Phillip A. Griffiths

Excel Technology, Inc. designs, develops, and markets laser systems and electro optical components. The firm's products are used for industrial, commercial, and scientific applications. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Part of Lear Corp., Masland Corp. makes acoustical products to manage noise. The company is based in Carlisle, PA.

The Investment Company Institute is an association of mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The American company operates to support and represent these types of investment vehicles. The CEO of the company is Paul Schott Stevens.

NP Photonics, Inc. develops and manufactures fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and transport fibers. Its proprietary fiber technology is used across a broad family of products, including narrow linewidth, low phase-noise fiber lasers designed for operation in industrial environments. The firm's products include micron fiber lasers, multi-channel fiber laser systems, fiber amplifiers, laser lockers and mid-IR transport fibers. The company was founded by Bernard Kippelen, Honkanen Seppo Kaleva, Nasser Peyghambarian and Shibin Jiang in 1998 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. provides mortgage banking and investment services. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Precision Fabrics Group, Inc. manufactures, provides and markets woven and non-woven fabrics which include airbags, parachutes, filtration and medical. The company was founded by Lanty L. Smith in 1988 and is headquartered in Greensboro, NC.

American Commercial Barge Lines, Inc. engages in the provision of marine transportation services. The company was founded on January 12, 2005 and is headquartered in Jeffersonville, IN.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

National Association of Corporate Directors provides online and print information services to directors of public companies. It offers in-boardroom education, evaluation, governance reviews, board composition and succession planning, board recruitment, ongoing advisory, insights, and analytics services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Healthwise is focused on one thing-developing consumer health content to help people make health decisions that are right for them. Its writers, editors, and reviewers know that if consumer health content doesn't help a person make a better decision. It was founded in 1975. It is stable. It stands on its history and reputation. It both serves and leads. It helps its clients achieve their current goals, and it sets them up well for the future.

Tufts Medical Center, Inc. owns and operates an academic medical center. It provides healthcare services and programs in the areas of allergy, anesthesiology, bariatric surgery, cancer, cardiology, colon and rectal, clinical nutrition, dentistry, dermatology, ENT/otolaryngology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, gastroenterology, general surgery, geriatrics, hematology/oncology, hyperbaric medicine, infectious diseases, maternity, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, and nutrition. The firm also offers services in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology, occupational therapy, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pain management, palliative care, pathology, pediatrics, physical medicine, physical therapy, plastic surgery, psychiatry, pulmonary, radiation oncology, radiology, rheumatology, speech language pathology and audiology, thoracic and transplant surgery, trauma surgery, urology, vascular surgery, wound healing, and weight and wellness. The company was founded in 1796 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The GSI Group LLC designs and manufactures agricultural equipment and components. It offers grain storage, material handling, conditioning and drying equipment, and swine and poultry production equipment. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Assumption, IL.

Part of Koch Industries, Inc., Gigabit Optics Corp. is a company that manufactures optical networking hardware. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Gigabit Optics was acquired by Oplink Communications, Inc. on March 23, 2004 for $1.15 million.

OFI Steelpath, Inc. is an investment management firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1959and formerly known as Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). OFI Steelpath provides investment advisory services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to a wide variety of clients.