Donna Bridgeman

Monsanto Co. engages in the provision of agricultural products to farmers. It provides other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands. The company was founded by John F. Queeny in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

GrowthWorks Capital Ltd. (GrowthWorks) is a venture capital firm founded in 1992 by David Levi. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Columbia with additionaal offices in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Ontario.

L.B. Foster Rail Technologies Corp. develops rail friction control liquid solutions and gauge face lubrication. The company is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

Deloitte Corporate Finance, Inc. provides financial, accounting, tax, and other business services. The company also offers audit, financial advisory, and consulting services through locations across the country. It is located in Toronto, Canada.

Antarctica Systems Inc. provides enterprise Business Performance Management software. The company was founded by Timothy William Bray in 1999 and is headquartered in North Vancouver, CA.

Established in 2001, Traction Technologies Inc. has rapidly developed and brought to market crucial transportation improvement and safety technologies. The company is a spinoff of one of Canada’s leading forensic engineering firms, Forensic Dynamics Inc. Close association with Forensic Dynamic’s expert accident reconstruction analysts, has helped Traction Technologies develop products and procedures to reduce the number of vehicle crashes. In 2006 alone, Traction Technologies unveiled two revolutionary products: Cinch?, the ultimate winch, which uses air pressure to secure and maintain tension on load straps, and iCcold?, a temperature-sensitive disc that alerts motorists to potential icing, including deadly and nearly invisible “black ice.” Traction Technologies offers creative engineering resources, design support and product-specific sales and marketing support for its clients. The company was awarded first prize among 200 competitors in the 2005 Telus New Ventures Award contest. The designation is reserved for the company in British Columbia, Canada, that exhibits excellence in a variety of aspects from innovative product development to overall business model. Traction Technologies has its headquarters in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Canadian Association of Independent Schools operates as a community of independent schools. The firm''s services include strategic planning support, governance support, program assessment, leadership assessment, presentations, and coaching and mentoring. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in St. Catharines, Canada.