William F. Staats

Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University A & M is an elite and historic university that offers academic excellence, financial aid, scholarships, and a vibrant community with lots of ways to get involved. The private company was founded in 1860 and is based in Baton Rouge, LA. The university has various centers for advising, counseling, disability services, and student health. LSU also offers campus safety, residential life, university recreation, campus dining, and events calendar. The university has subsidiaries in the United States. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College manages the university, which is tasked as the state’s research leader, offering degrees at the highest level of learning, providing educational and business services to the people of the state, and overseeing the state’s safety net hospital system.

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. provides loans to agriculture-producing companies and individuals. The company engages in issuing, marketing, and handling the Farm credit system’s debt securities. It offers discount notes, designated bonds, floating rate bonds, fixed rate bonds, and retail bonds. The company is headquartered in Jersey, NJ.

AgriBank FCB engages in the provision of financial products and services for rural communities and agriculture. It offers lending, risk management, and retail bank support. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is a medical research center affiliated with Louisiana State University. The center is located in state-of-the-art research facilities on a 222-acre campus. The non-profit company is based in Baton Rouge, LA. The center conducts basic, clinical, and population research to understand the triggers of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and dementia. With over 500 employees, the research enterprise includes a network of 40 clinics, research laboratories, and 13 highly specialized core service facilities.

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides funding and other financial services. The company's services include offering loans to farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners and agribusiness. It also provides timber as well as insurance, equipment leasing and other tax services. The bank was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Agribank District Farm Credit Council is a national trade association that represents farm credit institutions. The non-profit company is based in St. Paul. The CEO of the American company is Jeffrey R. Swanhorst.

CoBank ACB engages in the provision of financial products and services. It offers loan programs, leasing services and other financial services including cash management and online services. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank provides food for charitable agencies. It distributes food to a variety of community agencies such as pantries, meal sites, homes, shelters and soup kitchens which serve the people in need. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

The National World War II Museum, Inc. exhibits artefacts from World War II. It offers compelling blend of sweeping narrative, poignant personal detail, the Museum features immersive exhibits, multimedia experiences, an expansive collection of artifacts and first-person oral histories to take visitors inside the story of the war. The company was founded by Stephen E. Ambrose in 2002 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

ZERO TO THREE provides support and services for infants and toddlers. It informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in its efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. The company was founded by T. Berry Brazelton, Selma Fraiberg, Stanley I. Greenspan, J. Ronald Lally, Bernard Levy, Reginald S. Lourie, Peter B. Neubauer, Robert A. Nover, Sally Provence, Julius B. Richmond, Albert J. Solnit, and Leon J. Yarrow in 1977 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Piedmont Farm Credit Services is a private company that engages in lending funds with real estate as collateral. The company is based in Monroe, NC.

Accessia Health operates as a non-profit organization, provides medical and healthcare services. It offers subsidized cost of health insurance premiums, COBRA coverage, HIPAA conversion policies, state high-risk insurance pools, and opens enrollment insurance plans. The company was founded by Dana A. Kuhn in August 1989 and is headquartered in Midlothian, VA.

Plains Land Bank, FLCA operates as bank. The company is headquartered in Amarillo, TX.

The Obesity Society is an organization that supports professionals in the obesity field and people impacted by obesity globally. The society also collaborated with leading US organizations to address roadblocks in improving access to obesity treatment and reducing obesity. The non-profit company is based in Silver Spring, MD, and was founded by George A. Bray. The company offers various programs, including a certificate program for obesity management in primary care and practice management and leadership training for physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

The Turner Corp. provides construction management services. It also provides services for midsize and smaller projects and provides interior construction and renovation services. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of N.E.W. Plastics Corp., Integrated Technical Services, Inc. provides recycling services. The company is based in Winslow, NJ. Integrated Technical Services was acquired by US Plastic Lumber Corp. on April 24, 1997. The CEO of the company is Bert S. Turner.

Esperance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops oncology products. It specializes in oncology products that selectively kill cancer cells without harming normal cells. The company was founded by Hector W. Alila in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

AdipoGenix, Inc. develops molecular pharmaceutical products. It offers small molecule pharmaceuticals to treat obesity and its co-morbidities. The firm’s technology includes AdipoBASE, AdipoSCREEN, AdipoPATH and AdipoTARGET. The company was founded by Gerri Waloga, Barbara E. Corkey, Stephen R. Farmer, James A. Hamilton, James L. Kirkland, H. Jeff Leighton and Paul F. Pilch in 1997 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Capital Farm Credit provides lending services. It offers ag banking online, drafts, grainbridge, appraisal services, crop insurance, and mortgage, life and disability insurance. The firm also provides ag loans and leasing, agribusiness loans, and home loans. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Bryan, TX.

National Cotton Council of America operates as a trade organization for cotton production. The firm established is to lobby in favour of farm bills agreeable to the cotton industry. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Cordova, TN.

Cotton, Inc. manufactures cotton products. The firm offers agricultural research and marketing services. Its services include technical, information, and product trend analysis services. The company was founded in 1970 and is located in Cary, NC.

Heritage Land Bank, ACA provides banking services. It provides agribusiness, equipment, livestock, poultry and recreational property loans. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Tyler, TX.

Fairland Management Co. provides management consulting services such as farm management, real estate sales, consulting and accounting services. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Windom, MN.

Great Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is a holding company that engages in the provision of consumer and commercial banking services. The company was founded on March 12, 1981 and is headquartered in New Roads, LA.

Ximax Environmental Solutions Plc provides water treatment solutions. The private company is based in Brentwood, UK.

The Farm Credit Council operates as a national trade association. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.