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CIFOR-ICRAF brings more than 75 years of combined scientific excellence in harnessing the power of trees, forests, and agroforestry landscapes to address the world's most pressing challenges. Formed through the union of CIFOR (founded 1993) and ICRAF (founded 1978), the organization publishes over 750 publications annually across multiple languages, making it the world's leading research institution on forestry and agroforestry. With headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR-ICRAF operates across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, conducting research in over 30 countries. The organization tackles climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and inequality through evidence-based solutions. As a CGIAR Research Center, CIFOR-ICRAF connects science with action, creating solutions from the ground up through inclusive partnerships, transdisciplinary research, and demand-driven innovation that reaches from farmers' fields to global policy arenas.

The healthcare system is failing millions of people every day—complex navigation, fragmented care, and rising costs are preventing individuals and families from achieving their best health. The Cigna Group exists to fundamentally transform this reality by improving the health and vitality of everyone they serve. Through their two divisions, Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, they partner with customers to create better, more integrated health experiences that work for real people. With over 230 years of heritage and a global team of more than 64,000 colleagues serving 178 million customer relationships across 30 countries, The Cigna Group relentlessly innovates to solve healthcare's most persistent challenges. They are building a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive through comprehensive health solutions, data-driven insights, and a commitment to improving outcomes for patients, customers, and communities worldwide.

We challenge the traditional norms of consulting as an international collaboratory, blending digital and advisory services for public and private clients. Together, we encompass more than 30 legal entities in more than 20 countries, combining local presence with cross-border expertise to support projects from the Nordics to Central Asia. Our approach is simple: we question the answer. We don't just deliver reports – we roll up our sleeves and work alongside our clients to turn strategies into reality. Whether it's helping governments design economic development programs, supporting startups secure EU funding, or building digital products that transform how businesses operate, we bring curiosity and integrity to every engagement. We're explorers at heart, powered by diversity and passionate about growth, both for our clients and our people.

M&T Bank Corporation has been making a difference in people's lives since 1856, operating as a community-focused banking franchise with over $211 billion in assets and 950+ branches across the eastern United States. With more than 17,000 employees, M&T delivers the personalized service of a community bank backed by the resources of a large financial institution. The bank has demonstrated exceptional stability, maintaining profitability for 170 consecutive quarters—more than 42 straight years—and consistently ranking among the top 10 SBA lenders nationally. In 2024 alone, M&T Bank contributed over $67.4 million to support 4,006 non-profit organizations, while employees dedicated 245,895 volunteer hours to their communities. More than half of M&T's employees own company stock, reflecting their deep personal investment in the bank's mission. Guided by core values of integrity, curiosity, candor, ownership, and collaboration, M&T has earned recognition as a top 5% bank by Greenwich Awards for its commitment to customer experience and community impact.

Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity, building the world's most adaptive networks to support exponential growth in bandwidth demand - empowering customers, partners, and communities to thrive in the AI era. Their mission is grounded in solving a critical challenge: as cloud, AI, and digital transformation accelerate, networks must evolve faster than ever before. Ciena delivers the networking systems, interconnects, automation software, and services that revolutionize data transmission and network management, ensuring their clients can meet today's business needs while preparing for what's next. What sets Ciena apart is their philosophy of bringing humanity to innovation. They don't just build advanced networks - they cultivate deep, collaborative relationships with customers, blurring the line between vendor and trusted partner. With a people-first culture that's as defining as their technical expertise, Ciena has pioneered industry-firsts from coherent optics to cloud-native automation platforms. Their approach combines relentless innovation with a commitment to sustainability and social impact, recognizing that the networks they power ultimately serve the people who use them. From subsea cables to AI-ready infrastructure, Ciena's technology enables organizations to transform their operations and prepare for the future of connectivity.

Zone exists to transform how finance teams operate by bringing automation, intelligence, and control directly into NetSuite. Every day, finance leaders struggle with manual processes, disconnected systems, and time-intensive workflows that slow their organizations down. Zone solves this by providing a unified platform that orchestrates and automates the core workflows that run finance - from complex billing and revenue recognition to AP automation, payroll, and advanced reporting. Trusted by over 4,500 companies worldwide, Zone empowers finance teams to unlock operating margin, eliminate errors, and scale with confidence. Since 2013, Zone has been on a mission to reinvent back-office excellence, building AI-powered solutions that are native to NetSuite rather than bolted on. The platform includes products like ZoneBilling for automated subscription management, ZoneCapture for intelligent invoice processing, ZoneReconcile for cash reconciliation, ZonePayroll for payroll management, and ZoneReporting for powerful analytics. With headquarters in Boston and teams across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, Zone combines deep NetSuite expertise with cutting-edge technology to help finance teams move faster, operate with clarity, and lead their businesses forward.