American Trucking Associations has weathered countless challenges — from the early years of debating the fundamentals of the Code of Fair Competition to the eventual deregulation of the industry to the high fuel prices of today — these challenges have helped shape us as an Association and they’ve served to underline the importance of speaking with a unified voice — something our first president, Ted V. Rodgers, understood long before we were known as ATA. the intentions of our founders ring clear: “The particular business and objects of this corporation shall be the education of those engaged in the industry of transporting property … the purpose shall further be the mutual improvement and advancement of the interests of those…” I am proud of all we’ve been able to accomplish and will continue to accomplish with this mission in mind. We have certainly come a long way from our days in the Transportation Building at Seventeenth and H Streets.

Resources Connection, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Resources Connection, Inc. (Resources) is an international professional services firm. Its operating entities provide services under the name Resources Global Professionals (Resources Global). The Company provides finance, accounting, risk management and internal audit, information management, human resources, supply chain management, actuarial and legal services professionals in support of client-led projects and initiatives. On January 16, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Limbus Holding B.V. (Limbus). On December 1, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Kompetensslussen X-tern Personalfunktion AB (Kompetensslussen). In November 2009, the Company announced the completion of the acquisition of the business of Sitrick And Company, Inc., and Brincko Associates, Inc., a corporate advisory and restructuring firm, and the formation of a corporate advisory and restructuring subsidiary, Sitrick Brincko Group, LLC.

Ceres Terminals Incorporated’s proven business performance has been the true test of our ability to deliver the best services at a reasonable price. Ceres’ experience and operational diversity is unsurpassed as stevedores, container/cargo handlers and terminal operators. Growth-oriented and financially sound, we are dedicated to providing the highest quality, most reliable, cost-effective stevedoring, terminal operations and ancillary services available in the business of transportation. Ceres’ progressive vision and outstanding reputation for leadership has distinguished the company as one of the best in the industry. Ceres Terminals Incorporated operates as a stand-alone company in the Harbour Division of the NYK Group. Ceres is ISO 9001:2000 Certified in all of its Major Port Operations.

Poyry's priority is consulting and engineering services in four areas: energy, industry (including forestry), urban and mobility (transportation and construction), and water and environment. Poyry Oyj company does extensive work in sustainability consulting (environmentally conscious). Poyry helps clients integrate new technology and streamline project development and implementation, operations management, and maintenance planning. With offices in some 50 countries, Poyry has served banks, utilities, government organizations, and industrial companies. Corbis SA (controlled by the family of Chairman Henrik Ehrnrooth) owns about 30% of the companym which was named for its founder, Jaakko Poyry.

Since 1787, Franklin & Marshall College has provided students of high promise and diverse backgrounds with a cooperative learning environment, where professors inspire students to go beyond their expectations. They are an outstanding liberal arts college with a stellar academic program. Two-thirds of their students engage in directed research under the guidance of faculty, and students at F&M receive $500,000 in research support each year. They're an undergraduate liberal arts college with a graduate school mentality. Their students have access not only to some of the best faculty in their fields, but also to more than 10 centers and institutes that provide opportunities to extend their classroom experience into the real world. They're a small college with big resources.

Direct Relief International wants to relieve the health problems of people around the world. The not-for-profit organization is dedicated to providing health care support and emergency relief to people in developing countries, as well as victims of disasters and war. Direct Relief International gives medicine, supplies, and equipment through partnerships with local groups that make specific requests and coordinates distribution. Citing a "national health insurance and budgetary crisis," the group also has partnered with nonprofit clinics and commmunity health centers to provide medical care and medicine for homeless and low-income people in California. Direct Relief was founded in 1948 by Estonian immigrant William Zimdin.

James Grant Group, a one-stop talent shop boasting an "inventory" of more than 750 professional sports and entertainment stars, including Simon Cowell, best known as the American Idol judge everyone loves to hate. Serving its clients through two divisions, the talent agency provides management services, including contract negotiations, image rights agreements, career development, and administrative support; and professional services, including general accounting and tax preparation. The company, operating out of offices in England and the US, was formed in 2009 when Gresham Private Equity acquired and merged several existing sports and entertainment management businesses.

FCL Graphics, we offer complete digital pre-press utilizing direct-to-plate, 6-color sheet-fed, 6-color heat-set half-web and full-web capabilities, fulfillment services and a complete full-service bindery. We’ve linked our digital pre-press with our pressroom for closed-loop quality control. The result: quicker turnaround of digital files, proofs and plates and fast, color-consistent make-readies. FCL Graphics owns and operates several types of presses, including sheet-fed, half-web, and full-web. The company was founded in 1973 by former chairman and CEO Frank Calabrese. It has since grown into one of the largest direct marketing printers in the US, logging some $60 million in annual sales.

SWIFT is the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, a member-owned cooperative through which the financial world conducts its business operations with speed, certainty and confidence. More than 9,000 8,300 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 209 countries trust us every day to exchange millions of standardised financial messages. SWIFT enables its customers to automate and standardise financial transactions, thereby lowering costs, reducing operational risk and eliminating inefficiencies from their operations. By using SWIFT customers can also create new business opportunities and revenue streams.

With over 25 years of experience, Adamson & Partners has established itself as a leading international executive search and selection consultancy that recruits mid-management to senior executive appointments within intellectual property, pharmaceutical and healthcare, legal and financial. There are no headhunters here. Headhunting is far too ugly a term for the art of corporate matchmaking. Adamson & Partners provides expert search and selection services for the recruitment of mid-level and senior-level executives primarily throughout the UK and Europe. The firm also provides business recruitment consulting, specializing in the fields of intellectual property, law, pharmaceuticals and health care, financial services, technology, and telecommunications, as well as sales and marketing. Adamson & Partners was founded in 1985 by Stuart Adamson.

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