Bruce H. Braine

Chicago Board of Trade provides trade derivative facilities. It allows speculators throughout the world to interpret economic data, news, and other information. The company was founded on April 3, 1848 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Promotes private investments in developing countries

American Financial Exchange LLC is a self-regulated exchange that provides a transparent, centralized, and rules-based electronic marketplace to allow for small and mid-sized American Banks to meet its interbank funding needs. Its products include AFX Loan Market and Ameribor Interest Rate Benchmark. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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

Part of TradeLink Holdings LLC, Tradelink LLC is an investment and proprietary trading firm. The company is based in Chicago, IL.

American EPAY, Inc. provides web based payroll services. Its services include wireless time and attendance devices, toll free time keeping solutions with text to speech, and voice matching technologies. The firm also provides web based solutions such as web timesheets, scheduling, job costing and budgeting for labor tracking and management. American EPAY was founded by Ben Aissa in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. provides markets for the trading and clearing of crude and heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and electricity. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

US Ecology Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of industrial waste management and recycling services to commercial and government entities, including refineries and chemical production facilities, manufacturers, electric utilities, steel mills, medical and academic institutions, and waste brokers. It operates through the Environmental Services, and Field and Industrial Services segments. The Environmental Service segment provides a range of hazardous material management services including the transportation, recycling, treatment, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste at company-owned landfills, wastewater, and other treatment facilities. The Field and Industrial Services segment offers packaging and collection of hazardous waste and total waste management solutions at customer sites and through its 10-day storage facilities. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Boise, ID.

Electronic Recyclers International, Inc. recycles e-waste and other products, including computers, televisions, cell phones, office machines, batteries, light bulbs, keyboards, and telecom equipment. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Fresno, CA.

The U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. is a non-profit organization that aims to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated to create an environmentally and socially responsible environment. The non-profit company is based in Washington and was founded in 1993 by Steven Richard Fedrizzi. The organization provides a framework for creating healthy, efficient, and cost-saving buildings through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The LEED certification is available for virtually all buildings, communities, and homes. The organization offers various resources, including exam prep materials, to help professionals advance their careers in green building. Peter Templeton has been the CEO of the American company since 2021.

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. provides energy services. The firm offers events, stakeholder engagement learning exchange, regional market transformation strategies, research. Progress tracking, analysis, reports, case studies, best practice guidelines tools and technical assistance and resources centers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is a non-profit research organization that develops policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change. ACEEE is based in Washington, D.C. The American company believes that energy efficiency is key to rapidly and equitably combating climate change while improving economic well-being. ACEEE's independent analysis advances investments, programs, and behaviors that use energy more effectively and help build an equitable clean energy future. The private company offers initiatives such as the Decarbonize Industry Initiative, Leading with Equity Initiative, State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, and City Clean Energy Scorecard.

IncubEx LLC provides business services. The firm?s products include global environmental, reinsurance, and weather-related commodities. The company was founded by Michael MacGregor and Daniel Scarbrough and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Incubex, Inc. engages in the provision of product and business development services. It offers IncubEx an incubator for exchange traded products, services, and technology solutions. The company was founded by Neil David Eckert, Michael S. MacGregor and Daniel Scarbrough in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The HistoryMakers operates as non-profit research and educational institution creating a digital archive of the untold personal stories of well-known and unsung African Americans. The company was founded by Julieanna L. Richardson in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

The Joyce Foundation is a nonpartisan, private foundation that invests in the future of the Great Lakes region by supporting policies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation. The private company is based in Chicago, IL, and focuses its grant making in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The company supports policy research, development, and advocacy in areas that have a significant impact on quality of life, including education and economic mobility, environment, gun violence prevention and justice reform, democracy, culture, and journalism. The company also collaborates with funders and other partners to explore promising policy solutions in other states or at the federal level. The company invests in evidence-informed public policies and strategies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region.

Southern Research Institute is a scientific research organization. It focuses on research in drug discovery, drug development, energy and environment, and engineering. The firm serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, defense, aerospace, environmental, and energy industries The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce operates as the state's chamber of commerce. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

NorthNet Internet Services provides Internet services. The company is headquartered in Armidale, Australia.

Wind Point Advisors LLC (Wind Point Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Rich Kracum and Bob Cummings. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago provides healthcare services to children. It offers pediatric services like acute and specialty care. It also operates a pediatric home health care agency and Children's Memorial Institute for education and research. The company was founded in 1882 by Julia Foster Porter and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.