Ralph W. Manning

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Jamieson Laboratories Ltd. engages in the manufacturing and distribution of natural healthcare products. It offers natural health products including: vitamins and minerals, health supplements including omega-3s, digestive health products and natural sleep aids, prenatal vitamins and vitamins for growing children, herbal extracts and botanical solutions and natural beauty and skin care products. The firm also offers weight loss management products. The company was founded by Claire Edwin Jamieson in 1922 and is headquartered in Windsor, Canada.

The Hillman Cos., Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of hardware related products. Its products include fasteners; threaded rod and metal shapes; keys, key duplication systems, and accessories; builder's hardware; and identification items, such as tags and letters, numbers, and signs. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

The Hillman Group, Inc. provides hardware-related products and merchandising services to retail markets. Its products include fasteners, key duplication systems, engraved tags, builder's hardware, roller chain, and magnets and magnet tools. The firm supports its product sales with value added services including design and installation of merchandising systems and maintenance of appropriate in-store inventory levels. The company was founded by Max W. Hillman Sr. in 1964 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

NBCUniversal Media LLC owns and operates news and entertainment television networks. It includes broadcasting, sports, television series, movies, fashion programs, and theatrical, and non-theatrical filmed entertainment contents. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Transition Capital Partners Ltd. (Transition Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1993 by Dan Patterson and Mark E. Evans. The firm is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.

Part of Independent Bank Group, Inc., Independent Bank (McKinney, TX) is a bank that offers a variety of credit and debit cards, loans, mortgages, personal and business banking services across several locations in the US. Independent Bank provides personal loans, business loans, and solutions for mortgage payment difficulties. The bank also offers business savings accounts and small business checking accounts. Independent Bank Financial Services aims to help customers achieve their financial goals and provides tools and resources to make smart financial decisions.

Medical Indicators, Inc. manufactures disposable and reusable clinical thermometers. It offers its products under brand names of NexTemp and TraxIt. The company was founded Robert Witonsky in 1988 and is headquartered in Hamilton, NJ.

CBS Paramount Television provides television broadcasting services. It produces and distributes programming to 125 countries, in more than 30 languages, through units including CBS Paramount domestic television and CBS Paramount international television. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

Greater Houston Partnership operates as a place for community-minded business leaders who want to be involved in Houston''s positive growth and influence the direction. The company was founded in 1840 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Francescas.com, Inc. engages in the operation of online boutique retail stores. It offers apparels, shoes, jewelry, bags, and gifts. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

JAG flocomponents LP designs, manufactures and supplies ball valves. Its products include flanged trunnions, floating ball valves, JAG spring returns, mud valves, pig valves, API 6D pipeline valves, gates, globes and checks and butterfly valves. JAG flocomponents was founded by John McCrae in 2001 and is headquartered in Edmonton, AB.

Downtown Denver Partnership provides community development services. The non-profit company is based in Denver, CO.

Bilfinger, Inc. provides construction and maintenance services. It serves the oil and gas, refining, chemicals, agricultural and food processing, power, renewables, and mining industry. The company was founded by Mark C. Peterson in 1981 and is headquartered in Bismarck, ND.

Terracare Associates LLC provides landscape maintenance services. It specializes in commercial landscape management, public infrastructure management, environmental restoration and mitigation, irrigation management, aquatic management, traditional and sustainable landscape construction and renovation. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Littleton, CO.

Badger Sportswear LLC engages in the provision of team uniforms and athletic wear. Its products include performance tops and bottoms, fashion active wear and t-shirts, sweatshirts, jerseys, henleys, mesh tops and bottoms, wind wear, outerwear, and team uniforms. The company was founded by Bill Carr and Jerry N. Carr in 1971 and is headquartered in Statesville, NC.

Sensorflow Pte Ltd. develops scalable sensor networks to deliver insights and drive decisions. The company was founded by Max Pagel and Saikrishnan Ranganathan and is headquartered in Singapore.