Thomas R. Nides

Jostens, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes school-related affinity products and services. It provides products, programs and services that help people to celebrate the important moments, recognize achievements, and build affiliations. The firm offers yearbooks, class rings, graduation, and athletic champion’s products. The company was founded by Otto Josten in 1897 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC provides global investment banking services in the United States. It provides private banking and financial advisory services and banking products. Its businesses include securities underwriting, sales & trading, investment banking, private equity, alternative assets, financial advisory services, investment research and asset management. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

Burson-Marsteller LLC provides global public relations and communications services. Its services include consumer and brand marketing, corporate and financial communications, digital, healthcare communications and market access, health tech, issues and crisis management, media, public affairs, sports marketing, and technology communications. The firm offers services for global companies, industry associations, professional services firms, governments, and organizations. The company was founded by Harold Burson and Bill Marsteller on March 1, 1953 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Inc. (SIFMA) is an organization that represents the securities industry in the United States. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's main focus is advocating for effective and resilient capital markets. The CEO of the company is Kenneth E. Bentsen.

Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC.