Catherine H. Blades

Venerable Insurance & Annuity Co. engages in the provision of financial products and services. It offers fixed and indexed annuities, investment-only products and payout annuities for pre-retirement wealth accumulation, and postretirement income management. The company was founded on January 2, 1973 and headquartered in West Chester, PA.

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. provides funeral, cemetery products and services in the death care industry. It offers a complete line of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and service. The company operates through three segments: Funeral, Cemetery and Corporate Trust Management. The Funeral Homes segment offers a complete range of funeral services and products, which includes family consultation, worship and funeral services, transportation services, removal and preparation of decedents, online remembrance registries and legacies, caskets, urns and flowers. The Cemetery segment involves the sale of cemetery property and related merchandise, including lots, lawn crypts, family and community mausoleums, monuments, markers and burial vaults. It also provides burial site openings and closings and inscriptions. The Corporate Trust Management segment consists of trust management fees and funeral merchandise and service trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Stewart Enterprises was founded by Albert Stewart in 1910 and is headquartered in Jefferson, LA.

Inter-American Development Bank engages in the provision of development financing to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. Its activities include provision of loans, grants, and technical assistance; and conducts extensive research. It provides services to the central governments, provinces, municipalities, private firms, and non-governmental organizations. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Institute For Public Relations is a non-profit organization which researches in, on, and for public relations. It focuses on research that matters to the practice, providing insights, and applied intelligence that professionals can put to immediate use. It offers behavioral insights research center, digital media research center, issues management, crisis management and communications, and employee communications. The organization was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Gainesville, FL.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Porter Novelli, Inc. provides public relations services. It specializes in direct consumer contact, corporate, public affairs, health care marketing and strategy for technology companies. The company was founded by Jack Porter and William Novelli in 1972 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is a business organization focused on promoting the creative economy. The non-profit company is based in Philadelphia, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's website provides information about their investors and serves as a home base for their activities. The CEO of the company is Robert C. Wonderling.

Bankers Life & Casualty Co. provides insurance services. The firm provides health and life insurance and retirement savings products for seniors. It offers long-term and home health care, medicare supplement insurance, annuities, medicare prescription drug coverage, and life insurance products. Bankers Life & Casualty was founded on January 17, 1879 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

BrightSphere, Inc. provides asset management services. The company was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

DNC Service Corp. operates a political party. It is an organization which raises fund for the Democratic Party which has been a part of the U.S. political landscape. The company plans the presidential nominating convention, promotes candidates from the local to the national level and sets the party platform. DNC Service was founded in 1848 and is located in Washington, DC.

Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems designs, develops, and manufactures systems for precision engagement and missile defense. The company's products include airborne radars, processors, digital anti-jam receiver, space & missile defense technology, energy lasers, precision guidance systems, electronic warfare systems, and space systems. The firm is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Operation Homefront, Inc. provides emergency assistance and morale to US troops. The company was founded in February 2002 by Amy Palmer and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Part of NextEra Energy, Inc., Colonial Penn Group, Inc. provides property and casualty insurance services.

Children's Scholarship Fund, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization that provides partial tuition assistance for low-income families to send their children to private schools. It offers scholarships for children grades Kindergarten - 8th grade. The firm focuses on elementary education. The company was founded by Theodore J. Forstmann and John T. Walton in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Flex Ltd., Flextronics International, Inc. is a company that manufactures and supplies semiconductor devices. The company is based in Plano, TX.

The Seminar operates an online annual forum for senior communications and public affairs executives.

Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board is the second-largest seafood supplier in the United States, providing high-quality seafood to restaurants and homes across the country. The private company is based in Louisiana, which is known for its world-class seafood industry. Louisiana is the second-largest seafood producer in the contiguous US, producing over 850 million pounds of seafood annually. The seafood industry is one of the state's largest employers and plays a significant role in tourism. The board supports the industry with programs that encourage the use of seafood by consumers and commercial interests.