Lonnie D. Pedersen

Great American Insurance Group provides property and casualty insurance services. It focuses on specialty commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of traditional fixed and indexed annuities. The company was founded by William F. Heins in 1872 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. provides telecommunication services. It offers local, long distance, paging, digital wireless, Internet access and DSL services. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Kingstree, SC.

The North Eastern Strategic Alliance operates as a regional non-profit organization that provides infrastructure support, workforce training opportunities, and regional site selection and research assistance to companies by creating jobs for residents. It serves the aerospace, agribusiness, distribution and logistics, metals, and plastics and chemicals insdustry. The company is headquartered in Florence, SC.

Tallo, Inc. develops an online solution that assists students in designing a career pathway, educators in recruiting top talent to their schools, and employers in developing a talent pipeline. The firm’s platform brings together current and future talent from middle school and high school to college and PhD; resources, including scholarship opportunities, internships, and career opportunities; and mentorship, teachers, guidance counselors, parents, colleges and universities, and companies and corporations. It integrates guidance, ranking, rating, tracking, and recruiting solutions. The company was founded by Casey Welch, John W. Welch and Donald Tylinski and is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, SC.

Hancock Rural Telephone Corp. provides water, sewer, electric and high speed fiber services. It also offers Electric, Internet, NineStar Nerds, Security, SmartConnect, Television, Voice, Johnson County Fiber Network, Managed IT, Phone Service, Street Lights and Video services. The company was founded on January 1, 2011 and is headquartered in Greenfield, IN

Skyline Telephone Membership Corp. provides high-speed internet services in Boone, NC, and surrounding areas through its subsidiary SkyBest. The private company is based in West Jefferson, NC, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers fast internet speeds for homes and businesses and provides bundle deals with TV, home phone, and security services. Skyline Telephone Membership also offers fiber-optic internet in Banner Elk, Sparta, Lenoir, and nearby communities. The company was founded in 1951, and the CEO is Kimberly M. Shepherd.

North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. develops, promotes and implements sound economic strategies. It focuses on individuals with low to moderate incomes and communities with limited resources. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Part of Mercer Bancorp, Inc., Mercer Savings Bank operates as a state chartered savings bank. The company is based in Celina, OH. Alvin Barry Parmiter has been the CEO of the company since 2022.