Jerry Weiss

Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) is a family service organization that provides critical services to families and individuals in need. The non-profit company is based in Oakton, VA. The company's services aim to create stability and self-sufficiency for their clients.

Weiss Development Corp. provides construction services. It specializes in luxury condominiums, mulit-family new construction, semi custom, forward looking design and green living. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Bannockburn, IL.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.