Patricia Nazemetz

Astoria Financial Corp. is a holding company, which through its subsidiary Astoria Bank, engages in attracting retail deposits from the general public and businesses. It invests in principal repayments on loans and securities and borrowings, primarily in multi-family and commercial real estate mortgage loans, one-to-four family, or residential, mortgage loans, and mortgage-backed securities. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Lake Success, NY.

WMS Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes electronic and digital gaming entertainment and gaming machines for the casino industry. The company also designs, manufactures and distributes games, video and mechanical reel-spinning gaming machines and video lottery terminals to authorized customers in legal gaming jurisdictions worldwide through its WAGE-NET networked gaming solution, a suite of systems technologies and applications. The company was founded on November 20, 1974 and is headquartered in Waukegan, IL.

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Sterling National Bank provides banking services. It offers financing, commercial, residential mortgage lending, equipment leasing, trust and investment management services. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Group's principal activity consists of its regulated electricity transmission and distribution operations. The Group operates through three business segments: Electric Delivery, Natural Gas Delivery and Other segment. Electric Delivery segment consists of its regulated electricity transmission, distribution and generation operations in New York and Maine. Natural Gas Delivery segment includes regulated natural gas transportation, storage and distribution operations in New York, Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. Other segment includes the regulated liquefied natural gas peaking plant, retail energy marketing, natural gas delivery and propane air delivery. The Group also generates electricity from its share of a nuclear plant and its several hydroelectric stations. It serves approximately two million electricity customers and one million natural gas customers.

National Business Group, Inc. provided technology consulting, design and implementation services to organizations. The company was founded in 1987 and was headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Catholic Health Services of Long Island provides health care delivery system. Its services include neurological procedures, cardiovascular treatment, orthopedics, cancer care, and behavioral health. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Rockville Centre, NY.

MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education. MDA combats neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive medical and support services, and far-reaching professional and public health education. With national headquarters in Tucson, MDA has more than 200 offices across the country, sponsors some 200 hospital-affiliated clinics and supports more than 330 research projects around the world. MDA supports more research on neuromuscular diseases than any other private-sector organization in the world. MDA scientists are in the forefront of gene therapy research and have uncovered the genetic defects responsible for several forms of muscular dystrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), childhood spinal muscular atrophy and several other neuromuscular conditions. The Association's comprehensive services program includes diagnostic and follow-up medical consultations, flu shots, support groups, MDA summer camps for youngsters, a medical equipment program, assistance with equipment repairs and resource referral. Through its national advocacy program, MDA works to make life better for people with muscular dystrophy and related muscle diseases by providing representation in matters of public policy and research advancement, nationally and internationally; and facilitating active involvement in these areas by the people it serves. MDA was created in 1950 by a group of adults with muscular dystrophy, parents of children with muscular dystrophy and a physician-scientist studying the disorder. Since its earliest days, it has been energized by its number-one volunteer and national chairman, entertainer Jerry Lewis.