Elizabeth Mugar Eveillard

Part of VCHI Acquisition Co., Value City Department Stores LLC operates a chain of 96 full-line, off-price department stores. The company is based in Columbus, OH. Value City Department Stores was acquired by VCHI Acquisition Co. from Retail Ventures, Inc. on January 24, 2008.

Lillian Vernon Corp. operates as a catalog and online retailer that markets gift, household, children's and fashion accessory products. The company also sells drawers, electronics, home and office products, and furniture. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA.

Glimmerglass Opera Theatre, Inc. is a non-profit summer opera company. It is dedicated to producing new productions each season. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Cooperstown, NY.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Samuel H. Kress Foundation supports the work of individuals and institutions engaged with the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of the history of European art and architecture. It serves to the field of art history as practiced in American art museums and institutions of higher education, and in an array of research centers and libraries throughout the world. The company was founded by Samuel H. Kress in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers dance, music, film, opera, theater, family, and festivals and programs. The company was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 14, 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tween Brands, Inc. retails personal care products, apparels and jewelry for teenage girls. Its brands include Limited Too and Justice. The company sells apparel, such as jeans, skirts, shorts, dresses, and outerwear, as well as accessories. Tween Brands also provides footwear and lifestyle products, such as bedroom furnishings, music, and toiletries. The firm was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New Albany, OH.

Mayor's Jewelers, Inc. owns and operates retail jewelry stores. It offers Alpina, Gucci, JB Star, Mikimoto, Tudor, Rolex, Versace, Vianna, and Carlex. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Tamarac, FL.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.