COUNTRY Financial® provides insurance and financial services for over a million households and businesses across 19 states. We have a long history of protecting people. Formed by a group of farmers in 1925, we now have more than 3,000 employees and over 1,700 representatives to help our clients protect what matters most and plan for a secure future. We’re more than an insurance company — COUNTRY Financial clients not only trust us with insuring their homes, cars, farms, businesses, and lives, but also to help them plan for the future with investing, retirement and financial services.

Farnsworth Group is a leading employee-owned full-service design firm, with over 500 professionals across the United States. Founded in the 1890s by a local land surveyor, Farnsworth Group's earlier employees believed the client is always their priority, a value that continues to drive the firm's work today. Farnsworth Group is committed to providing exceptional design solutions to their clients, and with a team of over 500 engineers, architects, surveyors, commissioning authorities, technicians, and support personnel, the firm has become one of the top design firms in the nation, as recognized by Architectural Record and Engineering News-Record magazine. The firm is dedicated to creating lasting relationships with its clients, with 90% of its business coming from repeat clients. Farnsworth Group's focus on people, passion, and performance is a testament to its commitment to delivering exceptional results to its clients. Farnsworth Group provides a wide range of services that includes architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, plumbing engineering, structural engineering, civil engineering, LEED consulting, commissioning, asset management, land surveying, water system engineering, wastewater system engineering, oil and gas engineering, and energy & utilities. This diverse portfolio of services allows Farnsworth Group to deliver holistic and comprehensive solutions to their clients, meeting their unique needs and goals. Farnsworth Group's mission is to champion their clients' successes, advance their communities, and embrace the challenges of a changing world. With a focus on people, passion, and performance, the firm has become one of the top design firms in the nation, providing exceptional design solutions for clients across the United States.

Pinnacle Actuarial Resources is an independent actuarial and management consulting firm that’s large enough to provide a wealth of expertise and world-class solutions— yet small enough to be flexible, timely and cost-effective. Owned by our professional staff, Pinnacle ranks among the largest independent property/casualty actuarial firms in North America. Our reputation for uncompromising professionalism, expertise and outstanding service is embodied in our brand Commitment Beyond Numbers. Pinnacle’s managing principal is Roosevelt C. Mosley Jr., FCAS, MAAA, CSPA, and Pinnacle’s principals include: Joseph A. Herbers, ACAS, MAAA, CERA. Aaron N. Hillebrandt, FCAS, MAAA, CPCU, CLF, FFSI, FLMI, LPCS, AINS Arthur R. Randolph II, FCAS, MAAA, CPCU, ARM, ARe Derek W. Freihaut, FCAS, MAAA Robert J. Walling III, FCAS, MAAA, CERA Timothy C. Mosler, FCAS, MAAA Pinnacle's home office is in Bloomington, Illinois. Additional Pinnacle office locations include: Atlanta, Georgia Chicago, Illinois San Francisco, California

Striegel Knobloch & Co is an accounting company based out of 115 W Jefferson St # 200, Bloomington, Illinois, United States.

Engineering Enterprises, Inc. (EEI), founded in 1974, is an award-winning consulting engineering firm providing services to public agencies and private entities throughout northern Illinois. Over 65 experienced firm members including licensed professional civil engineers, land surveyors, and support team members provide a full range of services for planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects, funding assistance and municipal consulting. Our core values guide our staff on every project from initiation through completion keeping us committed to quality, service, and value for our clients. By offering outstanding service to every client every day we are able to assist with bettering the communities in which we serve. EEI is led by a team of talented individuals: • Bradley P. Sanderson, P.E., Chief Operating Officer / President • Jeffrey W. Freeman, P.E., CFM, LEED AP, Chief Executive Officer • Denise M. Migliorini, Chief Financial Officer / Vice President • Julie A. Morrison, P.E., Vice President • Michele L. Piotrowski, P.E., LEED AP, Vice President • Stephen T. Dennison, P.E., Vice President

CHAMLIN & ASSOCIATES, INC. is a civil engineering company based out of 4152 Progress Blvd. Peru, Illinois, United States.

Demark Inc is an utilities company based out of 1150 Essington Rd, Joliet, IL, United States.

Wilber is a nationwide Subrogation recovery law firm. It specializes in small balance UM recoveries, direct carrier v. carrier placements as well as Intercompany Arb and litigation. Wilber represents many of the largest insurance carriers in the country and participates in large volume collection programs.

Since 1975, SKDO, P.C. Accountants and Advisors, of Bourbonnais, IL has been providing a full range of accounting and advisory services to the small business community and individuals of the Kankakee area and surrounding communities. We, along with our affiliate, Solutions for Wealth Management, are committed to providing our clients with service that goes “Beyond the Bottom Line”. What this means to us is that; while we pride ourselves in creating accurate and meaningful financial statements, we also, along with our clients, analyze the numbers to identify patterns and situations that help in the decision making process. We at SKDO are committed to: Determining the needs of our clients Addressing clients needs with innovative proactive solutions Providing accurate and timely information and service Long term productive relationships with our clients Keeping abreast of the ever-changing professional standards and requirements. Being on the cutting edge of our changing profession.

Cordogan Clark is a full-service architectural, engineering, planning, and construction firm with deep experience in educational, commercial, institutional, and residential design. Cordogan Clark emphasizes architecture that expresses and strengthens culture and community, and is considerate to context. We have an extensive background in the design and technical development of building systems and the management of complex projects. We provide advance value planning and accurate research to develop projects of high design and construction quality, functional efficiency, and cost effectiveness. By completing innovative projects within budget and schedule, we have earned a reputation as solid professionals. Our firm's structure provides close, personal participation by principals and key personnel on each project, to ensure every project continual and personal focus. Cordogan Clark is recognized for designing and building projects that translate challenges at any scale into enduring structures and welcoming environments that respond to specific contexts and client needs.

Klüber Lubrication – your global specialist Klüber Lubrication offers expert tribological solutions by supplying high-performance specialty lubricants directly to customers in almost all branches of industry and regional markets. Our customers include producers of components, modules, machines and systems as well as companies using this equipment for their own production or processing activities. With our ambitious technical concepts and experienced, competent staff we have been fulfilling increasingly demanding requirements by manufacturing efficient high-performance lubricants for more than 90 years. We find innovative solutions and are a driver of sustainability, helping you achieve your individual business goals. Klüber Lubrication is a full subsidiary of Freudenberg Chemical Specialities and a brand of Freudenberg. You find our Netiquette here: www.klueber.com/netiquette Imprint: www.klueber.com/global/en/site-notice/

FABRIZIO, HANSON, PEYLA & KAWINSKI, P.C is a legal services company based out of 116 N CHICAGO ST, Joliet, Illinois, United States.