Clarkston Consulting provides management, operations, and implementation consulting services for life sciences, consumer products, and retail companies. Clarkston has achieved a 24-year average client satisfaction rate of 97% by continuously pushing for success for our clients, our consultants, and our company.

Durham Academy is an independent school serving students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in Durham, North Carolina. Enrollment for the 2023–2024 school year is 1,247 students with 48% students of color. In four divisions across three campuses, sixty-nine DA faculty hold advanced degrees and an average of 20 years of teaching experience. Three full-time college counselors and a career exploration counselor aid our students in succeeding in their years beyond Durham Academy, while DA commits more than $4.5 million to financial aid each year to ensure our current students are supported. Learn more at the all-new da.org!

At Carolina Biological Supply Company, science is our passion. We are committed to finding, developing and supplying superior products and resources for science classrooms everywhere. As your trusted partner in education, we strive to provide innovative, hands-on curriculum resources that meet the latest assessment standards, and more importantly, help you and your students succeed!

McAdams is a full-service civil engineering, land planning, landscape architecture and geomatics firm located in Raleigh, Durham, Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. McAdams has built its reputation throughout the industry over 44 years by delivering unmatched expertise and unwavering commitment to clients in a variety of markets including municipal, education, healthcare, as well as commercial and residential development. The firm is comprised of over 450 professionals that are united in their desire to achieve their clients’ visions through a thoughtful and resourceful process. Ultimately, we seek a partnership with our clients to further the opportunity to create meaningful experiences through inspired design.

Chandler Concrete Company was originally founded as a concrete contracting firm, just after World War II in 1946, by R.F Kirkpatrick. In 1973, Tom Chandler purchased the ready mix business from Kirkpatrick and Chandler Concrete Company has continued as family owned and operated for over 40 years. Chandler Concrete has built a strong reputation for superior quality and outstanding customer service to focus on exceeding the customers'​ expectations each and every time.

Welcome to Liggett Vector Brands! We are the fastest growing, 4th largest cigarette company in the United States - and this year, we're celebrating our 150th birthday! What makes us a great place to work? Quality products that sale,... people who work together every day to grow our business,... and a culture that encourages and empowers excellence.

Summit Design and Engineering Services is a design and engineering services firm headquartered in Hillsborough, North Carolina, with offices in Raleigh, Fayetteville, Indian Trail, Pittsboro, Asheville, Wilmington, Franklin (VA), Richmond (VA), South Boston (VA), Fort Mill (SC), St. Petersburg (FL) and Denver, Colorado. Since 1997, Summit’s success, tradition of service and expansion into new fields of practice has been based on our commitment to help clients successfully complete projects of all types. Many of our departments work together on the same project, giving employees the opportunity to acquire knowledge and experience from multiple perspectives on a single job. Our Company Purpose: We build partnerships with clients to shape our communities. Our Company Vision: To thoughtfully enhance the built environment by delivering resilent and impactful projects. Our Values: One Big Family: We encourage and support each other in our endeavors. We welcome and value different perspectives and diversity of voices. Trusted: We do what is right and act with integrity and transparency. We are passionate about our pursuit of excellence. Versatile: We are nimble and deliver innovative solutions. We are responsive and collaborative in our approach. We lead with purpose and embrace adversity. Building Success: We know diverse relationships and strong partnerships build sustainable communities. We promote individual growth and share success with our team and partners. Fun: We work hard and play hard. We invest in community and company events that help our employees and their families feel connected. We make fun part of everything we do. We can help you take your career to the next level! Follow Summit on Twitter (@WeareSummitDE) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com/SummitDesignandEngineeringServices)! CREATIVELY INSPIRED. TECHNICALLY EXECUTED.

