James G. Martin

Duke Power Corp. produces and distributes electricity and natural gas. Duke Power operates three nuclear generating stations, eight coal-fired stations, 31 hydroelectric stations and numerous combustion turbine units.The company is located in Charlotte, NC.

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. operates general merchandise retail discount stores. Its products are categorized under consumables, home products, apparel and accessories, and seasonal and electronic products. The company's consumables category products include household chemicals, paper products, food, health and beauty aids, hardware and automotive supplies, pet food and supplies. Its home products include domestics, which include blankets, sheets and towels, housewares, giftware, home décor. The company's apparel and accessories category products include men's, women's, boys' and girls, and infants' clothing shoes and fashion accessories. Its seasonal and electronics products category include toys, stationery and school supplies, seasonal goods, personal electronics, which include pre-paid cellular phones and services. The company was founded by Leon Levine in November 1959 and is headquartered in Matthews, NC.

North Carolina Capital Management Trust provides trust services. It manages investment of funds for local governments and public authorities in North Carolina. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Palomar Medical Technologies LLC engages in the research, development, manufacturing and distribution of light based systems for cosmetic treatments. The company is involved in developing a differentiated product mix of light-based systems for various treatments through its research and development as well as with its partnerships throughout the world. It is continually developing and testing new indications to further the advancement in light-based treatments. The company operates through two segments: Professional Product and Consumer Product. The Professional Product segment includes all of its light-based products and services for the professional market. The Consumer Product segment includes PaloVia. It offers products based on technologies that include hair removal, body sculpting, including laser-assisted liposuction, removal of vascular lesions such as rosacea, spider veins, port wine stains and hemangiomas, wrinkle reduction, removal of leg veins, removal of benign pigmented lesions such as age and sun spots, freckles and melasma, tattoo removal, acne treatment, skin resurfacing, treatment of red pigmentation in hypertrophic and keloid scars, treatment of verrucae, skin tags, seborrheic keratosis, skin tightening through soft tissue coagulation, removal of scars, including acne scars, stretch marks and warts and soft tissue coagulation. Palomar Medical Technologies was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

AAIPharma, Inc. provides product development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Its services include drug delivery technologies, contract manufacturing, clinical packaging and distribution and bioanalytical services. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

Jasper Ventures, Inc. provides exploration services. It offers develops natural resource properties and owns river property consisting of 19 cells in one contiguous block located in Central Quebec. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Moose Jaw, Canada.

Carolinas Medical Center Northeast provides medical care services. It provides emergency medical services as well as continuing treatment services for cancer and other chronic diseases. The company was founded by George A. Batte, Jr. and Charles A. Cannon in 1937 and is headquartered in Concord, NC.