James K. Clifton

Gallup, Inc. provides management consulting services for clients in the automotive, education, financial, government, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. It offers services in the fields of market research, customer engagement, employment branding, and behavioral economics. The firm develops the Microeconomic Path as a framework by which leaders and companies could maximize human nature to accelerate organizational performance. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

America's Promise Alliance operates collaborative network that facilitates volunteer action for children and youth. Its partners are corporations, nonprofit service organizations, foundations, policymakers and advocacy organizations. The company was founded by Colin L. Powell and Ray G. Chambers in 1997 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Operation HOPE, Inc. operates as non-profit organization that provides credit counseling, case management, economic education, loan preparation and outreach services to the community. The company was founded by John Hope Bryant in 1992 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund supports and represents students in their member schools, which include public Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). It was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.