Melissa Thompson

O'Charley's LLC operates and franchises restaurants. It operates under three restaurant concepts: O'Charley's, Ninety Nine Restaurant, and Stoney River Legendary Steaks. The O'Charley's menu features, including hand-cut and aged steaks, baby-back ribs basted with a sweet, yet smoky BBQ sauce, fresh salmon, a variety of seafood and salads. The Ninety Nine Restaurant menu features a wide selection of appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, beef, chicken, and seafood entr?es and desserts. The Stoney River menu features several offerings of premium Midwestern beef, fresh seafood, and a variety of other gourmet entrees. The company was founded by Charley Watkins in 1971 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Covance, Inc. operates as a contract research organization and drug development company. Its services include research, lead optimization, analysis services, safety assessment and drug safety testing, consulting and partnering, clinical development, informatics, clinical testing, commercialization, and manufacturing support. The company was founded on November 12, 1996 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

MeriStar Hospitality Corp. provides real estate investment services. Its portfolio is diversified geographically as well as by franchise and brand affiliations. The company was founded on August 3, 1988 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

BridgeStreet Worldwide, Inc. provides serviced apartment accommodation services. It offers furnished apartments to individuals, corporations, families and government travelers. The firm rents its studios, apartments, condominiums and townhouses on short and long term basis. The company was founded by Samantha Thorne in 1996 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Helen Keller International provides social services. It builds local capacity to combat blindness and malnutrition by establishing sustainable programs. The firm also provides scientific technical assistance, as well as research and data, to governments and international, regional, national, and local organizations to help expand current approaches and develop new ones. The company was founded by Helen Keller in 1915 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

American Hotel & Lodging Association, Inc. is the largest hotel association in the United States, representing all segments of the industry nationwide. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company provides financial assistance to hoteliers through two main programs listed below. The company is focused on enhanced hotel cleaning practices, social interactions, and workplace protocols to meet the new health and safety challenges and expectations presented by COVID-19. Chip Rogers has been the CEO of the company since 2019.