Strata Clean Energy is a privately owned and operated company, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with multiple service and operations centers throughout the Southeast of the USA. As a vertically integrated renewable energy company, we control and self-perform every process, from our nationwide solar and storage development, to construction, O&M, and Asset Management. Our construction operation consists of Industry leading Engineering competence centers, a team of global supply chain experts, and an industrial scale project and construction management center. Each and every department is fully committed to making sure safety and quality are our top priority. As an independent power producer, Strata Clean Energy is one of the very few companies that has proven competence across the full spectrum of the solar/storage process and value chain. We are focused on delivering best in class cost of ownership by imposing and enforcing very strict QA standards on our global manufacturers and suppliers. Our approach continues to provide superior value and customer experience. Strata’s customers include long term project owners, such as large utilities and IPPs, with very high safety and execution standards. Strata’s total quality management approach, combined with high productivity and operational excellence, has set us apart from traditional solar developers and EPC outfits. Please visit our facilities or tour our project sites and experience the Strata difference. We appreciate the long-term relationships that we have built with so many of our repeat customers and want to thank them for their ongoing loyalty and support. For more information please visit www.stratacleanenergy.com

Measurement Incorporated (MI) is an employee-owned corporation and leading provider of customized educational assessment services. Established in 1980, MI soon emerged as the premier provider of performance assessment scoring services. Today MI upholds a reputation as an industry leader in hand- and automated scoring solutions, test development services, and school improvement services. MI has provided services to over 30 state departments of education, various nonprofit organizations and associations, large school districts and educational institutions, colleges and universities, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, and several foundations.

Triangle Brick Company is a leading brick manufacturer headquartered in Durham, N.C. It was founded in 1959 with an original plant beginning production in 1960. Over the past 60+ years, Triangle Brick has grown in size, capacity, and innovation. Now, four plants are located in central North Carolina along with their corporate office in Durham, N.C. In early 2016 their first plant in Clay County, Texas began producing brick to serve TX, OK, LA, AK, and surrounding areas. They opened their second Clay County plant in September 2023. Triangle Brick’s plants are turn-key operations that begin with the on-site mining of native raw materials which are then shaped into millions of face bricks, pavers, and special shapes every year. Triangle Brick currently creates over 67 types of face brick consisting of 8 sizes, 8 color families, and 6 collections – that’s over 100 brick choices. Located at the corporate office in Durham, N.C., is Triangle Brick’s Design Center. The Brick Design Center is staffed by a trained designer who offers face-to-face or virtual consultations where you are guided through the selection process of exterior finishes, including brick, shingles, paint, and more, for your upcoming residential or commercial project. In addition, the Design Center features a one-of-a-kind Brick Garden that gives customers the opportunity to see brick and mortar combinations outdoors anytime day or night. Triangle Brick has been the brick manufacturer of choice for residential and commercial customers in over 30 states across the U.S. Its products are currently supplied to dealers and distributors, masons, and construction professionals from the Carolinas, throughout the East Coast, Midwest, and Southwest.

Ipas works to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception, using a comprehensive approach that addresses health, legal and social systems. We believe every person should have the right to bodily autonomy and be able to determine their own future. Across Africa, Asia and the Americas, we work with partners to ensure that reproductive health services, including abortion and contraception, are available and accessible to all.

The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is a multi-state personal injury law firm. We are the one of the largest personal injury law firms in the Carolinas. We employ more than 150 employees (many bilingual), including over 50 attorneys made up of award winners, accomplished speakers sought by the media as thought leaders, former insurance defense attorneys and adjusters, and NC State Bar Board Certified Specialists – and even a former state senator. We are proud to be listed in the 2020 Triangle Business Journal’s list of Best Places to Work. Our work is our mission, and our mission extends beyond office doorways and into dozens of communities and relief organizations. Giving our best to our clients, each other, and others who need our help is the right thing to do. The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin has helped more than 60,000 people - plus another 18,400 people in a historic class action case against the U.S. government.* We’d love to help you with auto accidents, birth injuries, catastrophic injuries, class actions, commercial truck wrecks, construction defects, consumer protection, eminent domain, medical malpractice, motorcycle crashes, negligent security, nursing home negligence, personal injury, products liability, Social Security Disability, whistleblower claims, and workers’ compensation. *Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes because each case is unique and must be evaluated separately.