One of the nation's leading not-for-profit professional associations, AICPA has more than 335,000 members in public accounting, law, education, and government. The group, which generates more than half of its revenue from membership dues, promotes public awareness of CPAs; identifies trends in accounting; sets certification, licensing, and professional standards; and provides information and advice to CPAs. AICPA distributes its information through Web sites, conferences and forums, and publications. Its initiatives include programs to help implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and rebuild investor confidence.

Maid Brigade provides residential cleaning services through nearly 400 franchise locations in the US and Canada. The company offers one-time and recurring housecleaning services, including oven, bath tub, floor, and window cleaning. Maid Brigade is "green clean" certified -- which means it exclusively uses health and environmentally friendly cleaning products. Don Hay, who founded the company in Toronto in 1979, owns Maid Brigade. When its headquarters were moved to Atlanta in 1985, the company began franchising.

Tzell Travel arranges airline, hotel, cruise lines, tour, and car rental reservations on behalf of its clients. Other services include cost management and travel policy administration and development. The company operates from about 40 US offices, more than half of which are located in New York and New Jersey. It also owns an international office in the UK. Minnesota-based Travel Leaders Group (formerly Travel Acquisitions Group) owns Tzell Travel, which it acquired in 2008.

PreVisor, Inc. provides pre employment screening tests and employee assessment solutions for various companies and government agencies worldwide. The company focuses on offering technology-enabled tools for use in hiring, promotion, and development decisions configured to meet specific business needs and connected with business results. It offers assessments, which include competencies, skills, simulations, pre-packaged job assessments, and tailored solutions; and InterView that provides an online database of interview questions, evaluations, and scoring methodologies that are directly linked to competencies and job families. The company also provides Interview Expert, an online training system designed to provide best-practice interview techniques and training for hiring managers; and Brainbench certifications, which enables employers to test current or future employees for their knowledge and IT skills to determine needed skill development and training. In addition, it offers job analysis and implementation, validation and optimization, and human capital consulting services. PreVisor, Inc. was formerly known as Qwiz, Inc.

CAE Professional Services provides management consulting and project management services in such areas as counter terrorism, defense, and emergency response management. Specific services include modeling and simulation, business analysis, software and hardware usability testing, and human factors engineering. CAE company serves a range of sectors, including technology, defense, aerospace, process control, transportation, biotechnology, and homeland defense. Clients have included the Canadian operations of General Electric and General Dynamics and a number of Canadian government organizations. CAE firm is owned by CAE, a provider of simulation tools and training services for the civil aviation sector.

TekVoice is a fully operational voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)-based telecommunications company that has provided advanced IP-based communication services to Hispanic markets in the U.S. and Latin America since 2002. Alternet Systems, Inc. provides telecom, application software, and transactions solutions for government, business, schools, hospitals, and residents. It offers convergent voice and data services over Internet Protocol networks; education/healthcare application software and content; and electronic transaction platforms for telecommunication, public utility, transportation, and financial industries in Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean. In addition, the company develops, markets, and sells Internet application systems and software under the names SchoolWeb, HealthWeb, and CommunityWeb.

BNSF Logistics is an industry-leading transportation intermediary, committed to providing value to each of our customers through professional acumen, entrepreneurial drive, and individual commitment. We are one of the fastest growing 3PLs in North America and pride ourselves on service flexibility and modal breadth. BNSF Logistics is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. BNSF Logistics as the leader in providing creative logistics solutions that consistently exceed our customer’s expectations. BNSF Logistics offers services that range from single shipment execution to complete network design and operation. Our modal expertise spans parcel, truckload, intermodal, and rail. BNSF Logistics provides a blend of professional expertise with logistics technology designed to maximize customer value.

The Viscusi Group recruits top executives and professionals for customers in the interior furnishings industry, including retailers, manufacturers, and distributors of such items as furniture, textiles, lighting, floor covering, and wall coverings. It fills chief executive and board positions, as well as vacancies for designers, sales representatives, and showroom managers. Founded in 1985, The Viscusi Group uses a database of more than 80,000 candidates worldwide.

Vinson & Elkins lawyers have provided innovative business solutions for clients whose needs are as diverse as the entities they represent. In today's challenging environment of global markets, volatile economies and complex human and environmental issues, our time-tested role as trusted advisor has become even more critical. The depth and breadth of our lawyers' experience, combined with the responsiveness and efficiencies of the firm's global reach, enables Vinson & Elkins to serve clients from start-up, to the negotiating table and boardroom, before legislative and regulatory bodies, in the courtroom, and beyond. Vinson & Elkins LLP began in Houston, Texas, as a two man partnership in 1917, when James A. Elkins and William A. Vinson joined professional forces with a studied eye to the future. Both men were ambitious to establish a law firm that would endure, and offer other lawyers the opportunity to prosper and achieve their goals. Vinson recalled the founding partners' fateful decision to merge in this way: "We chatted awhile, and a sudden thought struck me-Here is your man!" Vinson asked, "How would you like to come to Houston?" Elkins replied: "That is the ambition of my life, make me a proposition." The proposition was a partnership, and Elkins' response was unhesitating: "I accept."

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. fights the stigma associated with alcoholism and drug addiction. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) provides advocacy, education, and support for the public with concerns about alcoholism and dependence on drugs. National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. programs include awareness-raising events and press releases, prevention and treatment programs, and its Registry of Addiction Recovery, or ROAR, for recovering addicts who aren't afraid to go public and help fight the stigma. National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. also runs a Web site providing medical and scientific information for parents and others concerned about drinking and drug use. NCADD was founded in 1944.

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