Jon S. Rufty

VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company, which engages in the management and operation of banks. It offers checking and savings account, lending, business and consumer credit cards, and mortgage lending for businesses and individual customers through VantageSouth Bank. The company was founded on April 27, 2001 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Crescent State Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Bancshares. The bank operates 15 full-service banking offices in the communities of Cary (2), Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Raleigh (3), Knightdale and Wilmington (2), North Carolina. Founded and headquartered in Cary, NC, they pride themselves on being able to provide fast, local decision-making and quality customer service to each of their customers. Their bankers are hand-picked members of the community with strong banking backgrounds. Through one's expertise they are able to help their customers make sound financial decisions.

Rufty Homes, Inc. constructs residential buildings. The private company is based in Raleigh, NC.

National Association of Home Builders operates as a housing trade association. It provides advocacy on issues impacting home builders, networking for home builders and those associated with the home building industry and education for home builders those associated with the home building industry. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Moveable Cubicle, Inc. engages in the provision of storage solutions for commercial and residential purposes. It provides portable storage containers, movable storage, mobile office and temporary storage throughout the United States. The company was founded on December 28, 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Absolute Graphic Technologies USA, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services temperature control systems, fluid process and electrical controls, and diagnostic products. It offers refrigerant-based graphic chiller systems that remove heat and maintain temperature control in high heat generating processes that include combination chillers, UV lamp chillers, and combination and UV lamp chillers. The company was founded by Steven Barberi in 1989 and is headquartered in Corona, CA.