Vickie S. Smith

Venture Stores, Inc. operates a regional discount store chain in the midwestern and southwestern regions of the United States. The private company is based in O'Fallon, MO.

Payless Finance, Inc. owns and operates shoe stores through its subsidiaries. The company was founded on April 17, 2000 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

myEDmatch LLC operates a matchmaking employment website. The firm provides services for educators and schools with shared missions, beliefs and goals to find each other in the United States. Its website helps teachers to match them with the right job in a good-fit school and school leaders to fill their open teaching jobs. The company was founded by Alicia Herald in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Target Corp., Target Stores, Inc. operates department stores. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

BJC Health System engages in healthcare services. It offers inpatient and outpatient care; primary care; community health and wellness; workplace health; home health; community mental health; rehabilitation; and long-term care. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Cerberus Capital Management LP (Cerberus) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Stephen A. Feinberg and William L. Richter. It is headquartered in New York.

Academy Ltd. owns and operates sporting goods stores. Its products include hunting, fishing and camping equipment, gear along with sports and leisure products, and footwear and apparels for various sports and outdoors activities. The company was founded in 1938 by Max Gochman and is headquartered in Katy, TX.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital provides healthcare services. It provides its medical services in the areas of cancer, clinics, dermatology, diabetes and endocrinology, digestive diseases, elder care and rehabilitation, emergency medicine, geriatrics, heart and vascular, lung diseases, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic care, pain management, palliative care, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, radiology, rheumatology, spine and spinal cord, transplant, trauma and acute care surgery, urology and wound/general surgery. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

National Retail Federation operates membership organizations. Its channels of distribution include department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet and independent stores. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

RAG Legacy, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of women’s apparels. It designs, sources, and markets pants, sweaters, blouses, knits, jackets, and skirts. Its products cater to various categories such as Missy for the traditional sized clothing, and Petite and Woman for the smaller-framed and larger-framed women, respectively. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mercy Ships provides health care services to the poor. Its crewed by doctors, nurses, water engineers and agriculturalists visiting some of the world?s poorest countries. The company was founded by Deyon Stephens and Donald K. Stephens in 1978 and is headquartered in Lindale, TX.

International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc. serves the global retail real estate industry. Its programs include webinars, global awards program, exhibit, sponsorship and advertising, opportunities. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Teach For America, Inc. provides teachers and educational services to communities. It operates as corps of recent college graduates and professionals of various academic majors and career interests. The company?s corps members commit to teach in urban and rural public schools. The firm also offers early childhood education, math and science, and teach for all initiatives to address needs in education. Teach For America was founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Committee of 200 operates as a membership organization for women entrepreneurs and corporate innovators.

The Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) is an organization that focuses on economic geology. The organization is based in Littleton, CO. The company offers membership benefits such as access to publications, webinars, and job listings. The SEG also has a foundation that provides funding for students and early career professionals.

Payless Holdings LLC engages in the operation of retail shoe stores. It provides lifestyle, fashion and performance brands for footwear and related accessories. The firm's portfolio brands include Airwalk, Dexter, Champion and American Eagle. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

Guitar Center Holdings Inc. operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA.

National 4-H Council, Inc. provides youth development programs and activities. It prepares young people to step up to the challenges in their community and the world using research-based programming around positive youth development, 4-H youth get the hands-on real world experience they need to become leaders. The company is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

SPEED Commerce Corp. provides e-commerce services. Its services encompass software-as-a-service e-commerce platform and integration, tier 4 web hosting, interactive online marketing, proprietary order management and reporting, and customer care. The company was founded by Jeffrey B. Zisk in May 2000 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

DonorsChoose.org provides public education by engaging citizens in an online marketplace where teachers describe and individuals can fund specific student projects. The firm offers the clients with access to an online collection of information, materials and services related to DC and its work, including text, pictures, photographs, audio and video, graphics, logos, marks and images, as well as software used in accessing the sites, displaying the content, and utilizing the functionality offered through the sites. The company was founded by Charles Best in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc., New Academy Holding Co. LLC is a company based in Katy, TX.

Academy Managing Co. LLC owns and operates sporting goods store. The company was founded on December 14, 1999 and is headquartered in Katy, TX.