Barbara J. Bennett

Association for Financial Professionals, Inc. provides treasury management services. It provides training, certification, career counseling and other professional development services and hosts an annual four-day conference. The firm also publishes AFP Exchange, a bimonthly magazine. Its committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets represents executives who oversee investment funds of pension and benefit plans. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) is a nonpartisan organization that aims to create women leaders who transform the cable media industry. The non-profit company is based in Chantilly, VA. The company achieves this by providing professional development programs, commissioning original gender research, and supporting a B2B network that helps advance women. WICT has partnered with media and technology companies for over 40 years to build a more robust pipeline of women leaders. The company was founded in 1979 by Patricia L. McCaskill. Maria E. Brennan has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Vulcan, Inc. engages in cable TV and telecommunications, sports, technology, aerospace, entertainment, biotechnology, oil, and real estate business through its subsidiaries. The company provides private equity investment services. The company was founded by Paul Gardner Allen and Jo Allen Patton in 1986 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

MediaNews Group, Inc. engages in the provision of news and media content. It offers news and local websites, electronic editions, mobile websites, email programs, and social media feeds. The company was founded by William Dean Singleton and Richard B. Scudder in March 1985 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

West Monroe Partners LLC engages in the provision of business and technology solutions. It offers advance analytics, customer experience, mergers and acquisitions, operation excellence and performance services. It also provides services to private equity, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, energy, banking and credit unions. The company was founded by Dean Fischer, Susan Stelter, and Kevin McCarty in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Discovery, Inc. is a media company, which engages in the provision of content across distribution platforms and digital distribution arrangements. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Networks and International Networks. The U.S. Networks segment owns and operates national television networks such as Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and Investigation Discovery and Science. The International Networks segment consists of international television networks and websites. The company was founded by John S. Hendricks in September 1982 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.