Corey R. Holeman

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

National Conferencing, Inc. provides conference planning services. Its services include site selection, online registration, event marketing, professional staff, video production and child care management. The company was founded by Stephen Davis and Paul Trapp in February 2006 and is headquartered in Dumfries, VA.