Richard W. Riley

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP provides legal services. It offers advisory, counseling, corporate, economic development, and other related legal services to individuals and businesses. The company was founded by Patrick Henry Nelson II in 1897 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future provides educational services. The firm engages education policymakers and practitioners to address the entrenched challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining teachers in order to ensure that all students have access to teaching in schools. The company was founded by Linda Darling-Hammond and James Baxter Hunt, Jr. in 1994 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

ACT, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of assessment, research, information, and program management services in the areas of education and workforce development. It offers ACT Aspire, PreACT, ACT Academy, ACT CollegeReady, ACT Certified Educator, and ACT Tessera. The company was founded by E.F. Lindquist and Ted McCarrel in 1959 and is headquartered in Iowa City, IA.

Carnegie Corp. of New York (Carnegie) is a philanthropic grantmaking foundation headquartered in New York City. The foundation was founded in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie promotes the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding for the benefit of the people of the United States.