The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit, university-affiliated research center (UARC) that solves complex research, engineering, and analytical problems that present critical challenges to our nation. Located north of Washington, DC, APL is a division of one of the world's leading research institutions, The Johns Hopkins University.

DLA Piper is a global law firm helping our clients achieve their goals wherever they do business. Our pursuit of innovation has transformed our delivery of legal services. With offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we deliver exceptional outcomes on cross-border projects, critical transactions and high-stakes disputes. Every day we help trailblazing organizations seize business opportunities and successfully manage growth and change at speed. Through our pro bono work and community investment around the world, we help create a more just and sustainable future. Visit dlapiper.com to discover more.

Amentum is a leader in global engineering, project management and solutions integration, trusted to modernize the most critical missions anywhere in the world today and in the future. We’re uniquely positioned to deliver solutions faster and solve what’s coming next. We’ve earned our customers’ confidence to rely on us to successfully manage and execute the most complex programs of scale and provide them with solutions they need for an unpredictable world. Visit us at amentum.com to explore how we deliver excellence for our customers’ most vital missions.

Gannett Fleming is a privately held AEC firm partnering closely with our clients on some of the toughest challenges facing our communities today—and into the future. Across North America and select global locations, we offer comprehensive infrastructure solutions to a wide range of markets, including transportation, life sciences, water resources, education, industrial, federal, power, and energy. Founded in 1915, we are the employer of choice for 3,000+ of the best and brightest in the industry. With a focus on making the built environment safer, as well as more resilient and sustainable, our clients seek us out for our expertise and prefer us for our personal service, innovation, and creative minds. For more information, visit www.gannettfleming.com.

More than a law firm, Venable LLP is a network of trusted advisors serving businesses, organizations, and individuals in many of the most important aspects of their work. Our professionals immerse themselves in our clients’ work to fully understand their biggest opportunities and challenges while helping them navigate an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment. Today, with more than 850 professionals delivering services around the world, we’re helping our clients connect quickly and effectively to the experience, insights, and advice they need to achieve their most pressing objectives. Cultivated over 120 years, Venable’s capabilities span virtually every industry and all areas of regulatory and government affairs, corporate and business law, intellectual property, and complex litigation. Many of our professionals are former regulators, senior government staffers, state attorneys general, and members of Congress—bringing an invaluable depth of experience to our firm. Disclaimer: Content posted to LinkedIn by the law firm Venable LLP is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide legal advice or opinion. Such advice may only be given when related to specific fact situations that Venable has accepted an engagement as counsel to address. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.

Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, social policy, and transportation. We are dedicated to improving lives through research. Expertise • Data Collection & Management • Clinical Trials • Statistical Research & Survey Methods • Evaluation • Communications & Social Marketing Staff and Locations Westat’s staff of more than 2,000 are located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Additional staff are located at Westat’s data collection survey processing facilities, at our Telephone Research Center facilities, and throughout our nationwide field operations. Westat also maintains research offices near our clients in Atlanta, Georgia; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Houston, Texas; and San Antonio, Texas. We have international offices in Liberia, Costa Rica; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Bangkok, Thailand. Westat is committed to providing accessible media on LinkedIn. Should you experience difficulties with any posted media, please send us a message at [email protected]. An alternative format will be provided upon request.

Spirent Communications is the leading global provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity, and positioning. We stand behind our customers' promises to deliver a new generation of technologies to their customers. Our automated test and assurance solutions accelerate technology development in the lab and ensure new products and services perform in the real world. Our innovative portfolio of products and services addresses the test, assurance, and automation challenges of a new generation of technologies: 5G, Cloud, Autonomous Vehicles and beyond. Each year we assure the promises that more than 1,500 customers worldwide make to their customers, spanning communications, transportation, government, defense, aerospace, automotive, financial services, healthcare, retail, and more. Our network, cybersecurity, and positioning experts work closely with customers to understand their needs and deliver solutions and Managed Solutions that cover their entire technology lifecycle, from the lab to real-world deployment. Spirent comprises over 1,500 dedicated employees in 11 countries and 28 locations around the globe, serving customers worldwide. Interested in a career at Spirent? Visit http://www.spirent.com/Careers #PromiseAssured

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is the lead federal agency for cancer research. For more information about NCI, visit us at www.cancer.gov. Privacy policy: https://www.cancer.gov/policies/privacy-security

QIAGEN is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare) and Life Sciences (academia, pharma R&D and industrial applications, primarily forensics). As of December 31 2021 QIAGEN employed more than 6,000 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at www.qiagen.com.

RK&K is a full-service planning, engineering, environmental, and construction management/inspection firm serving a wide range of clients throughout the United States. Fueled by a talented and diversified staff of about 1,500 in strategically located offices, RK&K provides creative solutions to complex challenges that improve the quality of life in our communities. RK&K’s technical expertise places it at No. 62 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms list. What sets RK&K apart is an award-winning culture that has fostered a spirit of collaboration and trust for 100 years. To its clients, the firm delivers concepts, processes, and outcomes that are designed for success. RK&K has earned its reputation as a trusted partner, responsive employer, and community steward.

KCI is a 100-percent employee-owned engineering, consulting and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States and beyond. Our multi-disciplined service offerings allow us to provide exceptional turnkey expertise to federal, state and local government agencies, as well as institutional and private-sector clients. More than 2,000 employee-owners, working from offices across the United States, offer technical expertise in transportation, resource management, environmental, telecommunications, utilities, facilities, and construction management. At KCI, we apply knowledge, determination and skill to create a more interconnected, livable world—a society that connects us not only to our clients, but to each other. Reward is found in prosperity, resilience, growth and success for our clients, our communities and our employee-owners. We relentlessly pursue solutions today to address tomorrow’s infrastructure and environmental challenges. Solving problems and enhancing functionality—this is what excites us. Our passion for the built and natural environment is surpassed only by our desire to make an impact—to improve, support, develop, implement and build—in order to meet societal needs. We strive for excellence in everything we do. The KCI team believes in driving change through the development and application of innovation with an adventurous spirit. Our employees have the freedom to take risks and explore opportunities to help our clients serve their constituents, enhance their communities and achieve their goals. Exploration is encouraged, and an entrepreneurial mindset is at the foundation of our culture. Ownership is key. Our employees are both professionally and personally invested in the success of our projects, our clients and our company. Achievements are shared and celebrated. As a team, we are driven to better ourselves, each other and the world around us. We are driven to rise to the challenge.