Extraco Banks celebrated 119 years and three generations of family management on July 12th, 2021. Founded as a cotton warehousing company, Extraco is the largest and most comprehensive independent financial institution headquartered in central Texas with over $1.2 billion in assets, $150 million in capital and reserves, and over 140,000 customers. Extraco's 15 financial centers are located in Bryan, Georgetown, Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Waco, Temple, Belton, Gatesville, Hamilton, and McGregor.

JULY is a leading national retirement plan company supporting thousands of employers and their employees with hi-touch, tech-enabled retirement plan services. From 401k’s to MEPs, PEPs, Cash Balance and Defined Benefit plans, we have served as plan experts to advisory firms, TPAs, and employers for over 25 years. Over the last decade, JULY’s software development and technology solutions teams have worked to reimagine the client experience by streamlining, automating, and simplifying all facets of starting and running a retirement plan. Talk to us about how we can help you deliver more to your clients.

In 1917, three lawyers in Waco, Texas, created the law firm that is now known as Naman Howell Smith & Lee, PLLC. We are one of the oldest firms in Texas, enjoying over a century of sustained success, and we continue to grow and expand to serve clients throughout Texas and beyond. Today, we have more than 100 lawyers in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Waco. With five offices and an active practice in courts throughout the State of Texas, we are uniquely situated to serve the needs of clients throughout this State. We also practice in many courts throughout the United States, have represented and advised clients in business deals from coast to coast and beyond, and have the legal and practical capabilities to serve a wide variety of clients across a large geographic footprint. Our firm has a broad regional and statewide civil practice in various areas, including administrative law, utilities, environmental, water law, real estate, construction, oil and gas, banking, corporate, eminent domain/condemnation, employment law, employee benefits, general business, intellectual property, litigation, toxic tort defense, public finance, products liability, transportation, taxation, estate planning, probate, guardianship, elder law and family law.

For 30 years we have been dedicated to the Montessori philosophy and teaching methods. We pride ourselves on our diversity and helping your child develop to his or her fullest potential. A majority of our graduates test and attend the local private schools including Trinity Valley School, Fort Worth Country Day, Southwest Christian, All Saints and others. The Fort Worth Montessori School is a unique private preschool with AMS, AMI, and/or MACTE Montessori certified teachers and a multitude of enrichment programs. We have a beautiful, remodeled 2 story brick building located right off the Chisolm Trail tollway and I-20 for easy drop off and pick up. Families can get downtown in less than 10 minutes. We cater to working families offering hours from 7 am to 6:30 pm, year round. We are privately owned allowing us to have the freedom to follow the true Montessori philosophy. We are proud to be the only Montessori School in Fort Worth that has an infant program for children ages 6 weeks to 17 months guided by an AMI Assistant to Infancy certified guide. In fact, all teachers are certified from an AMI, AMS and/or MACTE accredited program ensuring Maria Montessori’s philosophy and curriculum are followed. All staff is trained in the Love and Logic method by a Love and Logic facilitator. The purpose of Fort Worth Montessori School is to work with parents to help children develop foundations for a lifetime of creative learning and to develop the basic ideas, attitudes and skills essential for success in school and life. Children acquire a thirst for learning, favorable attitudes toward school, positive habits of concentration, initiative, order, persistence, originality, functional creativity, and above all-clear perceptions. Children participate in purposeful, real and meaningful activities that invite discussion and discovery as well as logical conclusions.

SACHEM, Inc. is a global chemical science company with full commercial operations in the United States, the Netherlands, Japan and China. For over 60 years, SACHEM has provided chemical services to customers in key markets including electronics, energy, oil field, advanced ceramics, biotechnology, starch modification, polymers, catalysts, pharmaceutical and agricultural chemicals. Based in Austin, Texas, SACHEM's expanding worldwide operations include manufacturing and research facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with a global service network and presence spanning over 30 countries.

Trinity Valley School is a PK-12, co-ed, independent college-preparatory school. TVS has a total student enrollment of over 1,000 students. The school is is located on a beautiful 75-acre campus in southwest Fort Worth. Established in 1959.

As you consider your major and your career path, business should rise to the top of your list of options. A Bachelor of Business Administration degree gives you a breadth of knowledge about how a business operates, as well as the skills to help you make if successful. As our mission states, the priority of the School of Business is the education of our students. We do our best to continuously improve our programs so that your educational experience is relevant and of high quality. Our small class sizes and knowledgeable, dedicated faculty contribute to the student experience. Professors engage with the student body outside of the classroom as mentors and student organization sponsors: they are also involved in academic, professional and civic organizations. Texas Wesleyan School of Business is proud to be accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) for undergraduate and graduate programs. This premiere accreditation, earned by only 5% of all business schools in the world, represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools. It is the hallmark of excellence in management education.

Trac-Work, Inc. is a 100% Employee-Owned railroad contractor specializing in railroad construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation that has been in business since 1968.

What began as a small company in the oilfields of Southern Oklahoma, today Topographic Land Surveyors stands as the industry leader in the fields of Surveying, Mapping, Engineering and GIS. We contribute our sustained success directly to our core values: Loyalty, Innovation and Legacy.

CTIW has been providing structural and miscellaneous steel requirements for mining, petrochemical, power, and refinery markets for 50 years working through the industry’s major engineering firms. CTIW offers complete project management for material procurement, engineering connection design, detail drawing preparation, fit up and welding, surface preparation, and shipment of structural and miscellaneous steel, CTIW has supplied structural and miscellaneous steel to major power and refinery projects in North America and internationally that have scope requirements ranging from 500 tons up to 30,000 tons. Offering our customers flexibility and professional management assures the project of on time deliveries and quality products that exceed expectations.

Founded in 1899 as a traditional, campus-based orphanage, we now provide community-based services for children and families throughout North Carolina. We partner with public agencies to serve children in crisis and we raise private funds to ensure that we can deliver the best in evidence-based services. We have a lifelong commitment to anyone who has come through our residential programs.

Bobby Cox Companies is the corporate umbrella for a number of companies mostly centered in the restaurant industry, particularly "Fast Casual" dining. Bobby Cox owns Rosa's Cafe, Taco Villa, and Texas Burger, and a number of supporting businesses including a food processing plant, real estate and construction companies supporting the restaurant properties etc. He also owns Block Buster franchises, oil and gas companies, and does champion race horse breeding and supporting enterprises.