James S. Ritchey

Spectrum Brands, Inc. engages in the manufacture and market alkaline, zinc carbon and hearing aid batteries, herbicides, insecticides and repellants and specialty pet supplies. It operates through the following segments: Global batteries and Appliance; Global Pet Supplies; and Home and Garden. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

Atwood Mobile Products LLC designs and manufactures appliances, products and accessories for recreational vehicles, mobile homes and specialty vehicles. Its roducts include windows, doors, specialty glass products, water heaters, furnaces, ranges, electronic control systems and seating systems. The company was founded by James T. Atwood and Seth B. Atwood in 1909 and is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Goodwin Procter LLP is a law firm which provides advice to companies in public and private enterprises. It provides services to financial, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and technolgy industries. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP provides legal and governmental services. It offers cloud computing and cyber security, data security and privacy, finance, insolvency, and restructuring, government finance, private client services, and white collar and investigations. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Part of Regal Rexnord Corp., Portescap SA is a Swiss company that specializes in measuring and controlling devices not elsewhere classified. The company is based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

Adorn LLC manufactures laminated and wood building products for homes. It offers laminated wall paneling, cabinet doors and other interior components. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Elkhart, IN.

Education Corp of America owns and operates private accredited colleges. The college provides educational opportunities in business, administrative, management, medical, technical and professional programs that are designed to prepare students for direct entry into the job market in the career areas of their choice. The college also offers associate degrees, diploma/certificate courses, master's degrees and baccalaureate degrees at our various campuses and online. The company was Founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Utilimaster Corp. is a leading manufacturer of walk-in vans and commercial truck bodies. It develops customized delivery solutions for a broad range of industries, including baking, linen, parcel delivery, snack food, uniform, and utility customers. Utilimaster's extensive experience in designing, developing, and manufacturing walk-in vans, step vans and commercial truck bodies allows them to meet customer needs, from concept to project management through completion to upfit and aftermarket parts. Utilimaster sells OEM Utilimaster parts and Union City Body parts including bumpers, hoods, door hardware, windshields, mirrors, keyless entry and back-up cameras

Pretzels, Inc. supplies pretzels and extruded snack products. It provides a portfolio of salty snack products that includes traditional, peanut-butter-filled, flavored, seasonal, and gluten-free pretzels, as well as extruded snack products. The firm serves a diverse, blue-chip customer base that includes grocers and national brands. The company was founded by William Mann and William Huggins in 1978 and is headquartered in Bluffton, IN.

Strategic Materials, Inc. sells recycled glass and plastic products. The firm offers containers, fiberglass, highway bead, glass abrasives, fillers, specialty glass, and plastics. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

First State Bank of Middlebury (Indiana) operates as a state chartered commercial bank. It provides consumer, agricultural, business, and commercial financial services. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Middlebury, IN.

ThermoLite, Inc. manufactures window glass. The private company is based in Scranton, PA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers operates a trade association for the home appliance manufacturing industry. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded in 1967. Kelly Neal Mariotti has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Learfield IMG College operates as a collegiate sports marketing company. It offers multimedia rights, licensing, digital, publishing, ticketing, seating, fundraising, and consulting services to the collegiate market. The firm holds rights in intellectual property, experiential and promotional assets, event signage, digital, tickets, hospitality, live event radio, and shoulder programming, including coaches’ TV and radio shows. The company was founded in November 2007 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Bonaventure Equity LLC (Bonaventure Equity) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Ross O’Brien. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.