John A. Lamar

Washington Mutual, Inc. provides financial services to consumers and mid sized businesses in the United States. The company primarily operates through three segments: retail banking & financial services, mortgage banking and commercial banking. The retail banking and financial services segment provides investment advisory and brokerage services, sales of annuities, mutual fund management and other financial services. This segment also purchases and re-underwrites loans to subprime borrowers. The mortgage banking segment offers various home loans including fixed rate home loans, adjustable rate home loans, hybrid home loans, option ARMs and government insured or guaranteed home loans. The commercial segment provides financing to developers and investors for the acquisition or construction of multifamily dwellings and other commercial properties, originates and services multifamily and other commercial real estate loans. The company was founded in August 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Iowa Health System provides health care services. The firm specializes in cardiac and vascular programs. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

Embarq Corp. provided telecommunication services. It offered local and long distance phone services, local voice and data services, internet services, satellite video services, data network services, voice and data communication equipment, managed network services, and payphone services. . The company was headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

CelLink Corp. develops flexible conductive backplane that provides module manufacturers with efficiency gains and a reduction in manufacturing cost per watt. The company was founded by Kevin Coakley and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

SQLstream, Inc. provides real-time business intelligence and analytics services. It offers operational intelligence, smart grid, industrial automation and internet security solutions. The firm’s products include SQLstream Blaze, StreamApps and SQL for Apache Storm. The company was founded by Edan Kabatchnik, Damian Black and Julian Hyde in December 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Fontinalis Partners LLC (Fontinalis Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by William Clay Ford, Chris Cheever, Ralph Booth and Mark Schulz. The firm is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

U.S. Bank NA engages in operation of a commercial bank that offers loans and depositary services. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

ParkMe, Inc. provides real-time and static on-street and off-street parking data. It offers services to navigation companies, Internet search and mapping portals, municipalities, parking operators and consumer smart phone platforms. The firm's application gives access to consumers via GPS and in-car navigation systems, ParkMe.com, online widgets, and Android, iOS and windows phone apps. The company was founded by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

St. Luke's Hospital provides healthcare services. Its services include cardiology, dermatology, ophthalmology, pathology and rheumatology. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Duluth, MN

Parkmobile USA, Inc. develops integrated end-to-end solutions for mobile payments, parking guidance using business analytics and parking solutions. It offers include mobile payments for on and off-street parking, digital parking permits, real-time enforcement and a seamless transit experience. The company was founded on January 16, 2008 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

The AdTrack Corp. provides consulting and technology services. The company also provides integrated services and applications focused on customer acquisition management. Its services include data capture, prospect qualification, ranking, distribution, sales force automation, instant reporting for sales and marketing. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA.

The National Bureau of Asian Research offers the Chinese Language Fellowship Program, which provides fellowships for American graduate students to undergo a year of intensive Chinese language training. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA. The program is open to PhD and current or recent MA students.

Involta LLC provides data center services to domestic and international clients. The firm offers cloud connectivity, infrastructure as a service, storage as a service, stoarage as a service, backup as a service and IT managed services. The company was founded by Bruce Lehrman, Randall Rings, and Lonnie Bloomquist in 2007 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA.

The US-China Business Council is an organization that provides information, advisory, advocacy, and program services to its members. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company focuses on shaping the relationship between the United States and China. USCBC offers research and analyses on Chinese government personnel, member newsletters, and advisory services to answer sector-specific and general investment questions.

Part of Verizon Communications, Inc., MCI Communications Corp. is an American telecommunications company. The company is based in Washington. MCI Communications was acquired by MCI, Inc. on September 15, 1998 for $42,459.16 million.

Alliant Energy Resources LLC supplies electricity. The company is headquartered in Madison, WI.

United Community Center, Inc. operates as a social service agency serving the families of Milwaukee's south side. The firm offers education to elder programs, meeting the needs of three year olds to 102 year olds and everyone in between. Its programs and services include UCC Acosta middle school, education, elder programs, health and athletics, human services, UCC childcare and development center, walker square initiative and youth programs. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.