation, and the accelerating transfer of responsibility for social-service delivery from government to the nonprofit sector.

Honest Tea

Honest Tea creates and promotes flavorful, healthy, all-natural beverages based on recipes from around the world.