Diana Simmons

Zurn LLC manufactures and markets power transmission and water management products. The firm specializes in power transmission products and services, water management, bearings, valves, couplings, gates, gear, backflow prevention, industrial chain, specification drainage systems, conveying equipment and components. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Exceptional Software Strategies, Inc. provides information technology solutions and services to mission-oriented federal civilian agencies and department of defense. It offers business process management, composite applications, cyber security, enterprise portal development, and geographic information systems. The company was founded by Paul J. Stasko and Raymond C. Bowen in 1996 and is located in Linthicum, MD.

Optimal Solutions Group LLC provides policy analysis research and consulting services. It offers program and policy evaluation, cost-benefit and effectiveness analyses, custom econometric modeling, and market analyses for decision makers in both the public and private sectors. The firm works for government at the federal, state, and local level and also works with non-profit companies. The company was founded by Mark D. Turner and Tracye Turner in February 2000 and is headquartered in Hyattsville, MD.

Destination DC engages in the global convention, tourism and special events destination, with emphasis on the arts, cultural and historical communities. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.