Robert J. Massie

Avention, Inc. provides business information solutions. Its products and services include data services, onesource features, onesource reports, onesource data vision, onesource business browser, onesource isell, and marketing ecosystem connectivity. The company was founded on April 28, 1999 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

Chemical Abstracts Service creates and delivers a digital information environment for scientific research and discovery. Its products include SciFinder, STN, science IP, MethodsNow and ChemZent. The company was founded by William A. Noyes in 1907 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Simbionix USA Corp. provides training and education solutions for medical professionals and the healthcare industry. Its products include ANGIO Mentor, ARTHRO Mentor and BRONCH Mentor, da Vinci Surgery, GI Mentor, LAP Mentor, PELVIC Mentor, PERC Mentor, URO Mentor and US Mentor. The firm operates through its offices located in Airport City and Cleveland. The company was founded in 1997 by Ran Bronstein and is headquartered in Littleton, CO.

Torstar Corp. is a media company, which engages in the provision of newspaper and book publishing services. It operates through the Community Brands and Daily Brands segments. The Community Brands segment consists of community newspapers and involves in flyer distribution and printing operations. The Daily Brands segment includes daily newspapers and flyer distribution as well as digital platforms and publications. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mindleaders, Inc. provides personalized learning solutions and services. It offers its eLearning courses in the areas of business skills, care, compliance, ECDL/ICDL, hospitality, IT professional, and workplace learning. The company was founded by Carol Ann Hirst Clark and Fran Papalios in 1981 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

The Columbus Chamber of Commerce is an organization that provides resources and connections to help businesses thrive in Columbus, OH. The non-profit company offers networking opportunities, business accelerator services, and access to over 2,200 member businesses in the region. The Chamber also presents the Small Business Leader Award to recognize small businesses that have achieved success and made contributions to the community.

The Columbus Partnership acts as a non-profit, membership-based CEO organization. It engages in all major projects that need strong civic leadership and intend to enhance the quality of our schools, arts and cultural organizations, or the development of downtown Columbus. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

The Thomson Corporation (Thomson) is a global provider of integrated information solutions. Thomson operates in four segments: Legal & Regulatory, which provides integrated information solutions to legal, tax, accounting, intellectual property, compliance and other business professionals; Learning, which provides tailored learning solutions to colleges, universities and professors, among others; Financial, which provides products and integration services to financial and technology professionals, and Scientific & Healthcare, which provides information and services in the healthcare, academic, scientific, corporate and government markets