Paul P. Johnston

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. provides insurance and financial services. It offers insurance and protection, investing and retirement, banking and borrowing, life events and planning, claims, pay a bill, and business coverage advisor. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. engages in the production and distribution of agriculture and dairy products. It offers butter, cake, bread, spreads, and cheese. The firm operates through the following business units: Dairy Foods, Animal Nutrition, and Crop Inputs and Insights. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Arden Hills, MN.

Southern States Cooperative, Inc. engages in the procurement, processing, and distribution of agricultural production supplies. It distributes its products through a network of retail, wholesale, and processing facilities primarily located in the Eastern United States. The firm also provides pest control, pond management, painting and roofing, and pet containment. The Company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

GROWMARK, Inc. engages in the provision of agronomy, energy, facility planning, and logistics products and services. It also offers grain marketing and risk management services. Its products include crop nutrients, crop protection, seed, fuels, lubricants, propane, and energy and agronomy equipment. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Bloomington, IL.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Doherty Rumble & Butler is a private company based in MN.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP is a business law that provides legal solutions catering to the needs of business as they enter new markets, establish joint ventures overseas, and navigate international law. The company was founded in in 1912 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

AgriBank FCB engages in the provision of financial products and services for rural communities and agriculture. It offers lending, risk management, and retail bank support. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. provides loans to agriculture-producing companies and individuals. The company engages in issuing, marketing, and handling the Farm credit system’s debt securities. It offers discount notes, designated bonds, floating rate bonds, fixed rate bonds, and retail bonds. The company is headquartered in Jersey, NJ.

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.

CoBank ACB engages in the provision of financial products and services. It offers loan programs, leasing services and other financial services including cash management and online services. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Michigan Milk Producers Association is a member-owned and operated dairy cooperative serving dairy farmers in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin. It was established in 1916 and is located in Novi, MI.

Ventura Foods LLC manufactures and distributes oil and shortening ingredients. Its products include dressings and mayonnaises; sauces; bases and gravy mixes; pan coatings; margarines, spreads, and butter blends; concessions. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

Countrymark Cooperative Holding Corp. operates as an oil exploration, refining and marketing company. It offers refinery in Mount Vernon, Indiana and fuel terminal locations in Mount Vernon, Switz City, Jolietville and Peru, Indiana, as well as Henderson and Kentucky. The firm fuels and lubricants are distributed to farms, fleets and families. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

The District of Columbia Bar provides legal services. The private company is based in Washington.

Minnesota State Bar Association operates a professional association for attorneys in Minnesota. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Greater Twin Cities United Way provides services related to basic needs, education and health to the people in some counties in Minnesota. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Associated Benefits Corp. is a non-profit organization that provides administrative, consulting services for employee benefit plans to the cooperative system. It offers 401(k) thrift profit sharing plans and defined benefit pension plans. The firm also manage employee health and welfare plans including life, medical, dental and vision insurance, along with long-term disability insurance and flexible benefit plans. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, IA.

Hennepin County Bar Association provides legal services. The non-profit company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

Catholic Relief Services, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization that provides social services. It offers programs and services to emergency response and recovery, agriculture, health, education, microfinance, water and sanitation, justice and teambuilding, and partnership and capacity. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

National Milk Producers Federation operates as a milk producers organization. It serves congress, US and foreign government agencies, industry organizations, the news media, and the public. The firm specializes in the areas of milk pricing, domestic and international market development, agriculture credit and taxation, environmental issues, food safety and health, animal welfare, product standards and labeling, and research and biotechnology. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

National 4-H Council, Inc. provides youth development programs and activities. It prepares young people to step up to the challenges in their community and the world using research-based programming around positive youth development, 4-H youth get the hands-on real world experience they need to become leaders. The company is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

Dairy Management, Inc. engages in research and education of dairy farms. The private company is based in Rosemont, IL. The CEO of the company is Barbara O'Brien.

The National Association of Conservation Districts is an organization that focuses on securing federal funding for natural resources conservation programs. The non-profit company is based in Washington.

Cooperative Business International, Inc. (CBI) is an international procurement, processing, and export company that works with smallholder coffee and spice producers primarily in Southeast Asia. CBI is based in Westerville, OH. CBI offers premium quality agricultural products that meet the tailored needs, specifications, and expectations of leading industrial processors and retailers within the food and beverage space. The private company is a pioneer and leader in combining production partnership efforts with corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

Environmental Initiative is a non-profit organization that collaborates with government agencies to help small business owners reduce air pollution. The non-profit company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company offers financial and technical resources to achieve this goal. One of their projects, Project Stove Swap, connects people with local stores selling wood stoves to exchange their old, inefficient stoves for new, cleaner-burning models. The organization aims to bring together different voices to change systems and bridge differences in power and perspectives.

Midwestern BioAG, Inc. provides agricultural consulting services. It manufactures fertilizers, livestock nutrition, seeds, specialty crops, and organic agricultural products. The firm offers a range of fertilizer blends, dry and liquid fertilizers, and soil amendments; livestock nutrition products, including free-choice minerals and feed inoculants for lactating cows, dry and pre-fresh cows, and calves and heifers; a range of mineral products for berry, orchard, potato, and other fruit and vegetable crop programs; and a range of organic fertilizers and soil amendments for organic agriculture. The company was founded by Gary Zimmer in 1983 and is headquartered in Blue Mounds, WI.

VitaKey, Inc. provides technology services. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Catherine B. Reynolds. Catherine B. Reynolds has been the CEO since incorporation.