Karen D. Turner

Madison River Telephone Co. LLC provides local and long distance communications services. It also owns and operates four rural telephone companies which include Madison River Communications LLC, Coastal Communications, GulfTel, and Gallatin River Communications. The company was founded by Paul H. Sunu and Steve Vanderwoude in 1996 and is headquartered in Mebane, NC.

Progress Energy, Inc. is a public utility holding company. It engages in electric utilities and infrastructure activities. The company was founded on August 19, 1999 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

FairPoint Communications, Inc. engaged in the provision of data, voice, and video technologies. It provided telecommunications services such as ethernet, data transport, internet access, high-speed data transport, as well as local and long distance voice services to business, wholesale, and residential customers. The company was founded in February 1991 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Syneos Health LLC operates therapeutically focused global contract research organization. It provides pharma and biotech services. The firm specializes in the hematology, immunology and inflammation infectious diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, cardiovascular, CNS analgesia, CNS neurology, CNS psychiatry, endocrinology, and gastroenterology and hepatology. The company was founded by Kenneth A. Selzer in 1985 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.