Erich A. Sauer

Wells Fargo Financial LLC provides financial services. It offers real estate-secured lending, automobile financing, consumer and private-label credit cards and commercial services to consumers and businesses. The firm serves industries and government entities through different stores in the U.S. and Canada. The company was founded by Jacob Levitt in 1897 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Walton Street Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Walton Capital Advisors LP founded in 1994. Walton Street Capital LLC is headquartered in Chicago.

First Midwest Bank operates as state chartered commercial bank. The firm provides the full range of both business and retail banking and trust and investment management services. The company is headquartered in Joliet, IL.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Fulcrum Investing LLC (Fulcrum Investing) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Kevin Van Eekeren. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. provides event management services. It engages In live entertainment and hospitality. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

The International Association of Fire Fighters, headquartered in Washington, DC, represents full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics who protect the nation's population. Affiliates to their members protect communities in every state in the United States and in Canada. The IAFF is one of the most active lobbying organizations in Washington; its Political Action Committee, FIREPAC, is among the top one percent of the PACs in the country. In addition to city and county fire fighters and emergency medical personnel, IAFF members include state employees, federal workers and fire and emergency medical personnel employed at certain industrial facilities.

Delta Capital Partners Management LLC (Delta Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Christopher DeLise. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Great Lakes Advisors LLC (GLA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1981, the firm is a subsidiary of Whamco Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Wintrust Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: WTFC), which acquired the firm in 2011. GLA offers customized investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients. In addition, the firm serves as adviser to mutual funds and is the General Partner to a Private Fund. GLA is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment process.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Z Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2006 by James J. Zenni. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Heller Lumber Co., Inc. supplies lumber and building supplies. Its products include decking, exterior and interior doors, locks, moldings, stairs, trusses, engineered lumber, deck screws, nails, fasteners, plywood, and siding. The company was founded by Lewis L. Heller and Eugene H. Heller in 1923 and is headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL.

UL Solutions LLC provides testing, inspection and certification services. The firm offers brand risk management, cybersecurity, fire safety, global market access, suppy chain and product stewardship solutions. The company was founded by William Henry Merrill Jr. in 1893 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Wind Point Advisors LLC (Wind Point Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Rich Kracum and Bob Cummings. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Old National Bank operates as a national commercial bank. It offers personal banking products and services, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, account management, checking-related, debit cards, direct deposits and online mobile banking, checking-related services. The company was founded in 1834 and headquartered in Evansville, IN.

Mt. Hawley Insurance Co. is engaged in the provision of insurance services. It specializes in fire, marine, and casualty insurance plans. The company was incorporated on October 26, 1979 and is headquartered in Peoria, IL.

Part of KPMG International Cooperative, KPMG, Inc. provides audit and accounting services. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Walter R. Pela.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater operates performance theaters. It offers production of classics, new works and family programming; to unlocking Shakespeare’s work for educators and students; and to serving as Chicago’s cultural ambassador through its World’s Stage Series. The company was founded by Barbara Gaines in 1986 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of RLI Corp., RLI Insurance Co. provides property and casualty insurance services. The company is based in Peoria, IL. The CEO of the company is Jonathan E. Michael.

Part of Clear Blue Financial Holdings LLC, Clear Blue Insurance Co. is a property and casualty insurance company. The company is based in Peoria, IL. The CEO of the company is Jonathan E. Michael. Clear Blue Insurance was acquired by Clear Blue Financial Holdings LLC from RLI Corp. on November 03, 2015 for $7.50 million.

Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company (CBIC) is a privately held, Seattle-based insurance company specializing in surety bonds and niche property and casualty insurance products. Surety underwriting emphasis is on contract, license, permit, miscellaneous and court bonds. The contract bond program focuses on standard underwriting for medium size contractors along with streamlined programs for small accounts and infrequent users of surety credit. Property and Casualty underwriting emphasis is on general liability, property, and inland marine coverages for artisan contractors but they also write the program, wholesale, and generalist business including a wide variety of merchant and office classes. CBIC is U.S. Treasury listed and rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company. Formally established in 1979 but with roots tracing back to 1959, CBIC serves over 30,000 contractors and over 4,000 insurance agents and brokers nationwide. The company is the #1 writer of contractors license bonds in the Northwest. CBIC is licensed for surety in all 50 states and Washington D.C., licensed for Property and Casualty business in 46 states, and operates 13 regional branch offices.

RLI Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (RLI-IP) is the investment portfolio division of RLI Insurance Co., headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. They are ultimately owned by RLI Corp. (NYSE: RLI). RLI-IP provides investment advisory services to insurance company portfolios.

Easter Seals Central Illinois provides healthcare services to people with disabilities and autism. It offers psychiatric rehabilitation, psychosocial therapy, supported employment, comprehensive disability related employment programs, prevocational training, and developmental disabilities social/recreational programs, adult development centers. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Peoria, IL.