Michael A. Fout

LESCO, Inc. distributes turf and lawn care products. The company customers include golf courses, athletic fields, and professional lawn care companies that maintain landscapes around apartments, office complexes, government buildings, cemeteries and private homes. The company mission is to be the sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution services leader for the professional green and pest control industries

Oglebay Norton Co. LLC engages in mining, processing, transporting and marketing industrial minerals and aggregates. It provides aggregates and industrial minerals for applications in the building materials, environmental, energy and industrial markets. The company operates in three segments: Great Lakes Minerals, Global Stone and Performance Minerals. The Great Lakes Minerals segment mines and distributes limestone from facilities located in northern Michigan. The Global Stone segment supplies lime, crushed and ground limestone, construction aggregates and chemical limestone in the Great Lakes region. It's products are used as a filler in building materials, waste water treatment and soil stabilization and as an aggregate for construction of highways, shopping centers, hospitals and schools. Performance Minerals segment mines and processes industrial sands. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

American Italian Pasta Co. produces and markets branded and private label dry pasta in North America with brands. The company was founded by Richard C. Thompson in 1986 and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. LLC offers investment banking services. Its services include mergers & acquisitions, debt & equity placements, financial restructuring, financial advisory & valuation services. The company was founded by Michael Eugene Gibbons in 1989 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

EagleDirect.com, Inc. is a private company based in Denver, CO.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

St. Ignatius High School operates as a a college-preparatory school. It also offers programs for education and athletics. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Baker & Hostetler LLP is engaged in the provision of legal services. Its practice areas include business, distribution and franchise, employee benefits, employment, energy industry, global practices, government contracts, green business and sustainability, healthcare industry, hedge fund, hospitality industry, international trade, legislative and regulatory, litigation, media law, privacy and data protection, private wealth, real estate, sports and entertainment, and tax. The company was founded by Newton D. Baker, Joseph C. Hostetler and Thomas L. Sidlo on January 1, 1916 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical products. It utilizes DNA nanoparticle technologies to produce DNA drugs. The company provides nucleic acid delivery systems with applications in human therapeutics. Copernicus Therapeutics was founded by Mark J. Cooper in 1997 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

United Way Worldwide is a non-profit organization, which engages in raising money for charitable causes. It focuses on education, health, and financial stability. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

U.S. Bank NA engages in operation of a commercial bank that offers loans and depositary services. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.

Global M&A Partners Ltd. provides advisory services. The private company is based in Dublin, Ireland.

The Palmer-Donavin Mfg. Co. manufactures and distributes building materials, kitchen and bath cabinets, heating, ventilation, and air cooling products. The company distributes materials such as awnings, doors, insulation, roofing, siding and windows. The company has offices in Cincinnati, Delphos, Ft. Wayne, Lima, Warren and Lucasville. The Palmer-Donavin was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Grove City, OH.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Ayer NW, Inc. /Private Group/, N.W. Ayer & Partners, Inc. is an advertising agency. The company is based in New York, NY. N.W. Ayer & Partners was acquired by Ayer NW, Inc. /Private Group/ on March 23, 1993.

Integrity Insurance provides insurance services. It offers business, auto, home and life insurance. The company is headquartered in Appleton, WI.

Grange Insurance Co. provides casualty insurance services. Its service categories include auto, home, business, and life insurance. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Central Hockey League operates a professional minor league hockey teams playing in small to medium-sized markets primarily in central and southwestern US states. The league, which was started in 1992, is managed and operated by WPHL, a subsidiary of Global Entertainment Corporation.

The Cleveland Museum of Art exhibits art gallery as an art museum and as one of northeastern Ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. The museum seeks to bring the meaning of art to the possible audience. The firm's museum also preserves and exhibits collections of art for the public and presents exhibitions and programs. The company was founded in 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Greater Cleveland Partnership is a business membership association. The firm offers resources include project management, asset to capital, real estate site searches, incentive workforce program assistance and workforce grants assistance. The company was founded in March 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers operates non-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development for engineering community. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Chuckanut Health Foundation provides health care services. It offers health related programs, projects and health education activities. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Bellingham, WA.

Cleveland Sight Center provides developmental, rehabilitation and vocational service to individuals who are blinds and visually impaired. It offers therapeutic recreation, caregivers and family, healthcare professionals, and adaptive technology. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Equivest, Inc. provides investment brokerage services. The private company is based in Norristown, PA.

North Coast Minerals LLC operates as a platform company to invest in industrial minerals, mining, natural resources and related businesses. The firm invests in the debt, mezzanine and equity of industrial minerals, mining, natural resources and related businesses. The company is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission is a non-profit organization governed by a group of trustees representing private, public and non-profit institutions. It offers an array of services and assistance including sponsorship, event management, marketing, graphic design, merchandising, media relations, facility and site selection, volunteer recruitment and management, and fundraising. The organization was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.