Kate Trimble

Protegrity Corp. provides data security management software solutions. The company offers Protegrity Enterprise Security Administrator that defines and manages organization wide security policy for data and Web applications, provides embedded enterprise data security key management, defines user access rights, and separates security administration from database and application administration, as well as delivers security event alerting, reporting, and auditing. Its products and services include enterprise security administrator, protegrity protectors, protegrity gateways, protegrity vaultless tokenization, professional services and customer support. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Tower Group, Inc. provides property and casualty insurance products. The firm also provides business insurance, home insurance, and auto insurance services. It offers worker's compensation claim services. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

INEO, Inc. Produces and distributes information specializing in education, training and career planning. The company is headquartered in Blainville, Canada.

IFB Solutions provides employment and training services for the blind or visually impaired. Its solutions include IFB optical, IFB manufacturing, community low vision centers, IFB workforce services, base supply centers, IFB solutions foundation and a brighter path programs. The company was founded by Jeff Smith in 1940 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Franklin Street Securities, Inc. provides investment management services. It provides independent, trusted and personalized advice, complementing in-house expertise with carefully selected external resources. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

Industries for the Blind, serving the Winston-Salem community since 1936, the Asheville community since 1991, and the Mayaguez, Puerto Rico community since 2006, provides employment and services for people in the local blind communities. The company produces high quality, value priced products ranging from custom-made mattresses and military clothing to prescription eye glasses for consumers in the local community and across the nation as well as for military personnel and their families around the world. Industries for the Blind provides meaningful employment with competitive marketplace wages and benefits for a segment of the population that national statistics indicate might not otherwise be employed. The firm is widely known for their quality workmanship, teamwork and dedication. Its mission is to provide opportunities for persons who are blind or visually impaired in need of training, employment and services. The mission is accomplished through creating a state of the art work environment with work processes and training programs custom designed to meet special needs. The company's agency has been recognized locally, regionally and nationally as a provider of choice for jobs, products and services. Industries for the Blind has provided employment for thousands of visually impaired people since its inception. It is currently the largest employer of the blind in North Carolina with over 200 (and over 350 blind employees in total) blind employees and 80 million dollars in sales. Industries for the Blind is a self-supporting not-for-profit organization that has won many prestigious awards over the years, most recently received national recognition by the company’s industry for having the highest growth in blind jobs for an unprecedented three out of four years. Industries for the Blind is proud to be a strong builder of social, capital and an economic contributor in the Winston-Salem and Asheville communities.

Franklin Street Advisors, Inc. (FSA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Robert (Bob) Eubanks Jr. in 1991 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Acquisition Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB). FSA delivers high touch investment management services to high net worth individuals and institutional investors.

Xcelera, Inc. engages in operating, developing and financing technology companies in the Internet infrastructure market. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.

PMA Cos., Inc. provides property and casualty insurance services. It offers third-party administration and risk services specializing in worker's compensation; and providing other commercial property and casualty insurance products, as well as auto and general liability services. The firm serves the healthcare, food manufacturing, wholesale, retail, financial, insurance and real estate industries. Its insurance services include underwriting, financial & actuarial, account management, customer service center, claims, risk control and managed care. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

Part of Old Republic International Corp., Pennsylvania Manufacturers Indemnity Co. is an insurance company founded in 1982. The company provides insurance services and is based in Blue Bell, PA.