Lance Metzler

ADERIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes drugs and pharmaceuticals. It engages in small molecule drug development to treat central nervous system, cardiovascular, and inflammatory disorders. The company was founded by Donald McAfee, Noel Cusack, Gevork I. Minaskanian, and Peter Savasand in 1994 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. develops, promotes and implements sound economic strategies. It focuses on individuals with low to moderate incomes and communities with limited resources. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

American Heart Association, Inc. operates a voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. The organization offers services for coronary heart diseases and strokes, high blood cholesterol & physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

CMP Pharma, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of prescription and non-prescription pharmaceutical products. Its products include Oracit, Dermacloud Ointment, Absorbase, Triamcinolone Acetonide, and Hydrocortisone HCl. The company was founded by Henry Lewis Smith in 1975 and is headquartered in Farmville, NC.

North Carolina Association of Pharmacists is a non-profit organization, which focuses on profession of pharmacy. It was formed between North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, North Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists, North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and North Carolina Retail Pharmacy Association. The company was founded on January 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Home Builders Association of Greenville, S.C., Inc. provides education and support for building industry professionals. It offers information on the home building and home buying process from local, regional and national sources; and consumer events that are educational and entertaining for present and future homeowners. The company was founded on January 16, 1960 and is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

The Small Business & Technology Development Center is a management counseling and educational services provider for small and mid-sized businesses. The non-profit company is based in Raleigh, NC. The SBTDC offers confidential and mostly free-of-charge services to its clients.

The Risk Management Association was founded in 1990 and promotes an enterprise approach to risk management, with a focus on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. The non-profit company is based in Philadelphia, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. RMA has 1,700 institutional members, including banks of all sizes and nonbank financial institutions, represented by 18,500 individuals located throughout the country and the Pacific. The company offers the largest offering of risk-focused resources for the financial services industry and maintains a strong community of risk professionals through events and courses that advance the understanding of risk management in financial services.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The North Carolina Bankers Association is a business association based in Raleigh, NC. The association has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the non-profit company is Peter Gwaltney.

American College of Cardiology Foundation provides cardiovascular education services. Its services include cardiac surgery, chronic angine, diabetes, geriatric cardiology and heart failure and cardiomyopathies. The company was founded by Franz Groedel, Robert P. Glover and Bruno Kisc in 1949 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Quintiles, Inc. provides therapeutic services. It offers medical services, information and partnering solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.