Mary Ann Budin

Guitar Center, Inc. distributes musical instruments. It offers musical lessons, repairs, and rentals. The company was founded by Wayne Mitchell in 1959 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA.

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. provides investment services. It offers securities underwriting and trading, mergers & acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment & derivative, and risk management services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HSBC Bank USA NA engages in the provision of banking services. Its lines of business are Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Private Bank. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, Inc. provides leadership and resources for the enhancement of health and the quality of life in Northwest Indiana. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Munster, IN.

CUNA Mutual Group engages in the provision of life insurance, investment advisory, and information technology services. It offers credit union protection, retirement solutions, trustage insurance program, and lending services. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Founded in 1996, Investrend, Inc. is a research firm headquartered in Forest Hills, New York. The firm specializes in an integrated, interdependent approach, pulling together research, broadcast, forums and information platforms as needed to create a cohesive platform to enhance events, conferences, research, publications and information distributions worldwide with services skewed toward shareholder empowerment.

Sandhill Capital Partners LLC, do-business-as Sandhill Investment Management (Sandhill), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Buffalo, New York. The firm was founded by Edwin (Tim) Johnston III in 2002. Sandhill creates customized solutions for individuals, families, corporations, and foundations.

Best Buy Canada Ltd. retails electronics, personal computers, and entertainment software products. It offers services through e-retail. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

Auriga USA is a broker/dealer located in New York City. Their research focuses on the semiconductors, information technology and health services sectors.

Dentalcorp Health Servcies ULC focuses on acquiring and partnering with general and specialist dental practices in Canada. It provides support in the field of recruitment and human resources, training and development, finance, marketing, practice optimization and information technology and procurement. The company was founded by Graham Rosenberg and Andrew Meikle in September 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Kinsale Capital Partners LLC (Kinsale Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Daniel J. Foreman and Kevin O'Shea. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Phoenix Investment Adviser LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager which were founded by Jeffrey Peskind in 2003. Headquartered in New York City, the firm provides investment advisory services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to domestic and offshore private investment funds and to separately managed accounts. Investors in the funds and separately managed account clients may be individuals or institutions or other entities (including pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, partnerships, funds of funds, sovereign wealth funds and other business entities).

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.