www.grainger.com
W.W. Grainger, Inc. with 2007 sales of $6.4 billion is the leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Panama. Through a highly integrated network including more than 600 branches, 18 distribution centers and multiple Web sites, Grainger's employees help customers get the job done.

www.oberweisdairy.com
Oberweis Dairy bottles, freezes, scoops, and delivers. The regional dairy processor makes fluid dairy products, premium ice cream, and ice cream cakes under the Oberweis Dairy brand name. Its products are sold through grocery stores and foodservice and institutional food operators. The company also operates company-owned ice cream and dairy stores in Illinois and Missouri. Oberweis provides home delivery of its glass-bottled milk, along with other dairy and juice products. The company's milk is supplied by local farmers who agree not to use growth hormones on their dairy herds.

www.united.com
United Airlines operates more than 3,200† flights a day on United® and United Express®* to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United’s 55,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world.

www.cmegroup.com
CME Group is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. Building on the heritage of CME, CBOT and NYMEX, CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe.

www.1st-annapolis.com
With over 50 professionals, First Annapolis specializes in advising clients on strategic and tactical matters across all major payment products and services including credit cards, deposit access products, and commercial payment vehicles. We bring an unparalleled level of expertise in traditional and emerging payment market segments.

www.nielsen.com
The Nielsen Company is the world's leading provider of marketing information, audience measurement, and business media products and services. By delivering an unmatched combination of insights, market intelligence, advanced analytical tools, and integrated marketing solutions, Nielsen provides clients with the most complete view of their consumers and their markets.

www.williamblair.com
William Blair & Company, L.L.C. is a global investment firm offering investment banking, asset management, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and private capital to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. Since 1935, we have been committed to helping clients achieve their financial objectives. As an independent, employee-owned firm, our philosophy is to serve our clients' interests first and foremost. We place a high value on the enduring nature of our client relationships, the quality of our products and services, and the continuity and integrity of our people.

www.searsholdings.com
Sears Holdings Corporation, the publicly traded (NASDAQ: SHLD) parent of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Co., is the nation's fourth largest broadline retailer with over $50 billion in annual revenues and approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada.

www.socialcompact.org
For years, Social Compact sponsored the highly competitive and prestigious Social Compact Awards that recognized successful business performance and investment in America's under-served neighborhoods. Social Compact is now further leveraging its leadership's combined business expertise to address some of the key impediments to private investment in inner-city communities, namely, negative stereotypes – reinforced by poverty and deficiency data coupled with a lack of dependable business-oriented market information -- and an absence of effective inner-city market analysis models.

www.kaplan.edu
Founded in 1937 as American Institute of Commerce, Kaplan University offers online, campus-based, and blended programs. The University provides innovative undergraduate, graduate, and continuing professional educational programs designed to offer working students the opportunity to launch, enhance, or change careers. Kaplan University is committed to general education, a student-centered service and support approach, and applied scholarship in a practical environment. In 2007, Concord Law School merged with Kaplan University. The University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).