Gayle Smith

Part of IT Group, Inc., OHM Corp. is a full-service electrical engineering corporation that provides maintenance, modernization, and expansion design services to industrial, commercial, and government clients. The company is based in Findlay, OH. The company delivers expert engineering and design solutions on time and within budget, with direct communication between clients and top engineers during all project phases. OHM has been in business since 1986 and offers forensic electrical engineering investigations and expert witness services to the insurance and legal community. OHM was acquired by International Technologies Corp. on June 11, 1998 for $162.93 million.

NationsRent Cos., Inc., provides leasing, rental and selling services of industrial equipments. The company specializes in rentals and also sells new and used equipment with related merchandise, parts supplies and provides maintenance as well as repair services. It offers a line of equipment and related services to a broad range of construction, industrial and homeowner customers. NationsRent was founded in August 1997, and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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.

SLG Partners LP provides financial services. The company is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sirchie Finger Print Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells crime investigation and fingerprint gathering equipment. Its products include recording materials, invisible inks, forensic analysis equipment and software to assist in creating composite images. The company is headquartered in Youngsville, NC.

24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. owns and operates fitness centers. It offers personal fitness training programs for its members. Its amenities and services for members and guests include cardio, strength, and functional training equipment with personal viewing screens on select machines; cycle and group X rooms; a gull-sized basketball court; an outdoor lap pool; a whirlpool, steam room, and sauna facility; kids’ club babysitting service for children; a retail shop; and towel services. It also provides aerobic and step, boot camp, cycling, dance, kick boxing, mind and body, senior fitness, strength, water, and Zumba classes. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Part of Central Garden & Pet Co., Kenlin Pet Supply is a retailer of pet food and supplies. The company is based in Boston, MA. Kenlin Pet Supply was acquired by Central Garden & Pet Co. on July 15, 1996 for $33 million.

Hill River Capital, Inc. (Hill River Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Woodstream Corp. provides pest and animal control services. Its brands include Victor, Terro, Safer, Havahart, Zareba and Perky-Pet. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Lancaster, PA.

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (MSVP) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking, which is ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) founded in 1986.The firm is headquartered in New York.

Friend Skoler & Co, Inc. (Friend & Skoler) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Alexander Friend and Steven Skoler. The firm is headquartered in West Caldwell, New Jersey.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Braxton Associates is a management consulting company. The company is based in Boston, MA. Braxton Associates provides management consulting services.

Sapphire Technologies Canada Ltd. provides information technology recruitment and resource management solutions. It offers solutions for contractor administration, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), payroll administration, vendor management, recruitment advertising, and HR communications services. The company was founded in 1981 by Jeff Stober and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Hopkins Manufacturing Corp. engages in the manufacture of towing products and functional accessories for the automotive and recreational vehicles. It provides towing electrical products, snow and ice tools, cleaning tools, motorcycle and safety helmets, fluid handling products, fuel filter funnels, vehicle organizers, mitts, sponges, drying and detailing towels, premium tools, power accessories, auto air fresheners, booster cables, driver awareness solutions, dusting and drying solutions, auxiliary braking systems, high performance mud guards and garage solutions. The company was founded by E. L. Hopkins and R. E. Hopkins in 1953 and is headquartered in Emporia, KS.

Madan Plastics, Inc. provides injection molding & tool building services. It offers large part molding, injection press, engineering, mold making, electroplating, painting, ultrasonic sealing, hot stamping, and assembly services. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Cranford, NJ.

Professional Appearances, Inc. (dba AllHeartKids.com) supplies kids and chefs uniforms. Its products include chef apparel, aprons, shoes and clogs, support hose and socks, wait staff and front of house uniforms, name tags, accessories, kid's uniforms and custom embroidery. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Camarillo, CA.

Accessories Marketing, Inc. manufactures tire and related products. It provides inner tube materials, adhesives, sealants and other tire care accessories. The company was founded in 1989 by Steve Cegelski and James M. Cegelski and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Iconic Group, Inc. engages in the provision of professional event photography services. Its brands include Grad Images, University Photo, and Marathon Foto. The company is headquartered in Chesterfield, MO.

Sirchie Acquisition Co. LLC engages in the manufacture of crime detection equipment, and apparatus. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Youngsville, NC.

Box Services LLC provides digital imaging services. The company provides hardware and software workflow solution for professional digital photo shoots. It specializes in digital retouching and production for fashion photographers, magazines and artists. Its services include image retouching, prepress, archiving, creative services and art exhibition and publication. The Company is headquartered in Melville, NY.

Ballet Jewels LLC designs and markets costume jewelry products. Its products include contemporary design, modern classic design, junior collections, children and teen collections, men’s collection, hair accessories, and gifts. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1962, Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) is a diversified holding company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm provides services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through their wholly-owned subsidiaries: Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial Services and Raymond James Ltd. Raymond James operates through eight segments: Private Client Group (PCG); Capital Markets; Asset Management; Raymond James Bank (RJ Bank); Emerging Markets; Securities Lending; Proprietary Capital; and Other. The Private Client Group segment provides securities transaction and financial planning services to client accounts through the branch office systems of the company's subsidiaries. The Capital Markets segment's activities consist primarily of equity and fixed income products and services. The Asset Management segment provides asset management services for individual investment portfolios and mutual funds. The RJ Bank segment provides corporate, residential and consumer loans, as well as Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insured deposit accounts, to clients of the company's broker-dealer subsidiaries and to the general public. The Emerging Markets segment operates securities brokerage, investment banking, asset management and equity research businesses. The Securities Lending segment conducts its business through the borrowing and lending of securities from and to other broker-dealers, financial institutions and other counterparties. The Proprietary Capital segment consists of the company's principal capital and private equity activities, including various direct and third-party private equity and merchant banking investments. Raymond James' capital markets reach within the financial institutions segment focuses on community and regional banks and thrifts including equity research, sales, trading and investment banking resources and services. Raymond James is one of the largest research organizations in the brokerage industry and serves institutional investors domestically and abroad. The firm's capital markets activities are based on insightful, timely and comprehensive equity research. They publish research on over 1,000 companies in their core industries. Raymond James seeks attractive niches within broader industries and then covers these sectors deeply to develop differentiated sector expertise and relationships. Although their focus is mid- and small-cap companies, their coverage includes large, medium and small companies across each sector. Raymond James' Institutional Trading division is organized into 3 specialty departments: Sales Trading, Principal trading and Agency Trading. Their Sales Trading division covers over 800 domestic and 1,300 international financial institutions throughout North America and Europe. The firm's Principal Trading division consists of industry-focused teams and their OTC Principal Trading department makes markets in over 680 domestic stocks, 85% of which are covered by Raymond James Institutional Research department. Their Agency Trading department services the trading needs of over 5,500 financial advisors located in 2,500 retail offices across the US.

NAS Holdings Ltd. provides investment services. The private company is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Nielsen BioSciences, Inc. manufactures biological products. Its products include candin HCP, spherusol HCP and spherusol patient. The company was founded by Harry S. Nielsen and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

USRx LLC develops clinical skincare products that address the needs of consumers with melanin-rich skin tones. The company was founded by Rachel Roff and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.