R. Miles Lee

Aptamera, Inc. develops drugs designed to attack cancer. The company is based in Louisville, KY. Aptamera was acquired by Sarossa Capital Ltd. on March 19, 2005 for $21.40 million. The company was founded by Donald Miller, John O. Trent, Paula J. Bates, Tyree G. Wilburn.

Guggenheim Capital LLC engages in the provision of investment advisory and banking services. It offers financing, sales and trading, research, insurance, investment consulting, and institutional finance services. The company was founded by Todd J. Morley and Dominic J. Curcio on August 8, 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Simpak International LLC provides environmentally-friendly industrial product packaging solutions. It offers SimPad an advanced product packaging technology allows for custom sizing of the pads to fit most traditional pack-out requirements. The company serves the vertical markets such as electronics, pumps, motors, fragile items, sanitary porcelain and thermal packaging industries. Simpak International was founded by Michael J. Lyons and William Kenneth Oyler III on May 3, 2004 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Vivorte, Inc. develops and markets medical devices to prevent hip fractures. The firm offers minimally invasive, implantable orthopedic devices and bone graft substitutes to reduce hip fractures and to fill bone voids. Its devices are implanted in the hip of patients through a hole less than a half-inch in diameter. The company was founded in 2008 by Michael John Voor and Ruth Ann Voor and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Republic Bank & Trust Co. provides commercial banking services. It offers personal and business banking services including checking, savings, investing, lending, internet, mobile banking and private banking, treasury management, CDs, and business online banking services. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. generates and distributes electricity. It provides wholesale energy transmission and support services to about 16 distribution cooperatives. The firm provides power through plants located in Mason, Clark and Pulaski counties. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Winchester, KY.

The Risk Management Association was founded in 1990 and promotes an enterprise approach to risk management, with a focus on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. The non-profit company is based in Philadelphia, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. RMA has 1,700 institutional members, including banks of all sizes and nonbank financial institutions, represented by 18,500 individuals located throughout the country and the Pacific. The company offers the largest offering of risk-focused resources for the financial services industry and maintains a strong community of risk professionals through events and courses that advance the understanding of risk management in financial services.

Health Enterprises Network organizes and facilitates health-related economic growth through business development, leadership and education. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

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.

Turnaround Management Association is a organization that provides turnaround management, corporate restructuring and distressed investing services. Its members include turnaround practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters, and consultants, as well as academic, government, and judicial employees. The company was founded by Thomas J. Allison, Jay Alix, C. Charles Bahr, Jacques H. Belet, Donald B. Bibeault, Gary Brooks Gerald, P. Buccino, John Butler, Melanie Rovner Cohen, John M. Collard, Marvin A. Davis, Peter Dusenberre, Timothy F. Finley, Kenneth E. Glass, Frank Grisanti, David Hansing, William J. Hass, Thomas D. Hays, William K. Marrinan, F. Richard Matthews, Kevin McConnaghy, Gilbert C. Osnos, Victor Palmieri, Peter Pellitier, Sanford C. Sigoloff, Jack R. Stone, James Sullivan, Rollie Tillman, Peter Tourtellot, John Whitney and Carl M. Youngman in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Greater Louisville, Inc. is a chamber of commerce that focuses on regional economic growth. The private company is based in Louisville, KY. The company was founded by Doug F. Cobb. Sarah Davasher-Wisdom has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Yearling Management LLC (Yearling Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Ty Wilburn. The firm is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Unified Foodservice Purchasing Coop LLC provides supply chain services for corporate and franchise-owned restaurant outlets. Its services include purchasing-food, packaging, purchasing-equipment, purchasing-international, commodity risk management, equipment sales, distribution and member programs. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Crowe LLP provides accounting services. The firm offers audit, tax, advisory, risk, and performance services. It serves banking, manufacturing, media and telecommunication, construction, real estate, financial, food, commodities and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Fred P. Crowe Sr. and Cletus F. Chizek in 1942 and is headquartered in South Bend, IN.

Metro United Way, Inc. operates as a community development charity. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation, Inc. promotes state culture and tourism. It offers education, art events, and art performances in community. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

MetaCyte Business Lab LLC (MetaCyte Business Lab) is a venture capital subsidiary of University of Louisville Foundation founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Advanced Cancer Therapeutics LLC develops cancer therapeutics. It focuses on the discovery and early development of novel cancer therapeutics as well as selection for partnership, commercialization and manufacture of the most promising discoveries. The company was founded by Dale J. Boden, William Lomicka, and Tyree G. Wilburn in January 2007 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

W.G. Shaheen & Associates Ltd. (do business as Whitney & Co.) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Rochester, New York. The firm was founded in 1975, and offers discretionary portfolio management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension plans/profit sharing plans, and foundations/charities.

Innovative Mattress Solutions LLC operates as a mattress retailer. The company was founded by Kimberly Brown Knopf in August 1983 and is headquartered in Winfield, WV.

Part of Alliance Cost Containment LLC, The Cost Reduction Group LLC provides cost and expense consulting services for the education, non-profit, manufacturing, logistics and services industries. The company is based in Louisville, KY. The company was founded by Ted Berg. The Cost Reduction Group was acquired by Alliance Cost Containment LLC on January 18, 2013.

Integra Health Systems LLC provides acute care hospital management services. The private company is based in Franklin, TN. The company was founded by Tyree G. Wilburn. Tyree G. Wilburn has been the CEO since incorporation.