Lauren M. Smith

Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia.

Office Depot LLC engages in the provision of office products, services, supplies, and technology solutions. It operates through the following segments: Retail, Business Solutions, and CompuCom. The Retail segment involves in selling merchandise through chain of office supply stores and offers products and services in the categories of supplies, technology, and furniture and other. The Business Solutions segment trades branded and private branded products and services and provides copy and print services. The CompuCom segment comprises procurement, installation, and managing the life cycle of hardware and software businesses; and offers information technology (IT) support services including remote help desk, data centers, and on-site IT professionals. The company was founded by F. Patrick Sher, Stephen Dougherty, and Jack Kopkin in March 1986 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

The Terminix Co. LLC engages in the business of manufacturing and selling lawn care, and termite and pest control products. The company was founded by Marion E. Wade in 1929 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Sam's West, Inc. operates a membership warehouse club. The firm offers jewelry, electronics, organic foods, choice meats, and beauty items. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1983 and is headquartered in Bentonville, AR.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Gurwitch Products LLC manufactures and markets cosmetic products. The firm’s brands include Laura Mercier and Revive. The company was founded by Janet Gurwitch and Gary Kusin in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization that owns and managers a network of hospitals. It offers addiction treatment, behavioral medicine, blood conservation program, children's health, community wellness, critical care center, endoscopy, executive health, gamma knife center, heart surgery, home care, hyperbaric, imaging, laboratory, neonatal, neuroscience, and nutrition counseling services. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Minnesota Vikings Football Club LLC operates as a professional football club. Its activities include football operations, network and broadcasting, brand development and advertising. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN.

World Business Chicago provides economic data and statistical assistance services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Advertising Council, Inc. promotes public service campaigns. It carries out pro bono ad campaigns on behalf of both government and private organizations. The company campaigns on children's issues, health, community, environment and family matters. The council relies on volunteer efforts from advertising firms. The Advertising Council was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Woodruff Arts Center offers discount parking, plus the added bonus of free or discounted tickets for most Center events for employees. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Association of National Advertisers is a non profit organization which is a representative body for the marketing community. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Westminster Schools operates schools and educational institutions. It is a Christian, independent day school for boys and girls from pre-first through high school. The school was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA

Walgreens Boots Alliance Ltd. operates as an investment holding company. The company was founded on March 19, 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

BAML Capital Access Funds Management LLC (BAML) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of HarbourVest Partners LLC founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in the US.

Village Practice Management Co. LLC engages in the provision of primary health care. Its solutions include care management, clinical innovation, analytics, village home, and data platform. The company was founded by Tim Barry, Clive Fields, and Paul Martino in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Business Roundtable advocates public policies that ensure economic growth. It considers public policy issues which contains groups like the construction users anti-inflation roundtable, a group devoted to containing construction costs; and the labor law study committee, made up of labor relations executives of major companies. The Business Roundtable was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.