Leadership Group Executive Search (LGES) is an executive search firm serving startups as well as established international corporations in the life sciences, business development, sales and marketing, telecommunications, environmental technology, and consumer technology industries. It recruits top-level executives, functional vice presidents, and board members for a client list that has included Kendall-Jackson, Accellion, and Freedom Communications. Established in 1997, the firm owns two offices in New York and Virginia and three in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Image API, Inc. was founded in 1993. Image API, Inc. provides content management software and offers services such as document conversion, online licensing and permitting, and business process outsourcing. Its offices are located in Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Customers include government agencies and private businesses. Image API's products and services are used in a variety of document-intensive applications, such as corporate filings, professional licensing, medical records management, class action lawsuits, and claims administration.

The World Cup of Hockey was first introduced to the world in 1996 as the only ‘best on best’ hockey tournament of its kind. A joint effort by the NHLPA and the NHL, the World Cup has become a premiere event on the international hockey calendar. Using North American sized rinks, the tournament is made up of teams from around the globe and features only the best players in the world, many of whom are NHLPA members. NHL players participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, following the successful participation of NHL players at the ’98 Olympics in Nagano, Japan and the ’02 Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA. In all, 150 NHLers took part in the ice hockey competition in Turin, representing 11 of the 12 competing countries (Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States). In a thrilling gold medal game, Sweden beat Finland to take home the gold.

Atlas World Group, Inc. comprises a family of companies that deliver transportation and related services globally through a network of quality agents and select service partners. Agent ownership and a shared commitment to core values of integrity, quality and solutions distinguish the Atlas brand. Through a continuing emphasis on service excellence, the company has achieved extraordinary growth. Over the last ten years, income from all operations has more than doubled, exceeding $900 million in 2005. Atlas World Group is the holding company for Atlas Van Lines, one of the largest moving companies in the US. Atlas Van Lines transports household goods domestically and between the US and Canada; it also offers specialized transportation of items such as trade show exhibits, fine art, and electronics. Other Atlas World Group companies provide international corporate relocation and freight forwarding services. Its Atlas Canada unit moves household goods in that country while American Red Ball International specializes in military relocations and serves van lines outside Atlas' network.

Hay Group, Inc. (HGI) offers management consulting services. The firm provides performance management, job evaluation, organization effectiveness, talent management, and capability assessment advisory services. It offers leadership transformation, compensation and benefits analysis, and market research services. Additionally, the firm provides employee and customer survey, reporting, and growth development services. Its clientele include BHP Billiton, Aetna, Howrey LLP, and ING Direct. The firm caters to chemicals, consumer products, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, retail, technology, and telecommunications industries. HGI was founded in 1943 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with additional offices in Kansas City, Missouri; Irvine, California; Jersey City, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; and Dallas, Texas.

Christie's International is one of the world's largest auction houses (neck and neck with Sotheby's). Christie's appraises, prepares, and sells items such as art, collectibles, wine, stamps, and motor cars. The company holds auctions worldwide and offers an educational art program, a mail-order book service, a fine arts image library; it also provides real estate services. Christie's entered online auctions in 2006, six years after the company dropped its initial Internet auction plans. Artemis, the holding company of French art collector Francois Pinault, owns Christie's.

Yoda's teaching methods must seem old-fashioned to The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF). The group has documents and disseminates information about successful K-12 schools to help spread their practices nationwide. It focuses on issues such as technology integration, real-world applications, project-based learning, community involvement, and development of emotional intelligence. The organization also documents new ways of evaluating student achievement and educating teachers. GLEF provides information about innovative learning methods through books, DVDs, its Edutopia magazine, e-newsletters, and the foundation's Web site.

Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. builds local Websites and applications for online consumers, advertisers, and publishers. It provides local content to the Internet regarding breaking news, sports, weather, entertainment, family, and health. The company also offers multi-tenant content management system, WebTrends site analytics, ad serving, site delivery, and email delivery system services. In addition, it provides advertising, revenue, distribution, engagement, content, Website, and applications solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota with additional offices in New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco and Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado; and Atlanta, Georgia.

CMG Worldwide clients include sports legends such as Babe Ruth, Vince Lombardi, Jackie Robinson, Sam Snead, Joe Louis, Lou Gehrig, Jesse Owens and Jim Thorpe, with the rest of the sports roster running the spectrum of retired sports greats like Jim Palmer, Carl Erskine and Whitey Ford to some of today's current professional athletes including Bill Elliott and Wally Szczerbiak, just to name a few. CMG Worldwide, Inc. represents the families and estates of more than 200 deceased entertainment, music, and sports celebrities. CMG negotiates the licensing of its clients' images for use in posters, magazines, and in marketing venues such as advertising campaigns. With clients that include the estates of Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, Jim Thorpe, Joe Louis, Buddy Holly, and Vince Lombardi, the firm negotiates about 2,000 deals annually. CMG also serves as business and marketing agent for living celebrities such as Sophia Loren and Mickey Rooney.

BlumbergExcelsior Corporate Services fills the specialized needs of the legal community. BlumbergExcelsior company offers more than 6,000 products, from legal forms (including wills, trusts, and bankruptcies) and office goods to Web and computer-related forms and software designed for law office administration. It also provides public record information to the legal, financial, investigative, and corporate markets. BlumbergExcelsior markets its products and services through its Web site, and customers can place orders online, by phone, and via fax. BlumbergExcelsior company's roots reach back to 1887, when Julius Blumberg opened for business in a two-room store in New York's Lower East Side.

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