The Virginia General Assembly created the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to better serve those seeking a prime business location and increased trade opportunities and, therefore, to foster increased expansion of the Commonwealth's economy. As a state authority, the Partnership is governed by a 21 member Board Of Directors comprised of businesspersons from around Virginia, each of whom is appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly. The team at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership understands the complicated demands of the site selection process and offer years of experience to help make your site selection project run smoothly. The Partnership consists of several divisions whose combined expertise confidentially provides the resources you need to make the most informed location decision with the least amount of your time and effort.

COTA provides bus transportation throughout Franklin County and parts of Delaware, Fairfield, and Licking counties on some 65 routes with 4,300 bus stops. COTA received about $14 million in federal stimulus money to repair facilities and replace older buses. One project that didn't receive funding was COTA's proposed light rail line to run from Columbus to Ohio State University. The agency also provides service for people with disabilities through Project Mainstream. COTA was created by local county and municipal governments and began operations in 1974.

At CPS Security Solutions®, our success is based on a top management team with experience in Internet technology, security services marketing, communications, software development and program management. We have a capable, creative team with the vision and energy to effectively manage a growing company.CPS is built on over 20 years of security experience from Construction Protective Services®. We understand the security business and the dynamics of the marketplace. Headquartered in California, the company has over 2,500 employees working in over 18 offices across the United States including Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas. CPS provides dependable, progressive and efficient security and remote management solutions supported by a state of the art Command Center, Video Management Systems, and high tech staff.

Defenders of Furbearers, the organization that would later become Defenders of Wildlife, was founded. The fledgling organization boasted only one full-time employee and 1,500 members who made it their mission to protect coyotes and other furred animals from steel-jawed leghold traps and lethal poisons. Defenders of Wildlife employs over 150 dedicated professionals and is supported by more than 500,000 members nationwide. Our organization has evolved to take on the task of preserving our nation’s native wildlife species and habitats.

Boise State University is on the map and on the move. The University stand uniquely positioned in Idaho as a metropolitan university empowered by a dynamic, high-tech economy and one of the most attractive regions in the nation. From its earliest days, Boise State has been a place where students come first, with award-winning faculty dedicated to excellent teaching. As Boise has grown into a dynamic marketplace of ideas and products, the university has kept pace, transforming itself into a metropolitan university dedicated not only to an outstanding undergraduate experience, but also to advanced graduate studies and the pursuit of groundbreaking research and technology. People throughout the nation and world are looking at Boise State in a new light. The success of the football program has provided a window to the university, and university have so much to be proud of at Boise State: 1)Since 1990, a Boise State professor has been named the Idaho Professor of the Year 11 times in academic areas from political science and nursing to Spanish and history. 2)The fall 2008 student body includes a record 21 National Merit Finalists, including 10 incoming National Merit Scholars. 3)Boise emerging research presence attracted a school record $28 million in grants and sponsored projects as Boise State scientists and students are committed to life-enhancing research from exploring nanotechnology to fighting Alzheimer's disease. 4)BSU are Idaho's largest university with 19,667 students while maintaining an average class size of 28 students and a 18:1 student/faculty ratio. It's campus housing has increased by 63 percent, including residential colleges with faculty members living among the students. 5)The degree programs include four doctorate, 53 master's, 92 baccalaureate, and 14 graduate certificate programs within seven colleges - Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences and Public Affairs. 6)BSU have national champions on campus with the Talkin' Broncos—the student debate and speech team which won the national forensics crown in 2005—and the 2007 national champion Boise State University cheerleaders. 7)One of Boise State deans, Cheryl Schrader in the College of Engineering, received the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering mentoring from the White House and 8)Of course, Boise State University have the world's only NCAA Division I blue football field as Bronco Stadium has been named one of the top 10 sports spots in America by ESPN.

Athenahealth, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet-based business services for physician practices in the United States. The company principally offers athenaCollector, a revenue cycle management service that automates and manages billing-related functions for physician practices and includes a practice management platform. athenaCollector assists. AthenaClinicals, a clinical cycle management service that automates and manages medical record management-related functions for physician practices and includes an EMR platform. athenaClinicals assists medical groups with the handling of physician orders and related inbound and outbound communications to ensure that orders are carried out and to provide online patient clinical record. In addition, athenahealth offers automated messaging services that remind patients of appointment details and allow them to use that automated system to confirm or reschedule the appointment or to speak with a live operator.

Reuniting companies with their long lost cash is at the very core of what VeriCore does. The agency provides a range of collections services including recovery, customized reporting, and remittance. Working with an international network of private investigators, attorneys, and collections agents, VeriCore assists customers with the tracking and recovery of delinquent receivables, and provides them with the tools and technology they need to better track, report, and manage current and future receivables. VeriCore includes four office locations around the US. It was founded by president and CEO Tim Sanderson and COO Ted Mascaro, both of whom came from rival NCO Group.

International Lease Finance Corporation, leases the entire range of Boeing and Airbus commercial aircraft, lays claim to being the largest lessor of new aircraft and the largest lessor of widebody aircraft in the world. Beginning with its first lease transaction in 1973, ILFC has continually evolved its leasing products to anticipate airline requirements, customer needs and changes in the business environment. International Lease Finance Corporation also boasts of owning the world's most valuable fleet -- nearly 1,000 planes -- of leasable aircraft. High rollers and movie stars aside, commercial airlines outside the US account for most sales; ILFC counts about 145 airlines as customers. ILFC is a subsidiary of insurance firm American International Group, which is looking to sell the firm.

American Banknote Corporation is a holding company and the parent of the ABnote Group, which operates through its subsidiary companies: American Banknote S.A. in Brazil, Leigh Mardon in Australia, ABnote NZ in New Zealand, CPS Technologies in France, ABnote Europe, s.r.o. in the Czech Republic, Keystone in Canada, Proxama in the UK, and American Bank Note Company in the United States. ABnote, which traces its founding to 1795 and American patriot Paul Revere, is a global supplier of secure documents, services and systems. Principal products include plastic cards, phone cards, paper certificates, lottery tickets, passports, state titles, certificates of origin, stock certificates, and checks. Services include print production, personalization, secure warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment.

inVentiv Health, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Somerset, New Jersey. inVentiv Health Inc. (inVentiv) is a provider of value-added services to the pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare industries. The Company supports a range of clinical development, communications and commercialization activities that are critical to its customers' ability to complete the development of drug products and medical devices and commercialize them. In addition, the Company provides medical cost containment services to payors in its patient outcomes business. inVentiv provides services to over 350 client organizations, including global pharmaceutical companies, emerging and specialty biotechnology companies, and payors. The Company operates through four business segments: inVentiv Clinical, inVentiv Communications, inVentiv Commercial and inVentiv Patient Outcomes. In Janaury 2010, the Company announced that it has acquired Paragon Rx, a consulting company specializing in pharmaceutical risk management and medication use.

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