Geoff Pickering

Paracelsus Healthcare Corp. owns and operates acute care and related healthcare businesses through directly and its subsidiaries. Its hospitals offer a broad array of general medical and surgical services on an inpatient, outpatient and emergency basis. Certain hospitals and their related facilities offer home health, skilled nursing care, rehabilitation and psychiatric services. The company was founded in November 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers pharmaceutical drugs, pharmaceutical instruments, and diagnostics solutions. The company was founded by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche on October 1, 1896 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Part of PriceSmart, Inc., Payless ShoeSource Holdings, Inc. is a shoe retailer that offers a variety of footwear for women, men, and children. The company is based in Topeka, KS. The company's selection includes shoes, sandals, boots, school shoes, and athletic shoes from brands such as SafeTStep, SmartFit®, and Spotlights. The CEO of the company is Jared Marshall Margolis.

Palm, Inc. manufactures handheld computing device products. It provides mobile products that help people to stay connected with their family, friends and colleagues, access and share information. The firm sells their products through Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels and at Palm online stores. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Edward D. Jones & Co. LP is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of the Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors and businesses in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. Edward Jones registered as a broker–dealer in 1941 and as an investment adviser in 1993. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They cover stocks that perform over the long-term, focusing on US, Canadian and Western European companies with long, stable, operating histories.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

Wellmark, Inc. provides health insurance products and related services. It pays health benefit claims. It also operates through it subsidiaries such as Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa. The company was founded in 1948 and is located in Des Moines, IA.

Kirke Van Orsdel provides insurance and health benefits for professional groups. The private company is based in Chicago, IL.

Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. provides news and information platform. It offers current events, business news, opinions, sports news, and lifestyle news. The company was founded on January 6, 1978 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Charles River Laboratories Ashland LLC provides product safety and toxicological assessment research and services. It serves the international pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, agricultural, veterinary, food, and consumer products industries. The firm's services include toxicology, discovery, ADME & DMPK, analytical and regulatory services, safety pharmacology, and pathology. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Ashland, OH.

Great Southern Bank provides retail banking services. It offers checking, savings, online banking, business banking, small business loans and mobile check deposit services. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Springfield, MO.

WIS International, Inc. provides inventory and data collection services. It offers full service self-service inventory, retail merchandising, space optimization and planning, compliance support, space mapping, compliance audit, planogram maintenance, product placement, equipment rental and staffing solutions. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. provides brokerage services. The company is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Founded in 1995, Sabal Trust Co. is an independent wealth management firm offering investment management, trust and IRA services and estate settlement services. The firm is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute provides biomedical research services. It conducts research and development of countermeasures to chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, and explosive emerging and environmental threats to human health as well as advancing the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and other brain disorders. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

TSI Global Cos. LLC provides low-voltage systems integrator services. It offers convergent audio and video, networked communications, and security system solutions. The firm serves clients in education, sports, entertainment, construction, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in St. Charles, MO.

Pinnacle Family Advisors LLC (PFA) is an independent registered investment adviser headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The firm was founded by R. Sean McCurry in 2007. PFA offers investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities. They are also the manager to two affiliated mutual funds.

Covance Laboratories, Inc. provides early-stage and late-stage product development services. The company is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

United Way of Greenville County, Inc. provides nurturing and leadership programs. It offers and supports for children for school readiness, high school graduation, and financial stability. The company is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce operates as a Chamber of Commerce firm. It offers business, marketing, networking, economic, development and relocation services. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Springfield, MO.

The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (The Bar Plan-IP) is the investment portfolio division The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Co., a mutual insurance company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1985 and writes lawyers’ professional liability insurance in Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Tennessee and Indiana. The Bar Plan-IP manages the client’s investment portfolio.

Part of HCL Technologies Ltd., HCL Technologies (Shanghai) Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides information technology and software development services. The company is based in Shanghai, China.

Part of Mallinckrodt Plc, Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company based in St. Louis. The American company manufactures pharmaceutical products.

AmbioPharm, Inc. is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in South Carolina. The American company specializes in the production of pharmaceuticals. Brian Gregg has been the CEO of the private company since 2023.

Ambio Pharmaceuticals engages in the business of providing contract manufacturing services of biosimilar and bioequivalent peptide drugs and research and development of peptides and biopharmaceuticals. It operates through the CDMO Business and Drug Development segments. The CDMO Business segment develops and provides contract manufacturing services for peptides and biopharmaceuticals at clinical trial stage. The Drug Development segment focuses on biosimilar and bioequivalent drugs. The company was founded on October 8, 2020 and is headquartered in North Augusta, SC.

PT Kreasi Nostra Mandiri operates an online shopping site for daily needs. The company is based in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia. The Indonesian company was founded in 2016 by Metha Trisnawati, Amanda Susanti Cole, Rama G. Notowidigdo. Amanda Susanti Cole has been the CEO since 2016.

Pitt Development Group LLC develops real estate properties. The private company is based in Springfield.