Andrew P. VanderPloeg

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. operates as a media and lifestyle company. The firm publishes Playboy magazine for men that focus primarily on photography, entertainment, humor, and cartoons as well as articles on current issues and trends. The company was founded by Hugh Marston Hefner in 1953 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Advantage Leasing Corp. provides new and used equipment financing services. It offers loan that help equipment buyers buy equipment, and help equipment sellers sell equipment. The company was founded by Richard T. Hackl in 1992 and is headquartered in Brookfield, WI.

Fortress Partners Capital Management Ltd. (Fortress Partners Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Jon C. Bruss. The firm is headquartered in Hartland, Wisconsin.

Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. provides structural engineering services. The firm provides structural evaluation, roofing and waterproofing, historic prevention, repair and rehabilitation, blast engineering, and testing and instrumentation services. The company was founded by Jack Janney in 1956 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Chicago Title Corp. provides title insurance and real estate-related services for residential and commercial real estate transactions. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society operates a professional association of certified public accountants. The private company is based in Illinois. Todd Shapiro has been the CEO of the American company since 1998.

Rally Capital Services is a private equity and consulting firm founded in 1998 by Howard B. Samuels and the late James J. Zec. The firm is headquartered in Chicago.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

The Dallas Bar Association operates as an association of attorneys. The private company is based in Dallas, TX.

J-W Operating Co. designs, manufactures and distributes natural gas compression. It focuses on natural gas compression, gathering, exploration, production and gas measurement. The firm operates in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, California, Montana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Dakota. The company was founded in November 10, 1960 by Howard George Westerman and Thomas Jeffrey and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP provides legal services. It offer banking and financial services, corporate and transactional, energy law, intellectual property, and real estate services. It serves to the advanced manufacturing, food and beverage, agribusiness, higher education and energy industries. The company was founded by Michael Best in 1848 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Eco2Source, Inc. engages in the development of industry scale capture of exhaust stack carbon dioxide for permanent sequestration. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Littleton, CO.

Ameriwest Energy Corp. is a development stage company that focuses on acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and gas assets. It was founded on January 3, 2001 and is headquartered in Blaine, WA

Turnaround Management Association is a organization that provides turnaround management, corporate restructuring and distressed investing services. Its members include turnaround practitioners, attorneys, accountants, investors, lenders, venture capitalists, appraisers, liquidators, executive recruiters, and consultants, as well as academic, government, and judicial employees. The company was founded by Thomas J. Allison, Jay Alix, C. Charles Bahr, Jacques H. Belet, Donald B. Bibeault, Gary Brooks Gerald, P. Buccino, John Butler, Melanie Rovner Cohen, John M. Collard, Marvin A. Davis, Peter Dusenberre, Timothy F. Finley, Kenneth E. Glass, Frank Grisanti, David Hansing, William J. Hass, Thomas D. Hays, William K. Marrinan, F. Richard Matthews, Kevin McConnaghy, Gilbert C. Osnos, Victor Palmieri, Peter Pellitier, Sanford C. Sigoloff, Jack R. Stone, James Sullivan, Rollie Tillman, Peter Tourtellot, John Whitney and Carl M. Youngman in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Muhlenkamp & Co., Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Wexford, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Ronal Muhlenkamp in 1977. Muhlenkamp & Co. Offers investment management services and financial planning services to pension plans, profit-sharing plans, endowment funds, individual and high-net-worth individuals, trusts, corporate accounts, wrap fee accounts, and a no-load mutual fund.

Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc. provides petroleum engineering services. The non-profit company is based in Allen, TX and has subsidiaries in United States, India and Canada.

Part of Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA, Vidiom Systems Corp. provides interactive television software and services solutions. The company is based in Broomfield, CO. Vidiom Systems was acquired by Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA on December 22, 2005.

NYSE Chicago, Inc. offers technology based national securities exchange services. It provides business to transact in all equity securities traded on NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, or other national securities exchanges. CHX acts as a venue for hedge funds, options market markers, quantitative, professional and active individual traders that require immediate and automated execution. The firm provides services through its technology products including CHXBD, CHX SHARE and SNAP. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Futures Industry Association operates an international swaps and derivatives association. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Walt Lukken has been the CEO of the American company since 2012.

Cboe Exchange, Inc. provides options exchange services. It trades equity options, security index options, options on exchange traded notes and products, binary options, one-week and quarterly options, long-term equity anticipation securities options, and flexible exchange options. The firm also provides information on various stock and options trading strategies, options trading tools, stock and option quotes and data; and options information and education. Additionally, they offer access to product information, conference notices, portfolio management tools, and educational materials for institutional investors and products and strategies for advisors to protect client’s portfolios. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chicago Board of Trade provides trade derivative facilities. It allows speculators throughout the world to interpret economic data, news, and other information. The company was founded on April 3, 1848 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Massachusetts Bar Association is a non-profit organization that serves the legal profession and the public by promoting the administration of justice, legal education, professional excellence, and respect for the law. The MBA is based in Boston, MA. The organization offers various membership advantages, volunteer opportunities, and educational resources such as CLE programs, practicing with professionalism courses, and publications like the ejournal and Lawyers Journal. The MBA also provides advocacy services, public resources, and exclusive benefits to its members such as the Lawyer Referral Service, Insurance Agency, and MBA On Demand.