Joanna Burleson

Headquartered in Portland-OR, Fred Meyer is one of the nation's largest grocery retailers.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Basho Technologies, Inc. develops non structured query language (NoSQL) database technology. It offers Riak, an open-source distributed database used to power scalable, data-intensive web, mobile, and e-commerce applications; and Riak CS, an open source storage software built on top of Riak that can be used to build public or private clouds, or as storage to power applications and services. The company was founded by Earl P. Galleher, Jeffrey M. Hoffman and Antony P. Falco in January 2008 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Minnesota Mutual Cos., Inc. engages in the provision of insurance and financial services. It offers insurance products, pension plans, and financial services. The company was founded on October 1, 1998 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Minnesota Life Insurance Co. engages in provision of health and life insurance services. It offers financial security for individuals and businesses in the form of insurance, pensions and investments. It also offers financial, retirement, group insurance and asset management services. The company is founded in 1880 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Minnesota Public Radio operates radio stations produces programs for radio, Internet, and face-to-face audiences. It operates 37-stations radio network serving to the people in Minnesota and in parts of Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Michigan, Iowa, and Idaho. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Hill & Knowlton, Inc. engages in the provision of international communications consultancy services. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

IPG DXTRA, Inc. provides public relations services. It offers strategic marketing communications, media relations, public affairs, reputation, issues management and corporate communications counseling services. The firm also offers web relations, advocacy advertising, market research and visual communications services. The company was founded by Vernon Lawrence Weber in 1980 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Doremus & Co. provides marketing and advertising services. The company's clients include United Technologies, ITT Industries, Corning, TRW Automotive, Rabobank, Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. It also operates in San Francisco, London, Hong Kong and Germany. The company is headquartered in New York City, NY

Hillcrest Capital Partners LLC (Hillcrest Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Jeff Turner. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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.

Regions Hospital engages in the provision of healthcare services. It offers breast health center, cancer care, emergency care, intensive care unit, neuroscience, orthopedic surgery, sleep health, stroke center, trauma center, birth center, burn center, capital view transitional care, heart center, mental health, neurosurgery, rehabilitation, spine center, and surgical services. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

American Public Media Group provides administrative, financial and human resources services. The firm also provides long-term financial strength to its supported organizations. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Securian Financial Group, Inc. provides insurance, retirement planning and investment services. It offers individual and group life and disability insurance, annuities and mortgage life insurance. The firm also provides mutual funds, institutional asset management, annuity and retirement plans through its subsidiaries. The company was founded by Russell Dorr on August 6, 1880 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce operates as a chamber of commerce. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

YWCA of Minneapolis provides community based services for woman. It strives every day to achieve race and gender equity, economic independence for women, respect for diverse cultures, a place where children and youth thrive and a community that is vibrant and healthy. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Washington Policy Center promotes sound public policy based on free-market solutions. It improves lives of Washington state’s citizens by providing research for policymakers, the media and the general public. The firm also publishes studies, sponsors events and conferences and educates citizens on the vital public policy issues facing in the region. Its focus areas include education, environment, health care, small business and agriculture. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Delta Dental of Minnesota provides dental benefits plans. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Naviance, Inc provides planning and advising systems for secondary schools. Its services include professional development, consulting, support and training. The company was founded by Stephen M. Smith and Shaun Fanning and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The Minnesota Opera Co. engages in the production of live music entertainment. The company was founded by Dominick Argento in 1963 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

The Minneapolis Foundation operates as a community foundations. The company was founded by E. L. Carpenter, F. M. Prince, Elbridge C. Cooke, F. A. Chamberlain, and Hovey C. Clarke in 1915 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Capgemini America, Inc. engages in the provision of software solutions. It offers outsourcing, consulting, and digital transformation. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Second Harvest Heartland distributes food and grocery products. The firm distributes its products to fund drives, food camps, shelves, soup kitchens, shelters and rescue programs. The company was founded on October 1, 2001 and is headquartered at St. Paul, MN.

6fusion USA, Inc. develops a Software-as-a-Service based infrastructure metering and management platform. It offers solutions for information technology infrastructure operation and acquisition. The company was founded by John D. Cowan and Delano Seymour in 2010 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Cloudsoft Corp. Ltd. specializes in automated multi-cloud application management. The firm provides open source application management solutions and supports open source projects like Apache Whirr, Jclouds and its own Brooklyn project which enables enterprises to develop, manage and provide large-scale distributed applications at lower cost, complexity and risk. The company was founded by Duncan Johnston-Watt, Alex Heneveld and Derek Gray in 2009 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom

The Common Application, Inc. is a non profit organization that provides college admission process services. Its mission is to promote access and equity in the college admission process by making that process more accessible, streamlined, and affordable. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Part of College Possible National, College Possible Texas is a non-profit organization that helps college students stay motivated and provides guidance to help them complete their college education. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded in 2003 by Doreen James Wise. College Possible Texas was acquired by College Possible National on July 01, 2021.

AstrumU, Inc. designs and develops machine learning solutions to help students find careers. The firm offers AstrumU platform. The company was founded by Adam Wray in 2017 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

Intellispark, Inc. provides advisory services for students. The company was founded Shaun Fanning and Stephen Smith and is headquartered in McLean, VA.