Richard B. Payne

CureSearch for Children's Cancer dedicates private funds for childhood cancer research for the Children's Oncology Group. Its Children's Oncology Group has a network of more than 5,000 physicians, nurses, and scientists whose collaboration, research, and care have turned childhood cancer from a virtually incurable disease to one with an overall 78% cure rate. The company was founded by Dr. G. Denman Hammond and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

The Group's principal activities are to provide commercial and retail banking, consumer finance, asset management, mortgage financing and payment processing services. The asset management includes both institutional asset and personal wealth management. The Group also provides home equity line of credit which consists of revolving lines of credit secured by residential real estate. Other consumer loans include installment loans for automobiles, boats and recreational vehicles, student loans. The Group provides credit card services and insurance services also. As on 31-Dec-2007, the Group operates through 1,400 branch banking offices and 4100 retail and wholesale mortgage offices located throughout the United States. On 05-Jan-2007, the Group acquired Fidelity Bankshares, Inc.

The Financial Services Roundtable provides advisory services to financial service industry. Its members include the leading banking, insurance, asset management, finance and credit card companies in America. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Inc. (SIFMA) is an organization that represents the securities industry in the United States. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's main focus is advocating for effective and resilient capital markets. The CEO of the company is Kenneth E. Bentsen.

Minnesota Public Radio operates radio stations produces programs for radio, Internet, and face-to-face audiences. It operates 37-stations radio network serving to the people in Minnesota and in parts of Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Michigan, Iowa, and Idaho. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.