John Ryan

Barnes & Noble, Inc. engages in the provision of access to trade books and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform to its customers. It operates through Barnes & Noble Retail (B&N Retail), and NOOK segments. The B&N Retail segment focuses in the retail bookstores under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers trade name, which includes also publishing operations, Sterling Publishing. The NOOK segment refers to the digital business, offering digital books and magazines for sale and consumption online comprises of digital content such as eBooks, digital newsstand and sales of NOOK devices and accessories to B&N Retail. The company was founded by Leonard S. Riggio in December 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CIT Group, Inc. is a financial holding company, which engages in the financing, leasing and advisory services. It operates through the following business segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Corporate. The Commercial Banking segment consists of four divisions, commercial finance, rail, and real estate finance and business capital. The Consumer Banking segment includes retail Banking, consumer lending, and SBA lending, which are grouped together for purposes of discussion as other consumer banking and legacy consumer mortgages. The Corporate segment refers to the businesses and portfolios that they no longer consider strategic. These portfolios include equipment financing, secured lending and leasing and advisory services to small and middle-market businesses. The company was founded by Henry Ittelson in 1908 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CSC Holdings LLC provides cable network services. It operates through the following segments: Cable, Lightpath, and Other. The firm’s Cable segment includes video, high-speed data, and VoIP services. Lightpath and Other consists principally of Newsday, which includes the Newsday daily newspaper, amNew York, Star Community Publishing Group, and online websites including newsday.com and exploreLI.com, the News 12 Networks, which provide regional news programming services, Cablevision Media Sales Corporation, a cable television advertising company, MSG Varsity, a program service dedicated to showcasing high school sports and activities, and other local programming, and certain other businesses, and unallocated corporate costs. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bethpage, NY.

Cablevision Systems Corp. owns and operates cable television systems It operates through two reportable segments: Cable and Lightpath. The Cable segment consists of video, high-speed data, and voice over Internet protocol services. The Lightpath segment provides Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice and video transport and managed services to the business market in the New York metropolitan area. The company was founded by Charles Francis Dolan in 1973 and is headquartered in Bethpage, NY.

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. operates as a state chartered commercial bank that provides financial products and services. It offers credit and loans, checking accounts, insurance, cash management, investment advisory, and online services. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

CIT Bank, NA engages in the provision of banking services. It offers personal, business, and commercial services. The company was founded by Henry Ittleson in 1908 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Center for Creative Leadership is a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of leadership and management training services. Its products include facilitator certification, assessments, digital learning, and books and tools. The company was founded by H. Smith Richardson in 1970 and is headquartered in Greensboro, NC.