Tom D. Wippman

Pedersen & Houpt-A Professional Corp. provides legal services. Its practice areas include corporate and business counseling, creditor's rights, restructuring and bankruptcy, litigation and dispute resolution and wealth preservation. The company was founded by Peer Pedersen and Russell W. Arrington in 1957 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Sterling Fund Management LLC (Sterling Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1983 by Eric Becker, Michael Bronfein, Shoshana M. Vernick, Jeff Elburn. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd. engages in processing, marketing and distributing of branded and unbranded food products. It distributes and markets its products under the brand name Blue Ribbon. The firm's products include smoked sausages, bacon and packaged and sliced luncheon meats. Its subsidiary Carlton, manufactures a variety of smoked sausage products which include products sold by Blue Ribbon and Potter Sausage under the J.C. Potter brand name. The company was founded on September 1, 1991 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Sterling Partners, Inc. provides private equity services. The firm specializes in education, business services, healthcare services and investments. The company was founded by Eric Becker, Chris Hoehn-Saric and Steven M. Taslitz in 1983 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.