Karen Herson

Part of International Business Machines Corp., IBM Watson Research Center provides business analytics technology that works across the health landscape, from payers and providers to government & life science. The company is based in Yorktown Heights, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Corporation for National & Community Service provides service and volunteering grants to social organizations. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Widmeyer Communications, Inc. provides public relations services. Its expertise includes digital and creative, higher education, PRE-K-12 education and public affairs. The company was founded in 1988 by Scott Widmeyer and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

AutoTrader.com, Inc. operates an Internet marketplace for the buying and selling of new and used cars. The firm also offers new car, certified car, and used car research, and compare certified programs. The company was founded in August 1997 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Principal Financial Services, Inc. provides brokerage, insurance and mortgage services. It offers retirement, group insurance benefits, business planning and protection solutions, and employees benefits, estate planning and personal trusts, life insurance and income protection. The company is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

NMT Corp. provides mobile mapping and workforce automation software. Its services include scanning, print-on-demand, back file conversion, and filming. The firm''s products include MapAgile and FAAR3. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in La Crosse, WI.

Trust Point, Inc. is an independent, boutique trust and investment management firm headquartered in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1913 as LaCross Trust Co. and renamed Trust Point, Inc. in 2008. Trust Point provides individuals, families, businesses and other organizations with a full range of financial-related services.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

nPoint, Inc. engages in the provision of nanopositioning solutions for applications. Its products include piezo stages & scanners, nanopositioner electronics and nanopositioner software. It also provides applications such as life science microscopy, semiconductor data storage, optics and photonics paclaging. The company was founded by Jim F. Mackay, Erwin W. Mueller, Max G. Lagally and Todd Carper 1997 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

Principal Life Insurance Co. provides insurance brokerage services. It offers term life, major medical, annuities, disability, long term care, health, and consultancy services to trades unions, individuals, and business marketplace. The company was founded on June 24, 1879 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. provides educational and scientific computing services. It offers journals & magazines, conferences, workshops, electronic forums, and online books & courses. The company has office in China. Association for Computing Machinery was founded on September 15, 1947 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ginkgo LLC provides IT consulting services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Advanced Marketing Concepts Ltd. provides customer relationship management solutions. Its customer relationship management services gives user’s access to contact, appointment, and contract information that is accessible at the office or on the jobsite. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in La Crosse, WI.

Northwestern University Alumni Association provides alumni-to-alumni connections through networking and mentoring. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.